This past Thursday, April 18th, all our work towards creating the greatest Crown Cook Off yet was put to the test. It has taken months of planning and organization from reserving the location of the event in front of Gregory Gym to painting big wooden signs publicizing the event. But that wasn’t all, we had to send out donation requests, go to tutorials focused on tent set-up, put up flyers around campus, create voting ballots, and sell tickets. All of these tasks ensuring the best turnout could not have been completed without the help of the Crown Cook Off committee. Their help made our goal of hosting the best Crown Cook Off yet attainable. Unfortunately, the terrible rain attempted to, but certainly did not spoil our annual salsa competition. Despite the weather however, Zeta still managed to capture the fun and excitement Crown Cook Off brings to many people by requiring all 18 teams to bring their unique salsas to the Zeta house for judging. We didn’t mind this one bit considering there was more salsa and chips for us! Throughout the day, zetas at the house conveniently tried and voted on their favorite salsas. We had originally planned on the Qdoba general manager, student body vice president Michael Ugeo Williams, and assistant dean of students for sorority and fraternity life Liz Medina to be the official judges but due to the unexpected weather and our location change, they were unable to give their input. After a lot of eaten chips and creative salsas tasted, we had the winners. Thanks to many donations provided by local Austin restaurants and stores, we created prize baskets for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place, and a crowd favorite. The crowd favorite went to the Salsa Senior-itas. Third place went to Flaming Chips and second to Spicy Hot Mamas. First place went to the salsa made by the Spice Boys! It was a great day in spite of the crumby weather but lets not forget the reason we throw this annual event. All proceeds raised from Crown Cook Off are donated to our philanthropy, breast cancer education and awareness. We want to raise as much money as possible to donate to research organizations so that one day we can find a cure for this disease. Our goal through this event is to ultimately make a difference and make a difference we did. We raised around $12,000 for our philanthropy and we could not be more thrilled. At the end of the day, despite any unexpected challenges and obstacles, the Kappa Chapter zetas still manage to make a big donation to the philanthropy we are all so passionate about while enjoying some delicious salsas at the same time. 
ZLAM,
Michelle Hecht, Philanthropy Chair
Sydney Braasch, Assistant Service
Chiara Geremia, Assistant Service
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