Post 411 Auxiliary cash bingo
Jessup American Legion Michael Steiner Post 411 Auxiliary cash bingo, April 26, post home, 508 Church St. Cash prize for each game. Doors, noon; bingo, 1 p.m. Only 100 tickets sold. Advance tickets, $20 for 12 regular bingo games with four specials at $5/each. Profits will be donated to military honor guard squads that conduct funeral services for deceased veterans: American Legion Post 665, Dickson City; VFW Post 6082, Peckville, and Walter Paciga VFW Post 4712, Simpson. Donate any of the following items for the Gino J. Merli Veterans Center, Scranton, to receive a free bingo game card with an opportunity to win $50: M/F hygiene item, socks, crossword books, underwear, reading glasses, notepads/cards, nail files/polish. Call/text Lorraine Zilla at 570-233-2406 to purchase a ticket or reserve a table. Basket raffles, lottery/cash drawing and 50/50 drawing. Snacks welcome; light refreshments and adult beverages for purchase. Open to the public.
Post 7251 spring chicken barbecue
Annual spring chicken barbecue, May 2, noon to 4 p.m., Throop VFW Post 7251, 179 Boulevard Ave. Drive-thru or eat-in, $15, includes half-chicken, vegetable, baked potato, roll and cake dessert, tickets available at the post home.
Post 4909 81st anniversary party
Dupont VFW Post 4909 81st anniversary party, May 2, with entertainment by the Luongo Brothers Band. Doors, 4:30 p.m.; dinner, 6; music, 7-10, and cash bar, 4:30-10, for mixed drinks, wine, beer, bottled water and soda; $30/person. Call Bob Lopata, 570-472-1152.
Post 665 scholarships
Dickson City American Legion Post 665 will offer scholarships to high school seniors in the Midvalley. Children and grandchildren of regular members of Post 665 are also eligible. Contact commander John Toole at 570-489-4303 or leave a message at 570-489-6986 for forms to apply. All forms must be postmarked by May 11. You may also pick up a form in person at the post.
Post 5207 annual golf tournament
10th annual John J. Michaels Memorial VFW Auxiliary 5207 Golf Tournament, Sunday, June 14; sign-in, 7:30 a.m., and shotgun start, 8, Pine Hills Country Club, 140 S. Keyser Ave., Taylor; $100/golfer, includes 18 holes of golf, golf cart, coffee and doughnuts at sign-in, hot dog, beer/water on the turn and lunch. Contact Jerel Wayne, 570-878-6420, or John Teeple, 570-445-0713. Hole sponsors are needed.
Meetings
Post 3451: VFW Rabiega-Gorgol Post 3451, Monday, 5 p.m., 606 Alder St., Scranton.