Vicksburg Lions Club - 14th (sorta) Annual Bowling "Fun-Raiser"

Name: Vicksburg Lions Club - 14th (sorta) Annual Bowling "Fun-Raiser"
Start: 2026-02-01T11:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-02-01T15:00:00-05:00
Location: Continental Lanes Kalamazoo

Schedule

Sun Feb 01 2026 at 11:00 am to 03:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Continental Lanes Kalamazoo | Kalamazoo, MI

Greetings Friends of the Vicksburg Lions Club!
We are excited to host our 14th almost annual bowling fun-raising event featuring some of Vicksburg's most revered athletes!
Come on out and support your local Club on Sunday, February 1, 2026 at Continental Lanes, 3645 Van Rick, Kalamazoo, MI 49001.
The crew at Continental Lanes has been an excellent host of our events for many years and we look forward to partnering with them again!
Please add your friends to this page and spread the word! This year registration begins at 11:00am with bowling to begin at 12:00pm.
Thanks to your support, in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 we filled all 32 lanes with 6 bowlers each. Your participation in this important event supports the Vicksburg Lions Club's financial commitments to our local community and Lions Club International charities.
IMPORTANT SIGN-UP INFORMATION - AGAIN THIS YEAR:
DUE TO THE POPULARITY OF THIS EVENT, ALL TEAM CAPTAINS FROM 2025 WILL GET FIRST CRACK AT SIGNING UP AGAIN FOR 2026. THOSE TEAMS WILL HAVE UNTIL MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 2026 TO PAY FOR THEIR LANE IN FULL. AFTER THAT DATE, WE WILL RE-OPEN REGISTRATION ON A FIRST-TO-PAY = FIRST-TO-PLAY BASIS.
2025 Team Captains (and sponsors) were:
1. Ric Baker (KALSEE Credit Union)
2. Dane Bosel (Distant Whistle Brewhouse)
3. Jeff Landtroop (A&O Mold)
4. Vicki Streeter-Homan (Homan Farms)
5. Sarah Chase (Flegal & Melnik)
6. Mike Veldkamp (Kalamazoo State Bank)
7. Joshy Tyler (Vicksburg Optometry)
8. Justin Weinberg (Inspirations Med Spa)
9. Deb Bright (Kellogg Community Credit Union)
10. Ryan Bright (Angel's Crossing Golf Club)
11. RJ Evans (BURG Days)
12. Todd Glenn (Jaspare's Pizza - Vicksburg)
13. Rachel Plankenhorn (Village Hideaway)
14. Brett Grossman (Grossman Horne & Cannizzaro, PC)
15. Dave Reno (The Mill at Vicksburg)
16. Katie Grossman (KMG Health and Wellness, LLC)
17. Steve Holladay (Erbelli's)
18. Diane Fort (Trust Shield Insurance Agency)
19. Lee Sherman (High Dive Bar)
20. Eric Stafinski (Student Haulers)
21. Mike Roy (Apple Knockers Ice Cream Parlor)
22. Kathy McCormick (BUBS 73 Foundation)
23. Katie Bagley (3 West Salon)
24. Dan Rogers (Avink, McCowen Secord Family Funeral Homes)
25. Dawn Freeland (Freeland Insurance Solutions, LLC)
26. Jon Pearsall (Vickers Lakeside Tavern)
27. John Dekker (Continental Lanes)
28. Lisa Goff (Highland Financial Group, Inc.)
29. Johnny Cook (Yogi's Diner)
30 . Melissa Stamm ( Main Street Pub)
31. Zack Bishop (4 Flutes Machining)
32. Chad Sikkenga (Eckert Wordell)
Registration includes three (3) games of bowling, shoe rental, pizza and pop. Pricing as follows:
$300.00/lane for six (6) bowlers AND lane sponsorship;
$210.00/lane for six (6) bowlers; or
$100.00 for lane sponsorship.
We're again encouraging folks to sign up as teams with 6 bowlers.
Lane and corporate sponsorships are also available. WE'D LOVE TO HAVE ALL 32 LANES SPONSORED AGAIN THIS YEAR. We will recognize all lane sponsors prior to and during the event. If your business was gracious enough to sponsor a lane in 2025, we will follow-up with you soon.
We will again feature drawings for dozens (hundreds?) of fabulous prizes graciously donated by local businesses and a 50/50 raffle.
This event always makes for a great day. Thank you Vicksburg!