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ARLEE – You can satisfy your sweet tooth at the 15th annual Arlee Chocolate Lover’s Festival held Wednesday, Feb. 13, at the Arlee Brown Building. 

Attendees can taste entries in the contest for best chocolate dish or bid in an auction to win an entire dish to take home. All proceeds from the event will fund the Arlee Community Development Corporation’s Youth Programs and the Jocko Valley Library’s programs for children.

“Every bid helps a kid,” said Arlee CDC founding member Donna Mollica.

The CDC will collect entries for the contest and auction on Wednesday, Feb. 13, from 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Arlee Brown Building. Entries must include two identical dishes: one for tasting and one for the auction. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m., and the tasting will start at 6 p.m. The auction will be held at 7 p.m.

Judges will taste each dish and announce a winner. Then, for a fee of $2 per person or $5 per family, attendees can taste the dishes that were entered. Later, each dish will be auctioned.

Arlee CDC Vice President Makenzie Felsman said last year chocolate cake, suckers, brownies and cheesecake were among the entries. “We had everything chocolate you can imagine,” she said. There were 23 entries and about 60 attendees at last year’s event, which raised about $1,800.

At the event, the Arlee CDC will provide information about its programs and ways that community members can get involved.

Mollica said the festival started in 2005 when a member of the CDC was looking for a permanent funding source for Arlee’s after school art program. The next year, the CDC partnered with the Jocko Valley Public Library on the event to fund the summer reading program. The funds raised also support the Dolly Parton Imagination Library, which provides a book each month for children under the age of 5.

“If you love chocolate, it’s definitely an event you want to be at,” Felsman said. “And if you’re passionate about supporting the youth and the library, then it’s perfect.”

 

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