A friendly bowling competition to benefit the homeless is gearing up. The SuperBowl-A-Thon VIII, featuring more than 60 teams representing various businesses, community organizations and government, compete with their bowling and fundraising skills for awards.
Proceeds from SuperBowl-A-Thon VIII will be used to support projects of the Westside Shelter and Hunger Coalition to assist hungry, homeless and low-income adults, children and families in the western part of Los Angeles County. The coalition brings together more than 25 organizations representing local human service, government agencies and faith-based programs. In addition to team registrations and sponsorship donations, individual bowlers solicit pledges, and compete for prizes, to enhance the proceeds.
The event is Jan. 30, scheduled from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at AMF Bay Shore Lanes, 234 Pico Blvd. The entry fee is $100 for a team of five people, which includes shoe rental, an official SuperBowl-A-Thon VIII T-shirt, food and soft drinks.
There will be three sessions of competition during the afternoon. First Federal Bank of California is the event’s “Perfect Game” title sponsor and currently the “Spare” level sponsors are Fairmont Miramar Hotel, The Lobster restaurant and Santa Monica Place. Food for the three afternoon sessions will be provided by Arby’s Market Fresh Santa Monica, Buca di Beppo and more.
In addition to the sponsors, teams representing business, government, media and social service organizations will “bowl for dollars” for the coalition.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on December 19, 2003. Read the original PDF.