Chili & Chowder with a Chance for Chocolate is back with sweet and savory goodies on Saturday, Feb. 14, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. during the Ice and Spice Winter Weekend in Wellsboro, Pa. Proceeds benefit Second Chance Animal Sanctuaries and go directly to help Tioga County animals in need.

Several local businesses (15 last year; this year’s TBA), will concoct and serve up chili and/or chowder. With the purchase of a tasting passport for $10, participants can visit each business to sample the creations, and enter to win a different chocolate-themed gift basket at each site. The passport comes with a map, and signs outside will mark each site, all downtown within walking distance. When done tasting, participants can vote for their top three favorite dishes, with those chefs being recognized at the end of the event.

Passports can be purchased Feb. 9-13 at the Wellsboro Chamber of Commerce, 114 Main St., or on Feb. 14 during the event in front of Penn Oak Realty, 65 Main St., Wellsboro. Only a limited number of passports will be sold.

All proceeds benefit local homeless, abandoned and at-risk dogs and cats helped by Second Chance Animal Sanctuaries. For more information about the event, call 570-376-3646, email secondchanceas@yahoo.com or message Second Chance on Facebook. To learn more about Second Chance Animal Sanctuaries or see adoptable animals, visit www.secondchanceas.org.

For more information on activities during the Ice and Spice Winter Weekend, or the other three themed Winter Weekends in Wellsboro, contact the Wellsboro Chamber of Commerce, or visit www.wellsboropa.com/.