User:BuddyTheCookie/Bowl-A-Thon

Bowa-A-Thon, a term create and coined by Lee "Buddy" Bateman in the early 1960's in Rock Island Illinois, grew into something of a freny during the 1980's, as bowling centers across the Midwest, and soon thereafter across America, and around the world, began particpating in local Bowl-A-Thons to raise money for nearly every chartible and worthy cause in the world. It was in 1961 that Bateman created the idea and concept for a Bowl-A-Thon, where participants collect sponsors for PER PIN pledges based on one series of bowling, or typically known as a three-game series. For instance, if a participant collects a sponsor who pledges five cents per pin, and the participant's rolls a 500 series, the particpants then collects twenty-five dollars ($25.00) from the sponsor and the funds are then collected by the Treasur or Director of the charity or local organization participating. Buddy's Town and Country Bowl in Rock Island, Illinois

Bowl-A-Thons have grown become annual events by many noteworthy organizations including Junior Acheivement, who raises nearly 15 million dollars annually witt heir nationwide Bowl-A-Thon drive.