{"id":283224,"date":"2026-09-10T20:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T20:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/283224\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T20:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T20:02:09","slug":"racing-to-raffles-returns-to-catholic-social-services-diocese-of-scranton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/283224\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cRacing to Raffles\u201d Returns to Catholic Social Services! \u2013 Diocese of Scranton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-132122 size-large\" title=\"Photo by Philippe Oursel on Unsplash\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/philippe-oursel-3v7qofrkMXk-unsplash-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"350\"  \/>Photo by Philippe Oursel on Unsplash<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Catholic Social Services of Greater Hazleton is excited to announce the return of \u201cRacing to Raffles,\u201d a fun-filled two-day fundraising event benefiting\u00a0the programs and services of Catholic Social Services.<\/p>\n<p>The festivities kick off with Preview Night on Friday, October 9, 2026, from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. Guests can stop by to purchase horses for $10 each and get an early start on raffle tickets for gift cards, lottery boards, themed baskets and more. Light snacks will be available for purchase<\/p>\n<p>Race Night takes place Saturday, October 10, 2026. Doors open at 4:00 p.m., with dinner served at 6:00 p.m. Guests can enjoy an evening of horse racing, food and fun, with raffle drawings held between the races.<\/p>\n<p>Admission for Race Night is $10 in advance or $15 at the door.<\/p>\n<p>Both events will be held at the Catholic Social Services Family Center, 106 S. Church St., Hazleton.<\/p>\n<p>For more information or to purchase advance tickets, call Catholic Social Services at 570-455-1521.<\/p>\n<p>All proceeds benefit the programs of Catholic Social Services of Greater Hazleton, a member of the United Way of Greater Hazleton.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.diocesanweb.org\/crossroads\/scranton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2026-HORSE-FORM.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD RACE FORM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo by Philippe Oursel on Unsplash \u00a0 Catholic Social Services of Greater Hazleton is excited to announce the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":283225,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-283224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}