Tatla Lake Ski Club held a huge successful bingo night at the Tatla Lake community hall recently to raise funds for its third annual ski trip.
After a mouth watering dinner prepared by the ladies of Tatla Lake, with tummies quite full the players lined up to purchase the lucky bingo card, sat down and cheerfully played quite a few games.
A few games had multiple winners who happily split the winnings amongst themselves. Connie Bracewell Harris with help from her daughter Anna Bracewell called the numbers.
Carol Satre was blessed with a beautiful cake and a very Happy Birthday song was sung by many friends in the hall.
Turning 75 many thought she deserved a cake and song as she looks so awesome!
After the many bingo games everyone wandered up on stage to bid on the silent auction items which were plentiful, spread out on three tables.
Amidst much jostling and friendly badgering, the highest bidders happily showed off their winnings.
The event raised more than $3,000 making it possible for us to offer three days of lift tickets, rentals and meals to all the participating children!
We have a thank-you picture collage going out to all the businesses and individuals who supported our bingo night and hope they will support us again for our 2015 Community Ski Trip to Sun Peaks.
We successfully introduced three new skiers/boarders to this fun sport.
Congratulations to Lyndsey Gano, the youngest one on the trip, Winston Tallio and Christopher Butler for learning a new skill, states Samantha Mason, one of the organizers.
Samantha and Christiana Zintl have organized the trip for the last two years and are quite pleased with the result this year.
We have amazing community support for this annual adventure.
Organizers report that the club had the Tatla Lake students shop for the groceries and prepare the lunches and dinners for the three days.
A different group prepared each meal each day and did the cleanup which is very good training for all the students. Meals were very tasty.
We had great community help with our meals from Dorothy Evans and Susan Wright not to mention the moral and financial support of the Tatla Lake Ski Club executive Deborah Kannegiesser, Joe Cortese, and Doug and Sheryl Houle.
The Cahilty Lodge was very welcoming and their restaurant, Cahilty Creek Grill, was very accommodating, says Samatha Mason.
A special thank you to Dale Cox who not only donated a great prize to the bingo night but supported the evening by opening his wallet and giving words of encouragement to the organizers.