Curt, several ideas for you: - Chile mosaics - have people bring in artwork made from chiles. - Scoville ratings - arrange for testing of chiles that people bring in, or stage a real Scoville testing - see who can rate the heat of various dilutions. - Odd chile cooking contest - make and judge foods which one does not normally connect to chiles, like ice cream, strudel, etc. - Match the fresh chile to the dried chile - Guess how many seeds are in the chile - win a bottle of sauce - Match the chile to the country of origin -s