Hot Crawfish and Hospice

Tomorrow is one of the biggest days of the year for my family and me. It is the 5^th Annual Crawfish Cook off contest sponsored by Hospice Foundation of the South. It is an event we have volunteered for from day one.

I have been a volunteer member of the Board for over 5 years with HFS and enjoy the things we’re able to do. Before the cook off, HFS used to do a golf tournament and had reasonable success with it. The cook off has taken us to a whole new level.

Every man in South Louisiana with a boiling pot and a portable burner believes he is the best crawfish cook in the South. We let them assemble a team and pay an entry fee for the chance to prove it.

We have 50 teams competing this year with a waiting list of another 20+ teams that wanted to cook, but we ran out of room.

We have live music all day, carnival games and great time in the Bayou Country.

We are anticipating 8-10,000 people in attendance. That means about 40,000 lbs of crawfish will be boiled, served and consumed!

Why?

Because we are raising money to do two things.

1 Fund hospice care for those who have need for financial help.

2 Eventually build a hospice residence for people to spend their last days in dignity, comfort and compassion before their long good bye.

It makes it worth the effort to know someday we will be able to provide this kind of care for families.

I will post later this weekend to let you know how we do.