Super Bowl Bingo for seniors:

The dining room of the Bonner Senior Center was filled with early bird players for the monthly bingo fund raiser on Super Bowl Sunday. The crowd of 53 people was actually expected by the chairman of the center’s ways and means committee of regular games sessions.

 

Even Patti Coffey, who serves the free lunches of the kitchen, was surprised at the turnout of Bonner members. The doors to the hall were opened at 12.15 pm, before the start of regular play.

 

However players had already started hunching over their 24 card bingo sheets while listening intently to all the numbers called by the volunteer, Chuck Babcock. On hearing the shout ‘Bingo!’ from Renee Olson, he asked if that was a winner.

 

Accompanying Renee was her friend, Dorothy Jones of Hobart who visits the club every month to play the game. She had managed to win $34 as prize for forming ‘X’ in one of the special, warming up games. Another member in her group was the daughter of Nancy Cordova and Carol Lambert.

 

Dashbach announced that the prizes for the game were dependant on the number of people present. Presently, the winner of the regular game wins $30 and special game winners win $55.

 

The basic bingo kit costs $15, while one has to pay $1 to participate in the ‘hot ball’ games. Other games that rewarded winners half of the game’s take had nominal extra charges.

 

The money that is generated in these bingo games and other fund raising activities help in paying for things needed by the center. This includes tiles for the foyer to a bus having a wheelchair lift that takes it members to the center, shopping centers, field trips and doctor’s offices. The next game of bingo is scheduled for the first Sunday of the coming month, March 2.

 

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