Xpress Data Inc.’s (XDI) annual Credit Union Chili Challenge, scheduled for Aug. 4, 2018, in Del Mar, Calif., will award a record $25,000 in prize money to credit union charities this year. The annual event not only spreads goodwill throughout the credit union community, it provides participating credit unions with an opportunity to build employee engagement and improve teambuilding skills.
These invaluable human resources benefits aren’t just limited to credit unions that compete in the live event. XDI is again offering a free chili cookoff kit to any credit union that requests one, so they can host their own teambuilding cookoff.
XDI will provide credit unions with a free chili cookoff kit that includes step-by-step instructions and electronic versions of all the documents a credit union needs to make the event a success. The chili cookoff kit can be downloaded by visiting XDI’s website at http://www.xdi.com/ChiliCookoffKit. What’s more, XDI will provide an engraved winner’s plaque to any kit recipient that provides the name of its winning team. The entire kit is offered free and without obligation.
“A chili cookoff is a fun team building experience for all involved,” said XDI President Mike Cooper. “We want all credit unions to share in that fun. And of course, if a credit union wants to send its winning team to our CU Chili Challenge, all the better.”
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Firefighters First web.jpg: Firefighters First Credit Union dominated the Xpress Data, Inc. 2017 Credit
Union Chili Challenge, winning First Place and the People’s Choice award.