Houlton Rotary’s Bingo Night planned for March 31

    The Houlton Rotary Club is hosting its 3rd annual Community Bingo Night Thursday, March 31 at St. Anthony’s Hall located in the basement of the Catholic Church on Military Street. Early-bird games start at 6:30 p.m. with a payout of $25 for each game. The main event starts at 7 p.m. and will run for about two hours. 
    Regular games will pay out $50, and all special games will yield the maximum payouts with blackout guaranteed to deliver a $400 cash prize. In all, the Rotary Club will give out more than $1,700 to players.
Contributed photo/Michael Clark
ROTARY EVENT — Rotarians gather at last year’s Rotary Bingo Night.
    Anybody 16 years of age or older is welcome. There will be a special guest announcer this year from the Linnues Snowmobile Club, Jock Gentle.
    Hot dogs, homemade soups, chili and desserts will be available for purchase. 
    All proceeds from this event will go to support the Rotary Youth Exchange Program, which was established in Houlton in 2003. Houlton Rotary will send three students from area schools on a six to eight week foreign exchange this year. The primary objective of the program is to advance the knowledge and world understanding of these students while also fostering world peace and good will at a personal level.  Rotary hopes that young people will be able to observe firsthand the struggles and accomplishments of other countries by living with and meeting people of cultures and creeds other than their own. The club is pleased to provide local teens with this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.