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Bridges to
College...
Benefit
raffle winners have chance for Light autographed football and more
(Greenville)
Area residents can support Bridges to College and receive a chance to
win a
football autographed by Matt Light, a KitchenAid mixer and other
fantastic
prizes when they purchase raffle tickets.
Bridges to
College is conducting a raffle in conjunction with the annual Karlh
McCallister
Memorial Golf Outing on Saturday, June 23, at Turtle Creek Golf Course.
“You do not
need to participate in the golf outing to participate in the raffle,”
says
Marlise McCallister, Bridges to College board member and organizer of
the
event.
This year’s
raffle items include a football autographed by Greenville native and
three-time
Super Bowl winner Matt Light, Frigidaire wine cooler, touch screen
Internet
tablet, Rachel Ray cookware, Blu-ray DVD player, Callaway golf balls,
and gift
certificates for rounds of golf (Stillwater, Turtle Creek, White
Springs), area
restaurants (Versailles Inn, CJ Highmarks, Montage, Bristro) and gas
cards.
“So many
area individuals and businesses have donated great prizes for this
year’s
raffle,” McCallister says.
Raffle
tickets are $5 each, three for $10, and seven for $20. They may be
purchased in
advance from any Bridges to College board member, including Bill
LaFramboise,
Ryan Cox, Diane Swallow, Kevin Blakeley, Aaron Cox, Marlise
McCallister, Janice
Michael, Chris Mortensen, Ken Neff, Chris Seger, Brian Swiger, and
Rhonda
Williams. Also selling tickets are Susan Riegle and Dave Ernst.
Tickets may
also be purchased at Hansbarger Home Solutions, 1127 Sweitzer St.;
Montage
Café, 527 S. Broadway; and from Kevin Chalk at Turtle Creek Golf Club.
The drawing
will be after the Karlh McCallister Memorial Golf Outing. Winners need
not be
present to win.
The raffle
is just one of three ways that area residents can support Bridges to
College, a
non-profit organization that helps students go to college. Bridges to
College
offers educational programming, one-on-one mentoring, and need-based
scholarships to students in the Greenville and Ansonia school districts.
Registration
and sponsorships are now being accepted for the Karlh McCallister
Memorial Golf
Outing at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 23, at the Turtle Creek Golf Course,
formerly
the Greenville Golf Course. People may register online at the Bridges
to
College website at www.bridges2college.org or by calling Marlise
McCallister at
423-2445.
Following
the golf outing will be a hog roast and an auction featuring New
England
Patriot and Greenville native Matt Light. The auction will be at 6 p.m.
at
Turtle Creek Golf Course.
The auction
will feature about 10 items including: a football helmet autographed by
Matt
Light, a Frigidaire 2-temperature zone wine cooler, Cincinnati Reds vs.
St.
Louis Cardinal tickets (Aug. 24), Cincinnati Reds vs. St. Louis
Cardinal
tickets (Aug. 25), Indianapolis Colts tickets, Ohio State Football
tickets,
Darke County YMCA family membership, Sound Bar with wireless subwoofer,
and a
32-inch high definition television.
Tickets
for the hog roast and auction must
be purchased in advance. They are $10 each and may be purchased at
Hansbarger
Home Solutions, 548-3174, at Turtle Creek Golf Course, 548-3563, or
online at
the Bridges to College website, www.bridges2college.org.
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