What: 4th Annual Scholarship Fundraiser
Joey Bongaarts Memorial Fundraiser
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When: Saturday March 3rd, 2012
Where: River Lanes of St. Michael
403 Central Ave East
St. Michael, MN 55376
763-497-3775
Bowling sessions are at 12noon, 3PM, 6PM (Cosmic) and 9PM (Moonlight).
Registration deadline is Friday February 17th, 2012
Register by going to WWW.BowlingforJoey.com
Fees for bowling are $25. per person and $35. per person for Moonlight. All paid bowlers will also receive a T-shirt and an opportunity for door prizes during their bowling session.
Food is available all day for a donation. Food selections include: The famous chili, hotdogs, chips, cookies
Raffle tickets will also be available all day. Raffle items include items for young and old. The raffle will be held at 9PM and winners do not need to be present to win.
Some of the raffle items are a paint sprayer, hotel stays, framed and unframed art work, custom make bunk bed, picnic table and beach chair for the American Doll and an American Doll, Wii games, 40 inch flat screen TV and much more
Additional raffle opportunities will include the famous penny raffle and the much sought after beverage wagon.
Neil Freeman of BOB 106.1 will be the emcee for some of the bowling sessions.
Scholarships are divided among the United States Bowling Congress youth membership program, the St. Michael Catholic School and the St. Michael/Albertville High school.
Joey Bongaarts died just after his 21st Birthday in a tragic accident. He was a much-loved young man that his friends and family did not want to forget.
Joey was an avid bowler, worked at the bowling alley, taught bowling and loved a friendly but competitive bowling game. At the urging of River Lanes, the fundraiser began.
Since Joey loved kids, and kids loved him, his family has included more than just bowlers as the recipients of the scholarship money. The local schools now benefit from the funds raised at this event.
Last year this scholarship fund received its 503(c) designation allowing the event to give over $10,000 in scholarship money. All the scholarships were given out in the spring.
If you are interested in making a donation either in the form of raffle prizes or money go to WWW.BowlingforJoey.com.
If you are interested in helping with this event go to WWW.BowlingforJoey.com. Volunteers are always needed the day of the event. This fundraiser organization works most of the year in preparing for the event and as soon as the day is done work begins for the next year. We could really use your help!
Remember you don’t have to bowl to participate. If you can’t come but want to donate go to WWW.BowlingforJoey.com
We hope to see all of you on Saturday, March 3rd at the River Lanes in St. Michael.
