Wbef Casino Night
By: Cari DeLamielleure-Scott West Bloomfield Beacon Published January 21, 2016
- Casino Night Sponsors. We would like to extend our sincere gratitude to the 2020 Casino Night businesses, organizations and individuals that sponsored tables, donated auction items, raffle items and attended the event. Their contributions ensured the success of the evening.
- Join us at the beautiful West Point Club for Casino Night on Feb. 21, 2020 from 6pm-11pm for an evening of entertainment and prizes, all while raising money for grants and educational scholarships. The theme this year is CASINO ROYALE! The event will feature: Open Bar 6PM-8PM (Beer and Wine) Live Music and Dancing; Casino games, Black Jack.
The Casino Night package provides an extremely entertaining event that raises funds for a charitable cause while guests engage in a diverse “Vegas-Style” gaming floor including roulette, black jack, poker, money wheels, big six wheels, dice tables and much more.
WEST BLOOMFIELD — Kids will hit the jackpot when their parents roll the dice to raise money for the West Bloomfield School District.
The West Bloomfield Education Foundation, a charitable foundation that collects money and distributes it throughout the district, is hosting the second annual Casino Night at Edgewood Country Club in Commerce Township 7-11 p.m. Feb. 5.
Wbef Casino Nights
The first Casino Night, held in 2015, topped 300 people, and organizers are expecting a larger crowd this year. Because of last year’s success — raising about $27,000 — the foundation has added more food, more games and more fun.
The WBEF has been raising money for the district since 2002, when the state began making drastic school funding cuts.
“It came together to support the schools and teachers. ... The whole point (of the foundation) is to give money back to the staff of West Bloomfield Schools to fund innovative programing,” said Kathy Sheiko, foundation secretary.
In addition to mini-grants for teachers, the WBEF has provided technology grants to each school and other districtwide grants, including the elementary school science kits.
“We’re raising money to give to the teachers to make West Bloomfield Schools a better learning environment for the kids and to give the teachers more tools to work with,” WBEF Chairman Aaron Fogarasi said.
The work of the foundation and the money raised not only make the teacher-student interaction better, but they improve the school district and provide better college preparation to the students, Fogarasi said.
So leave the kids at home and test your luck with popular casino games like blackjack, roulette, craps and bingo.
“There are going to be tons of prizes and great things to win for a very low entry fee,” Fogarasi said. “It’s a bargain night out, and it’s for a good cause.”
Wbef Casino Night
Adults 21 and older can purchase one of three ticket packages at www.wbef.org. The $35 Card Shark package includes entry to the casino, appetizers, one raffle entry and 100 gaming chips. The $75 Diamond package includes entry, appetizers, five raffle entries, 250 gaming chips and one beverage. Finally, the $125 High Roller package includes entry, appetizers, 10 raffle entries, 500 gaming chips and two beverages. Those prices are good until Feb. 4. Tickets go up $10 at the door Feb. 5.
Additional gaming chips and raffle tickets will be available for purchase from the casino bank.
The Casino Night will also feature a silent auction, which includes prizes like tickets to Thunder Over Michigan, dinner for eight on the lake, lunch with radio personality Terry Foster and a morning tour of the Channel 95.5 radio station.
For more information about the foundation or to purchase ticket packages to the Casino Night, visit www.wbef.org.