Duckpin ‘Bowl-A-Thon’ Raises Scholarship Funds In West Haven

WEST HAVEN, CT — (Pictured): Connie Cappiello, white shirt, joins participants and counselors of the Washington Elementary School playground camp July 26 at the Woodlawn Duckpin Bowling Alley, 240 Platt Ave. The seventh annual duckpin bowl-athon, held July 26-27, was sponsored by the Department of Parks and Recreation’s playground camp program in memory of Cappiello’s son, former employee Ed Cappiello Jr., and former employee Valerie DeFonzo-Withington, who died of long-term illnesses.

The city’s six playground sites participated in the benefit and raised $1,200 for scholarship funds in Cappiello’s and Withington’s names. Winkle Bus Co. donated the bus transportation.

(City Photo/Modestine Vaughn)

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