In 1985 when this Post had acquired its present building, it was faced with a mortguage that needed to be paid off.  There were several ways of doing this, but one that appealed was to do Bingo.  The Bingo Hall in Longmont Colorado allowed the post to use its facility to host Bingo nights eekly.  These nights required several members to participate in order to support the Bingo activity.  Besides there being a caller, there were also floor walkers to help the players, people to sell the packets and baubers, people to work the concessions, and then there was always clean up afterwards.  All in all it was a large commitment of people, time and effort.  It all paid off in the end however as the entire mortguage was paid off in 3 years!  The post was ours free and clear!

Now jump ahead to 2017 / 2018.  There are repairs that need to be made to the existing post building; as well as other projects to improve the building interior, exterior, and the parking lot.  One method of raising the money for some of the items that are needed was to return to Bingo again.  This time we are using the Post backroom.  It isn't as big as the Longmont Colorado Bingo Hall, but it is closer and offers several advantages for us.  We have concessions, thanks to the Legion Riders and the Post bar; both of which have been more that supportive of our efforts. The workers have come mostly from the Officer corp of the Legion itself.  As we expand additional workers will come from other members of the Legion and other supporters. So far we have had limited success attracting both members of the Post and local attendees to the Post.  The growth has been slow, but continues to show improvement. We have developed a core cadre of attendees who not only attend frequently, but also help bring in new attendees. 

It seems that everything old is new again! We will be using what we know works in a different way to obtain similar ends again!

 

  

 

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