Friendly Neighbors raise funds for parks, scholarship

Westside Eagle Observer/SUSAN HOLLAND
Bingo players pause between games during a Friendly Neighbors fundraiser Friday evening, April 29, at the Sulphur Springs Community Center. The Friendly Neighbors served hot dogs, salads and desserts. Donations were accepted and more than $300 was raised for park improvements and a scholarship fund.
Westside Eagle Observer/SUSAN HOLLAND Bingo players pause between games during a Friendly Neighbors fundraiser Friday evening, April 29, at the Sulphur Springs Community Center. The Friendly Neighbors served hot dogs, salads and desserts. Donations were accepted and more than $300 was raised for park improvements and a scholarship fund.


SULPHUR SPRINGS -- Members of the Sulphur Springs Friendly Neighbors held a fundraiser Friday evening, April 29, at the Sulphur Springs Community Center.

Guests enjoyed an evening of bingo and were treated to free hot dogs, assorted salads and desserts.

Friendly Neighbors president Anna Lee Janisch was out of town on a mission trip but vice-president Petite Parker thanked everyone for coming and extended special thanks to Shirley Barber for serving as a caller for the bingo games and to Steve Sevak for grilling the hot dogs.

Other Friendly Neighbors officers are Susan Hutcheson, secretary; Rhonda Barnett, treasurer; and J.D. Wells, card chairman.

Donations were accepted and more than $300 was raised. Proceeds will be used to help fund Sulphur Springs park improvements and provide a scholarship for a Sulphur Springs student.

  photo  Westside Eagle Observer/SUSAN HOLLAND Bingo players concentrate on their cards as caller Shirley Barber announces numbers at a fundraiser sponsored by the Friendly Neighbors Friday evening, April 29, at the Sulphur Springs Community Center. Guests enjoyed hot dogs, salads and desserts and more than $300 was raised for park improvements and a scholarship fund.
 
 
  photo  Westside Eagle Observer/SUSAN HOLLAND J. D. Wells, (left foreground), card chairman of the Sulphur Springs Friendly Neighbors, and Petite Parker, club vice-president, right front, join bingo players at a table during the club's fundraiser Friday evening, April 29, at the Sulphur Springs Community Center. More than $300 was raised for park improvements and a scholarship fund.