SORRY, CANCELLED: Bingo on Saturday, March 14; Tentative Future Dates

March Session Cancelled, but
More Chances to Yell BINGO!

Cancelled: Saturday, March 14. The Temple decided to cancel or postpone all events and services for the imnediate future. Temple leadership will re-assess at the end of March. See announcement here.

We have added more dates and may yet add more, so in future we l ook forward to creating more opportunities for our Bingo players later this year. Please stay tuned for future announcements.

Once back on our regular schedule, we anticipate as before that doors will open at 4:30 p.m. and the first game beginning promptly at 6 p.m.

As before a 12-game package will cost $10. There will be a first place and consolation winner for every game. Extra BINGO sheets may be purchased for $.50 apiece. Players can try their luck at the Pull tabs with a chance to win money. Midway through the session, players will have the opportunity to win prizes during the BINGO Drawing. Players must be 18 years old and up.

Food Options. Our next Bingo event will be announced with available food options; in the past we have been able to provide low-cost favorite food items like Chili/Rice, Chili, Hot Dogs, Chili Dogs, soup and donuts. Beverages of water, coffee and hot tea will also be sold.

More Dates Added. We added April 18 and May 9 to our remaining dates in December (September 12 and December 5) We hope to announce dates for July, August, October and November, so please stay tuned.

We Appreciate Your Support. Thank you very much for supporting the temple’s BINGO nights. Please spread the word!

WE APPRECIATE THE VFW

We are so grateful for the many years in which Bingo was hosted by our friends in the Veteran of Foreign Wars Post 4851 (Asian Pacific Post).

Here is the acknowledgment of our debt tfrom Temple President LuAnn Lee. The note appeared in our February 2020 issue of the kaiho (newsletter), The Bussei Script. It has been edited very slightly here:

On Saturday, January 11th, the temple held their first solo run of Bingo. The VFW guys (Bob Poston, Gene Davies, Bob Buzzard) were there supporting the group and even had a chance to play along with their friends and families. There were a few new faces and this is very encouraging for the future of Bingo night at the temple.
Thank you to cochairs Qamar Bradford and Ralph Honda. Appreciation to the bingo crew Norman Kiyono, Arturo Rubio, Reverend Maribeth Smith (Smitty), Kris and Ron Tokunaga. Gratitude to Kikue Graeber, Ruby Hara, Irene Tomoi and Betty Torio for making the delicious hot dogs, chili and taking care of the drinks. Thanks to Smitty for making her famous chicken soup, it was tasty.

During the intermission, Ralph Honda was able to thank the Post for their hosting of the game for some four decades, with the last 12 years cohosted with the Temple with games offered in the Temple Annex Hall. Attendees gave the VFW volunteers a round of applause.

The Board also appreciates the long advanced notice that the existing team of VFW Bingo volunteers would be retiring in 2020… [and] for committing to help train the Temple volunteers for the first fiew games and started with the final game of 2019 on Saturday, December 14.

~ LuAnn Lee, Board President

STAY TUNED

The Temple will post updates and more information around Bingo games in the coming year.