Strikes, Spares, and Splits

The 5th Annual Strikes, Spares, and Splits bowling benefit hosted by the Junior Board on Thursday, March 3 was one for the history books. The event raised $73,000 thanks to the outreach of the 200 bowling participants and the generosity of 850 donors. This amazing support will benefit 135 young students in our program next school year!Read Ahead is grateful for the Junior Board’s leadership and commitment to hosting this annual fundraiser on our behalf.

Each year we recognize our fundraising leaders and spirited participants during the event. Congratulations are in order for:

Top three fundraising teams
The Bowl Cuts (pictured left): $7,165
Slow Rollers: $3,615
Spare Me!: $1,771

Top three individual fundraisers

Andrew Brimmer from The Bowl Cuts: $5,160
Daniel Harrow from the Slow Rollers: $1,550
Charley Lozada from the Slow Rollers: $1,315

Best Team Spirit
Nice Marmot from Penguin Random House (pictured left)

Best Team Name
Bunch o’ Bowlogny

A special thank you to our generous event sponsors:

We also enjoyed a great deal of buzz around our silent auction and raffle items. Thanks to our generous in-kind donors for contributing such bid-worthy items.