Benefit Cooking Contest Goes Virtual

The Columbus County Youth and Families organization will be having a Virtual Bites cooking contest. Participants can enter the contest by recording themselves making their signature dish and submitting it before Feb. 11. Prizes are $100 for first place, $75 for second place, $50 for third place, and $25 for honorable mention. The contest will have categories for both youth and adults. 
All videos will be loaded to the Columbus County Youth and Families Facebook page for voting from Feb. 11-Feb. 25. Winners will be announced Saturday, Feb. 26 at 5 p.m. 

” Here’s a way to win some money and help Columbus County Youth and Families raise money to continue doing good things in our county,” says Secretary and Treasurer for the organization Meleah Collier Evers. The CCYFA has been helping the community since 1999.

If you would like to participate in Virtual Bites, please send your videos to Meleahcollier@gmail.com. For more information, call 910.840.9295.

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