Trenton Darts Score Big For Charity

I got a report from Gary at the Greater Trenton English Dart League that their Charity Dart-A-Thon last weekend was a tremendous success, raising over $10,000.00 for the charity Make-A-Wish New Jersey. Here is an excerpt from Gary's report, used with his permission:

"I am pleased to announce that on April 12th, 2008, the Greater Trenton Dart League held its third annual Darts-for-Dreams dart‑a‑thon to benefit the Make‑A‑Wish Foundation® of New Jersey. The total amount raised at the event was $10,632 with some donations still arriving.

The event was held at Arbeiter Hall in Hamilton, NJ with seventy-one people in attendance at the event. Participants threw one hundred darts for high score, with the highest score each hour winning a cash prize. Plaques were awarded to the highest scores for male, female, GTDL league member and four-person team. The overall winners were Gary Autz (high male score), Terri Marcello (high female score), Bruce Linke (high GTDL member score) and Dave Cook, Bill Bongaard, Paul Luhrman and Brian Hancin for the four person team.

The total raised this year is an increase of about twenty-five (25) percent from last years’ total of $8,425, and just about double the 2006 total of $5,800. The total raised by the GTDL in just three years is now right about twenty-five thousand dollars. The total amount this year came from a variety of sources; corporate sponsorships, personal donations, admission, entry fees, raffles, 50/50s and a silent auction. There were about twenty corporate financial sponsors and almost fifty in-kind sponsors. All of the sponsors were included in an ad-book and on the event T-shirt. The in-kind items were given away as door prizes or used as raffle or silent auction items. Players were encouraged to solicit personal donations on their behalf, and were given entries to the event for their efforts. In total, almost five thousand dollars were raised by the individuals in the league."

Congratulations to Gary and the many people whose effort and generosity made this event such a success. It's a remarkable thing to see how dart players come out to support charities and do great things for the community.