06/06/2026
We had ourselves another great fund raiser in April at the El Maton National Hall . Our 6th annual crawfish cookoff was a success. After the dust settled, we were able to give out a total of 10 scholarships. We definitely love the support of the community. Hundreds of people came out to sample the teams crawfish and to support the local vendors. The band, Curtis Poullard, was amazing as usual cant get enough of his music. We have so many people that come together to make this event possibe. We always have a great team of judges put together by Melanie Townsend. She always does a fantastic job. Sonja Hassell Ledwig is at every event making sure all of the entries are turned properly and smoothly. The day of the event goes by faster than you think. But the prep needed to put it all together is where the real fun happens. A big thank you to Michelle Casey for making countless trips to the store and getting supplies ordered and delivered. Along with spending weeks getting hats and shirts printed and delivered, she worked way harder than I did. 🥰 I definitely would have forgotten half of what was needed if she didnt keep everything on track.
At the front door we want to say thank you to Mindy Steen Hurta for taking her annual spot taking tickets and getting everyone in smoothly. Hreat job as usual. Chad Hurta and Jacob Reed made sure we had plenty of ice on hand for the event. Pretty sure they drained everyone's ice we know to gather enough. Terry Michele Cason-Stewart did a fabulous job at taking peoples money for the drink tickets. The world is a better place when the drink ticket booth runs smoothly. 😁
Tony Kacer kept the peace and order with all of the teams by controlling the gate and distributing the crawfish to the teams. Stephen Heard worked hard setting up the out tables and chairs along with hanging all of the outdoor banners. Shawn Kacer and Alexis Powell did a great job of cooking extra crawfish to male sure the spectators always had a fresh supply of crawfish to eat. Some said theirs was better than the teams?? 😀 Shawn Kacer along with the The Six One 6 Restaurant donated all of the prize money for the winners. 💰
We always appreciate donations and Cassandra Ann Williams donated 200 t-shirts printed with a crawfish cookoff theme on them. Those t-shirts were sold for 100% profit directly to scholarships. She always does a great job on her shirts!! Amazing as always. Im sure we left out a few people, but we want to thank everyone that contributed. It all helps us be successful. And most importantly everything went well and once again we were able to provide scholarships for local seniors. Success!!
