Ginnie Lichac, President of Friends of POC Library (left) and Librarian Shirley Gordon (right) accept the $3,850 donation from Jim ‘Hoop’ Hooper.

The fifth annual Chili/Gumbo Cookoff was a huge success!  Jim Hooper very proudly and  enthusiastically handed a $3,850.00 check  to Shirley Gordon, Port O’Connor Librarian, and Virginia Dell Lichac, President of ”Friends.”  This handsome sum earned from the benefit hosted by “Hoop” at Hurricane Junction on a warm Saturday afternoon in October, will be added to the POC Library Building Fund and is one step further ahead in building a new library in Port O’Connor.

Shirley and the Board of Directors of “Friends” wish to thank “Hoop” especially for his contribution and everyone else who attended the event to help make this dream come true!  The six judges who did the chili/gumbo tasting, the nine cooks who brewed up their favorite recipes, the donors of an eclectic assortment of fantastic Silent Auction items, and folks that bid on the selections and went home with a treasure they couldn’t resist are all most appreciated!    Once again, this annual cookoff  turned out to be a fun affair which will benefit the entire POC community in the years to come.