The Crookston Eagles Club will be hosting an event on October 12th to raise money for cancer patients doctoring at the Crookston facilities of Riverview Healthcare and Altru Healthcare. All proceeds from the Community Soars to Defeat Cancer event will be donated to Riverview and Altru for cancer patients to use to help with items needed but not covered by insurance. The funds will be kept here to benefit the local population specifically. Funds raised will be available to any cancer patient in the area even though this year’s focus will be throat cancer.
Tickets are $10 each with children five years old and younger free – this includes playing treat bingo. Other activities that night will require an additional contribution on your part. You can purchase tickets at the Eagles Club or at the Chamber of Commerce.
If you would like to decorate a cake for the Community Soars to Defeat Cancer event competition, stop at the Eagles office or the newly relocated Chamber Office downstairs for a form – or contact Sheila at 218-289-3212 to have a form sent to you. After a cake is chosen as the winner, all the cakes will be auctioned off to raise funds. If baking is not your forte, we are looking for LOTS of bodies to fill the hall and raise money for those in need.
The night will start at 5:00 p.m. with a free-will meal of chili and cornbread provided by the Eagles Auxiliary. There will be live and silent auctions throughout the night – some of the early donations received for this include a Casino hotel room & buffet package or an Oil change, tire rotation and 20 point inspection. More donations are coming in as we speak. There will be a return of the “Pie Toss” – you will have your chance to throw a pie in the face of one of our fantabulous volunteers that night. We will finish off the night with entertainment at 9:00 pm by the M & D Band, a local favorite. Every ticket sold is entered into a prize drawing, so purchase your ticket soon.
Crookston Eagles Club To Host Cancer Fundraiser
