Charities That Use Bingo

Bingo has always been a way for charities to make money. Bingo is a fun activity that many enjoy and comes with a reward. In these rough economic times charities that use bingo as a means to bring in funds are suffering.

In Eugene, Oregon, a food bank has held weekly bingo games billed as bingo at the bank. However, since so many people have stopped coming to weekly bingo, they have contemplated ceasing the weekly games. In Greensboro, South Carolina, bingo at the Oriental Shrine Club was a local tradition. It not only served those looking for a fun game each week, but it also benefited the local charities. Now they too are looking at closing the games.

Many other charities all over the nation use bingo to bring in funds. Local animal shelters, children's charities and services for the homeless all have relied on bingo funds to keep them going. The sounds and sights of a bingo hall, numbers being called and cards being marked are all exciting for the players. Around the USA, and even in other countries, bingo is suffering from the current economic times and these familiar sights and sounds are fading away. Many parlors are seeing only half, or even less, of the bingo players they once had on any given night. In the last few months those numbers have been steadily falling even more.

Many volunteer their time at the charity bingo events, but even with this donation of time the costs may no longer be worth the little money brought in by the few remaining players. Without the money from bingo many charities will have to cut back on what they can provide even more. It will be very difficult for a charity to find as lucrative an alternative to bingo for the funds they need.

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Laura Brown has been a avid bingo player and bingo community user for many years -- she chose her online-bingo hall at Meccabingo.com for a particular reason!