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Help stock shelves at the United Way Trivia Bowl Again!
The United Way for Spoon River Country’s Canton Trivia Bowl is right around the corner. The event is being held at the Canton Elk’s Lodge on Friday June 12th, at 6pm. The United Way is seeking the community’s support in helping fill the food pantry’s shelves.
In an effort to respond to the growing need for non-perishable food items to aid the local food pantry’s, the United Way is asking the community to come together and help stock the shelves. Each team signing up for the trivia bowl is being asked to supply at least two non-perishable food items, per team member, and the United Way is now extending the ask to the community. They will have a donation box set up at the Elk’s Lodge and the United Way office to accept donations.
There are also a couple openings for teams at the trivia bowl, Diana Fuller, executive director urges “Registration has been extended to June 11th, and we would really like to see our goal met. The registration fee is $100 for a team up to 10 people. We want to pack the Elk’s Lodge with trivia bowl teams and non-perishable food items. We are also encouraging the teams from the Lewistown trivia bowl to participate again.” The United Way is asking that community groups, local businesses, or a group of friends put together a team a come to have a great night of fun and laughter!
New to the event is a 50/50 drawing! To help raise more money for the United Way partner agencies, they are now offering a 50/50 drawing at the trivia bowl. At the event you can purchase one raffle ticket for $1, 6 tickets for $5, or an arm length for $10. At the end of the trivia bowl, one winner will be drawn to receive half of all the earnings from the drawing. The other half will go to support the United Way partner agencies, and the programs they provide.
The categories are now being released, and they are as follows: Festivals, Hobbies, Lesser Known Holidays, Movies, Museums, One Hit Wonders, Random, Science, Sitcoms, and Sports. Fuller explains, “The categories we have lined up for the Canton Trivia Bowl are much different than those for the Lewistown Trivia Bowl. We have added more pop culture questions, and tried to diversify the questions. It is anyone’s game; we look forward to welcoming the returning champs and the new teams taking a shot at the title!”
Fuller adds, “With all of the negative economic news and declining donations, this is an easy way to help support the ten partner agencies, which the United Way supports.” Those agencies are, Boy Scouts of America, Catholic Charities, Fulton County Girl Scouts, Fulton-Mason Crisis Service, K.A.R.E., Red Cross, The Salvation Army, YMCA, Youth Acres, and YWCA. Within those ten agencies, the United Way for Spoon River Country helps fund eighteen programs that touch everyone in Fulton County. “
To get more information or to get a team roster please call Diana Fuller at (309)647-1825, or email her at untdway@sbcglobal.net.
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United Way announces next trivia bowl!
The United Way for Spoon River Country would like to announce they will be holding another trivia bowl. It will be held at the Elk’s in Canton on Friday, June 12th, 2009, starting at 6pm.
Again, the trivia bowl will consist of ten rounds of play, with ten questions in each round. The categories for this event will be released within a couple of weeks.
Teams will consist of up to ten players, and registration is $100 per team. Registration ends on June 5th, so please contact the United Way to get signed up. Team sponsorships are encouraged, and trophies will be given to first, second, and third place teams. All teams from the Lewistown Trivia Bowl are urged to compete again! The Rocket Tap, Trivia Newton John, and Two Dogs Trivia teams are encouraged to try and keep their winning titles.
In conjunction with the trivia bowl, the United Way will host a canned food drive to raise donations for the food pantries in Canton. Diana Fuller, United Way director says, “The canned food drive held in Lewistown was a huge success! We raised 175 canned food items for the Lewistown United Methodist Church food pantry. We would love to surpass that in Canton. We have more pantries to divide the donations to, so we would really like to see the community come together and drop off donations at the United Way office.” Along with the community, the team members of the trivia bowl teams are asked to bring at least two non-perishable items to the event.
New to the event, the United Way will be offering a 50/50 drawing. Everyone will have the opportunity to purchase raffle tickets, and at the end of the trivia bowl, one winner will be drawn to win half of the earnings from the drawing. The other half will go to benefit the United Way and the ten partner agencies.
