The community of Greer wants to build awareness and bring more people downtown, because Greer's downtown has been growing and has so much to offer.

With this year being the first event, we were unsure of the response from the community. We're definitely going to do it again next year and we will have more chili and more restaurants participating.

The response from the committee was outstanding. Everyone wanted to be involved.

Ever since Brooklyn died I wanted to start something that would raise awareness within the community. I don't think people realize how important blood is. The better the matches are (on blood) the better the chance for people to survive.

I love the idea because it's something people don't like to talk about, but it brings awareness to the community. People need to acknowledge that it's a problem and know that there are resources available.

I wanted to create some awareness in the community, and within the school, that people who have severe disabilities can do this kind of work when given the opportunity.