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Cow Pie Bingo

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Gallery: Stoughton High's Cow Pie Bingo a Fundraiser 'Dung' Well

A game of "Cow Pie Bingo" at the Stoughton High football field this past Saturday was a big success for the SHS senior class, and was an example of the creative fundraising that has been taking place since candy sale fundraisers were banned.

Cows roamed the Stoughton High football field this past Saturday afternoon, with dozens of onlookers waiting with anticipation to see when - and where - one of the cows would defecate on the field. It was all part of a game of "Cow Pie Bingo," a Stoughton High senior class fundraiser. Four cows from the Massachusetts 4-H Animal Science Program were brought to the football field, which was gridded off like a bingo board. Squares were sold for $30 each. If one of the cows did their "business" in your square, you got bingo. Faced with new nutrition guidelines this school year which ban the sale of candy for student fundraisers, clubs and sports teams have been thinking outside the box for ways to raise money, and the Stoughton High Class of …

Monday, November 19, 2012

About Town with Mark Snyder

ABOUT TOWN: Cow Pie Bingo to Drop in on Stoughton High (And Thanksgiving Trash Talk)

Welcome to "About Town with Mark Snyder," a column that will keep you up to the minute with what's what, who's who and what's going on around town. If you see or hear something we could use here, let us know by sending an e-mail to pmpco@aol.com.

A CRAPPY CONTEST! The student-athletes on the Stoughton High football and Canton High football teams will be the featured players on the SHS football field Thanksgiving morning, but a couple days later, on Saturday, Nov. 24 cows will take over Stoughton High School's football field! At 1 p.m., the field will be divided into grids and tickets are being sold allowing you to purchase one of these special squares of grid, grass and soil. Cows will then be allowed to wander on the field, and whoever owns the grid that the cow poops on first is the big winner of $3,000. The second cow's deposit will result in a $1,000 prize! This fundraiser will help support the Stoughton High School Class of 2013, and will let two lucky players strike pay dirt…

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