Got cabin fever? Yes, there is bingo on March 5th, 2026! $125 for 125. If our attendance hits 125 people, including Door Prize winner coupons submitted, we will have a seventh door prize drawing for $125.
Also, the Columbiettes are offering free black raspberry ice cream! Bring a friend and you both will receive free ice cream.
What are the Columbiettes serving in the kitchen?
Columbiettes menu for the coming weeks:
3/5 Baked Potato Bar
3/12 Bury Burger & Potato Salad
3/19 Sausage Sandwich & Potato Salad
3/26 Walking Taco
Regular menu items each week include:
Hot Dogs, Ham & Turkey Sandwiches, Soft Pretzels, Homemade Desserts.
*Celebrate your birthday with a Free dessert!
Columbiettes-Charity of the Month:
March 2026: Donations to: MADS Enterprises-Mentorship Action for Discovering Success. https://MADSEnterprises.org/
Empowering young people by providing financial support and matching them to programs that ensures their success.
Upcoming Events:
Prize Night: April 16, 2026
About our bingo program:
Doors Open at 4:00pm. Pull tabs and Bonanza on sale at that time.
Bingo card 20 game packets go on sale at 5:00pm.
Columbiette's Kitchen opens at 5:00pm!
Bingo Starts at 6:30pm.
Must wait until the number is called before yelling Bingo!
Average payout per game, $100. Full-card before half-time $500. Full-card final game each Thursday, $1,000. Players Bonus and Pick-Four payouts are typically substantial amounts! Come check us out!
Call Kelly Brown at (717) 668-0509 for additional information.
History about our bingo program
The St. Joseph East York Pennsylvania bingo fundraiser has been run by the local Knights of Columbus organization for almost 40 years. The actual bingo program has been running for over 53 years. It takes about 20 volunteers to run the program each night. There are 150 seats available in the St. Joseph School Gym, where we play bingo. We bought a new bingo console two years ago and a new LED screen last year. The school gym is professionally cleaned every Thursday. (Pictured bottom right below.) Tables are cleaned and sanitized in preparation for the next bingo event.
There is a great deal of behind the scenes activity in preparation for Thursday bingo. Scheduling. Ordering of supplies. Set-up and tear down planning.
Everyone who plays bingo, gets a door prize ticket with the number of cards or packet quantity they purchased written on it. Twice during the evening, three prize winning numbers are drawn. So, six bingo players will be given free bingo cards or packets for the next time they play bingo or when they plan to use the free play.
The door prize tickets should be held as we draw door prizes every six weeks with the six weeks of tickets accumulated. The door prizes are typically $10 to $15 food items, as pictured on the left below.
Bingo payouts are typically $100 per game. There is one $200 game, and two full card games that pay out $500 before half-time and then another that is the final game of the night for $1,000. We play a game called Pick-Four. Cards are one for $4 or three for $10. Our Horse Races are typcally valued at $500 for the winning Horse and $100 for the winning ball.
We have a Players Bonus program. Funds are accumulated each week based on attendance.
This website will be updated each week in regards to "Is there Bingo tonight? & What are the Columbiettes serving in the kitchen tonight?"
After reviewing our bad weather program in March of 2025, a decision has been made by Father Sahd in regards to snowy and icy conditions. "If the parish office is closed, there will be no bingo."
Any questions, please feel free to call or text Kelly Brown at (717) 668-0509. You can also email Kelly at: [email protected].
