CASI
CASI is the Chili Appreciation Society International, the governing body for the Terlingua International Chili Championship held the first Saturday in November each year at Terlingua, Texas. Mexene is a major sponsor of this event.
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The Chili Appreciation Society International's mission is to promote chili and raise money for charity. Each year, nearly ten thousand cooks share their chili fun and good deeds with each other, the public, and sponsors at 600 CASI cookoffs, throughout the U.S. and neighboring countries. These CASI-sanctioned events raise over a million dollars, annually, for local charities and provide a chance for cooks to qualify for the Terlingua International Chili Championship.
In addition to raising funds for charitable organizations in the United States and participating foreign countries, CASI seeks to educate the public about the historic and cultural significance of chili - an indigenous American tradition. They are working for the adoption of chili as the National Food of the United States.
CASI, has the function of sanctioning all of their cookoffs, doing the necessary work to tabulate cookoff results, and putting on the annual Terlingua International Chili Championship. CASI is a 501(c)(3) corporation, which means that they have no compensated officers or employees. This allows them to channel all of their excess profits to charity.
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