Fuller explains, “The trivia bowls prove to be a fun and efficient fundraiser for the United Way. Everyone has a great time, and they are able to make a contribution to the ten partner agencies we help support.” Those agencies are Boy Scouts of America, Catholic Charities, Fulton County Girl Scouts, Fulton-Mason Crisis Service, K.A.R.E., Red Cross, The Salvation Army, YMCA, Youth Acres, and YWCA. Within those ten agencies, the United Way for Spoon River Country helps fund eighteen programs that touch everyone in Fulton County. “
To get more information or to get a team registered please call Diana Fuller at (309)647-1825, or email her at untdway@sbcglobal.net.
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United Way for Spoon River Country will be participating in the National Day of Action on Saturday, June 20th, 2009. The Day of Action is a day when we gather as volunteers to assist our partner agencies with projects at their facilities. Projects include, but are not limited to, painting activity rooms and outsides of buildings, landscaping, clearing hiking trails and many other projects. There are projects of every magnitude to be tackled and for every interest.
The day will begin at Jones Park at 8:30am, for a short rally, then all volunteers will disburse to their projects. The projects will last from 9am to about noon; it will depend on the location and project at hand. This will be a day of accomplishment for volunteers to feel proud of the help and assistance they have provided to the community.
United Way invites community members and their families to participate in the Day of Action to introduce children to volunteerism. Service groups such as Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and youth groups are also welcome to join the movement to complete community service projects. As more individuals become involved, more projects will be added. United Way will provide “Live United” t-shirts to each volunteer.
Those interested in being a part of the national and local movement to Advance The Common Good by Living United are urged to contact United Way at 647-1825 or via email at untdway@sbcglobal.net to register. United Way Board of Directors President, Brad O’Brien urges, "The National Day of Action is a great opportunity for businesses and individuals to take pride in knowing they have helped others in our community".
Live United. Give. Advocate. Volunteer.
Volunteers huddle together for a picture after they have completed projects
at the Canton Family YMCA.
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United Way hosts second annual Lewistown Trivia Bowl
United Way for Spoon River Country hosted their second annual Lewistown Trivia Bowl at 7pm, Saturday March 28th, in the community room of Lewistown VFW Post 5001.
According to United Way Director, Diana Fuller, the event raised well over $1,000 for United Way Partner Agency Programs and provided 175 non-perishable food items to be donated to the Lewistown United Methodist Church Food Pantry.
The agencies supported by the United Way are; Boy Scouts
of America, Catholic Charities, Fulton County Girl Scouts, Fulton-Mason
Crisis Service, K.A.R.E., Red Cross, The Salvation Army, YMCA, Youth Acres,
and YWCA. Within those ten agencies, the United Way for Spoon River Country
helps fund eighteen programs that touch everyone in Fulton County.
“This was an amazing event, not only was it fun, but we accomplished
our goal of being able to make a significant donation to the local food
pantry in Lewistown. We will definitely continue this fundraiser throughout
the rest of the year”, Fuller explains.”
Ten rounds of competition were played, consisting of ten questions each. Oops cards were available for teams to purchase, to help them each round with one answer they did not know.
Major sponsors for the event were; Rocket Tap, MidAmerica National Bank, Ipava State Bank, and Gorilla Audio Productions.
Clinching the Trivia Bowl champion spot for the second year in a row was The Rocket Tap. Second place team was Trivia Newton John. Third place team was Two Dogs Trivia. At the conclusion of the trivia bowl trophies were presented to the top three teams.
The United Way announced that the next trivia bowl will
be held in Canton on June 27th, 2009. Location and time are to be announced
soon. Anyone interested in putting a team together for the Canton Trivia
Bowl are encouraged to call Diana at the United Way office (309)647-1825.
There will be a limited amount of room for teams so everyone is urged to
get a team together and get registered as soon as possible!
