Aloha from Youth Board Bingo!

Aloha from Youth Board Bingo!

First Congregational Church was the host for Community Unlimited Youth Board’s June Senior Bingo on Saturday, June 27. Twenty-nine players celebrated with a Hawaiian Luau, complete with music and grass skirts.

Ginger Palmerton returned to help Paula Blue lead the Youth Board kids in setting up the Bingo Bucks store, decorating the fellowship hall, and running the games. Terry Binion was assisted with calling numbers by his best friend and baby brother, Justyn Kalvin Richard Costigan. Devin Snyder and Matt Miller greeted players at the door with festive leis; and Carolyn Smeltzer helped in the kitchen with keeping the Kona coffee, a specialty Hawaiian blend, hot and ready for the players.

Judy Carpenter was the only June birthday, celebrating her twenty-first birthday again. Player Betty Baylis donated a slew of “M&M Candy – Man’s Survival Kit” packets for the edification of stress relief through chocolate. A small net bag of six different color M&M® Candies, accompanied by directions for each color (“at the first sign that your wife is mad, eat the red one”) were given to each player. Many laughs were shared as directions were read and candies eaten.

Lunch Luau included Hawaiian Punch (of course), Hawaiian Fruit and Meat Skewers, Hawaiian Fruit Salad, and cupcakes decorated with festive Hawaiian-colored coconut shreds. Hawaiian music filled the air and Paula entertained with her hula dance in a purple flowered muumuu. The teens, in their imitation grass skirts, to everyone’s disappointment declined to hula dance.

Next month’s bingo is scheduled for Saturday, July 18 at the Congregational Church from 1-4 PM. The party theme will be a traditional Independence Day. Be sure to join in for an “explosive” good time! Call Paula Blue at 517-765-2740 to confirm date and time, and be ready to “sparkle” with fun!