Trivia Night: Winner, Winner, Pasta Dinner

On Friday night, we had our annual dinner/family fun night at the school, the one I have organized the past three years.

This year, we couldn't play bingo, because the local PTA was informed about a law banning minors from being present with gambling. So, I switched gears and created a Trivia Night, using questions submitted by the teachers. That way,the students, including the younger ones, would have a shot at getting the answers.

We had teenaged helpers again, serving food from Presto Pasta.

Kelly and Yass were our MCs, and you can see all the prizes to the left. We raffled off more than two dozen prizes off at the end of the night, and people could either buy raffle tickets or win them by answering questions correctly.

Here's Jake, Shayan, Sophia, Trent and Cora - all their parents were very helpful with the event. 

It was so fun listening to the kids eagerly discuss different answer possibilities, and then celebrate when the correct answers were read out. There was a definite buzz in the room!

We had about 90 people attend.

The buzz continued when the prizes were raffled off. 

Christina won a family prize pack of free kids meals and pottery painting.

At the end of the night, Kelly pulled the winning ticket out for the grand prize, a $50 gift card to the mall. Lo and behold, Jake won it!

At the end of the night, Kelly pulled the winning ticket out for the grand prize, a $50 gift card to the mall. Lo and behold, Jake won it!

It was a fun evening, and of course, I was very glad when it was all over. It's fun helping put on an event, but I'm always glad to have them finished. This is probably my last school event like this, because I won't have Jen to help gather prizes next year. Trent will be in junior high.

Bingo Fun

We had a full house for Bingo Night on Friday, and my friends who worked on it with me couldn't have been happier. We've been preparing for a couple of months now, and all went very smoothly.

This is me at the front table, helping pick the numbers and check winners' tickets.

Our friend Yass was the MC, and he did a great job. Jen spearheaded the prize donations, Rachael handled the food again, and Christina helped with everything. I chaired the committee, so I did lots of little things.





Those little bingo balls can be hard to read!

We had over 30 prizes - Jen really went all out!

Violet skipped most of the bingo - she read in the hallway, rather than have her hopes dashed again. Or, she's tired of we grownups remarking on how cute she was a few years ago, sobbing every time she lost.

We raised close to $2,000 for the school! I'm so pleased, and so blessed to live this life, with time and energy to volunteer.