The Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeastern Pennsylvania will host a designer purse bingo Feb. 2 at St. Stanislaus Youth Center, 530 E. Elm St., Scranton. All proceeds benefit the club. Cost is $30 for prepurchased tickets and $35 at the door. Also available for additional purchases are extra games, daubers, special games, 50/50 cash raffle and purse, basket raffles, food and beverages. Doors open at noon and games begin at 1 p.m. Purse designers include Coach, Dooney & Bourke, Michael Kors, Zac Posen, Kate Spade and Tory Burch. There is also a $10 special raffle to win a Gucci Ophidia Large Tote valued at almost $2,000. Several door prizes will be given out. To purchase tickets, visit www.bgcnepa.org or contact Julianne Cucura at 570-342-8709 ext. 110 or jcucura@bgcnepa.org. Pictured are committee members, from left, seated: Tricia DiBiasi Thomas, club executive director; Angela Mariotti, PNC Bank; Tara Smith, Fidelity Bank; and Julianne Cucura, club development director. Standing: Helene Tinsley, community advocate; Matthew Mackie, club board member; Christine Shean, Toyota of Scranton; Amy Lynott, Jacobi Capital Management, chair of event; Nicole Tyler, community advocate; Laura Gentile, club director of operations; and Debbie Parise, club business manager. Others involved are Lisa Abdo, Alexia Blake, Melaine Blondek, Lisa Bonacci, Lisa Bromage, Marybeth D’Andrea, Jennifer Greene Kane, Larina Kost, Gretchen Mackie, Drew Popish and Ellen Rudis.
