Apple Bowl to raise funds for Community Living

The Ruthven Apple Festival Steering Committee has announced the 19th annual Apple Bowl, a fundraising bowling event which is part of the annual Ruthven Apple Festival.

The bowling event will take place at Empire Lanes in Ruthven on Sunday, October 16 at 2 p.m.

Everyone is invited to participate in the fun event by putting together a group of four or five friends and collecting a minimum of $20 each in pledges, and the bowling during the two-hour event.

Participants can look forward to great prizes for top pledge amounts, two games of bowling and refreshments.

For more information or to register your team, call Tony DeSantis, Manager of Commnity Relations with Community Living Essex County at 519-776-6486, ext. 246.

To date, the Ruthven Apple Festival has raised $645,000 on behalf of Community Living Essex County. An announcement will be made shortly by the Ruthven Apple Festival Steering Committee regarding the total amount of proceeds raised from the 2011 event.