Saturday June 2 our long awaited 1st annual Bowl-a-Thon came to pass. It had been a long, hard row to hoe to get sponsors and individuals to join us in this first event. The schools,churches and the realtors ( who had run this event for us before ) did not come out to play. Our thanks and gratitude goes out to those folks that did sponsor and those folks from Habitat who both played and helped set-up, monitor and pack-up afterwards.
Sponsors were - Home Depot, Bright House, Denture Care Center, Eagles Aerie # 4372, Livengood Insurance and Moose Lodge #521. A special thanks to Pete Viernes from Moose Lodge #521 and my wife Linda who helped me get sponsors and gifts for the event.
In the end the turnout was not as much as we had hoped but we did fill 10 lanes with 46 bowlers having whoopin' and hollerin' fun. While we hope for a lot more participants in next years Bowl-a-Thon this was our first try and it has enabled us to see clearer what is necessary to improve upon the event in the future.
We ran a 22 item silent auction during the event, gave away 7 door prizes and 14 bowling awards. All in all I think everybody had a good time and hopefully with a bit more early planning and improved organization we can make next year a lot better. Final profit for the event was about $1700 - Thanks to all concerned!!
IF ANYONE AS ANY IDEAS OF HOW TO IMPROVE THE EVENT FOR NEXT YEAR YOU CAN REPLY ON THIS BLOG OR EMAIL ME THROUGH THE WEBSITE.