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Encore!
For the second year in a row, the “No-Go” Fall Classic Raffle, to benefit the 21st Century Learning Centers, is on. The raffle is held again this year because of the persistence of the COVID-19 virus and its variants.
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Tickets are $75 and can be purchased at the Bristol Borough Tax Office at Pond and Mulberry Streets; Great IDs by Anne at 257 Radcliffe Street; and Mignoni Jewelry at 200 Mill Street, all in Bristol Borough.
Mary Gesualdi will draw the winning tickets from a tumbler, and the event will be shown over Zoom. The Zoom link will be published later this week.
The annual classic gala is usually an in-person celebration to honor a person of the year. But, in the interest of caution, the members of the Grundy Foundation’s Academic Oversight committee decided that to again forgo an in-person gala.
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The drawing will be at 7 p.m. December 7.
Last year’s gala raised $25,000 and Committee Member Amy McIlvaine said that 100 percent of the programs proceeds will go to 21st Century Program.
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This annual event is biggest fundraiser of the year that benefits children (and families) in St. Mark Parochial School, and Snyder Girotti Elementary School.
In an unaudited analysis covering 2016-2019, the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) suggested Bristol Borough School District students are not far from attaining state proficiency and advanced levels.
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