Louisiana Children's Charity A Child's Wish Announces Annual Bowling Fundraiser

Online, August 5, 2011 (Newswire.com) - A Child's Wish of Louisiana announced this week their upcoming annual "Bowl A Thon" event to raise money to grant wishes for Louisiana children with critical illnesses. This marks the 4th year of the event which is open to the public and will be held on Sunday, November 19th from 7-9:30 pm at Rock-N-Bowl Mid City Lanes in New Orleans, La.

Participants in the event can register as a five or six person team as well as individually. The organization is also accepting pledges from both individuals and local businesses as part of the fundraising effort. The donation for reserving a lane and entering a team is $300. The registration can be company sponsored or each bowler can raise a minimum of $50 in pledges due by November 4, 2011, but don't stop there! Everyone can copy the pledge sheet as many times as they need to raise additional pledges for this great cause.

Additional pledges must be turned in on or before the event. Once a team has registered, the team will be entitled to bowling 2 games, shoe rental, food and drinks.

Door prizes will be given out and awards will be given for the following categories:
• Most Pledges (1 St & 2nd Place)
• Total High Team Score (1st & 2nd Place)
• Total High Score (1st & 2nd Place Men and Women)
• Total Low Score (Man and Woman)

Teams are encouraged to wear team t-shirts. Each team can pick choose an individual theme, but the shirt must include "A Child's Wish Bowl-A-Thon '11". The organization will award a prize to the team with the most creative t-shirt.

All proceeds from the event go to benefit Louisiana children with terminal illnesses.

About A Child's Wish of Louisiana

A Child's Wish is a Louisiana based non-profit organization working hard to grant wishes to Louisiana children who suffer from life-threatening illnesses. The organization was founded in 1982 and has granted hundreds of wishes for Louisiana children through private funding and donations. Typical wishes granted for each child may vary on their medical condition or limitations but the most popular wish requests are trips to Disney or shopping sprees for items such as electronics or games.

For more information on the event contact A Child's Wish of Louisiana via telephone at 504-367-9474, via email [email protected] or visit our website http://www.achildswish.org/bowl-thon.aspx. Event details, driving directions, sponsorship information and ticket details are all available on the website.

Karen Dwyer and Tina Brouillette
Event Coordinators