| Cow Patty Bingo |
No bull, you can win $2,500
Once again, the popular Cow Patty Bingo is back as a fundraising event for the Bandera Community Foundation during Celebrate Bandera 2011. Tickets are now on sale for $20 each, and the winner receives $2,500.
The event will take place Saturday, September 3, in the parking lot of Super S Foods. Hondo Bank and Super S Foods are co-sponsoring this event. Festivities will kick off at 9 a.m. with a breakfast taco sale, music and door prizes. To be eligible for a door prize, you must have purchased a Cow Patty Bingo square and show your numbered ticket to the event coordinators in order to receive a raffle ticket. You must be present to win door prizes; however, the winner of the grand prize does not need to be present to win.
Promptly at 10 a.m., a longhorn steer with a really full belly will be released into the pen which has been marked with a grid consisting of 500 numbers drawn out in 2' X 2' squares. Whoever holds the number of the square where the longhorn decides to drop a patty is the winner of the $2,500 prize. There is only one winner, and the decision of the judge concerning which square has received the most percentage of patty is final. The Boys and Girls Club will also walk away as a big winner from the Cow Patty Bingo event thanks to Hondo Bank and Super S Foods who have each given sponsorships in the amount of $2,500, making a total of $5,000 earmarked for opening a new Boys and Girls Club in Lakehills. The grants will be awarded to the Boys and Girls Club by the Bandera Community Foundation, founder and organizer of Celebrate Bandera. As a special added bonus this year, the Kronkosky Charitable Foundation has agreed to match the sponsorship monies, making a full $10,000 available to the Boys and Girls Club.
Celebrate Bandera, now in its 10th year, is a production of the Bandera Community Foundation and is the main fundraising project of the year for the organization. With events from Friday through Sunday of Labor Day weekend, Celebrate Bandera attracts more than 20,000 people and is a rising star among Texas events. You can find out more information from the website, www.celebratebandera.com.
Cow Patty Bingo tickets may be purchased from any board member of the Bandera Community Foundation; at the Crawford Nonprofit Resource Center, 903 Main Street; or by calling Debby Gibson at 796-4447 or Mary Ann Robbins at 796-7761 for ticket information. In addition, tickets will be sold at the front door of Super S each Saturday from noon to four from now until
August 27th. Remember, the winner does not have to be present to win $2,500 cash!
Super S Foods opened in Bandera in 1972 and their over 50 stores served Bandera and other Texas cities for many years. The friendly staff is eager to help and Super S has always been a big supporter of community events. This year, Super S Foods was purchased by Lowes.
Lowe's has a rich family history that can be traced back to the late 1940's when E.M. 'Bud' Lowe started his career by selling candy and sundries with only one truck distributing throughout the town of Littlefield.
The Lowe's grocery career began in 1964 with the purchase of their first store in Olton, Texas. Bud and his son, Roger, founded the company on the principle of taking care of the community, their teammates and their family. It is this philosophy that has allowed the company to grow to 146 stores West Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado.
Hondo National Bank opened its doors in Bandera in 1998. The original bank opened in in 1901 with the chartering of the First National Bank of Hondo, The bank has operated continuously since the inception in the early 1900’s and weathered the "Great Depression." Jim Barlow, Branch President and his staff work hard to “Do It All For You.” Hondo National Bank welcomes new depositors and invites those in need of Ranching, residential, construction, agriculture, consumer and commercial loans to stop by and let Hondo Bank help you with your needs.
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