This year our team piloted an exciting new fundraising event, Basket Bingo. We modeled it after Team 103 Cybersonics, who have had immense success in the past with their event. Our primary prizes were Longaberger baskets that were filled with different themed items, such as tea time, movie night, and baking. In between games we offered raffle tickets to gift cards from various local businesses and a 50/50 raffle drawing. This was a huge deal for us because, while the coaches and a handful of parents provided the base, this event was student run. We organized, planned, and presented together.
After a couple of hectic days of pulling the last organizational and technical glitches together, we opened our doors at 12:00 pm on Sunday for our first ever Basket Bingo. The first round started at 1:00 pm, giving the participants enough time to survey the prizes and help themselves to the complimentary snacks provided by the team. There was one intermission, and the event went till well into the afternoon. After the event and a quick clean up, we realized that we had completed our first Basket Bingo event ever. We want to continue this fundraiser in years to come and have it completely student run.
