Residents gather for charity cow bingo

Cow dung used in unusual charity bingo game

It's not unusual for bingo to be used to raise funds for charity, but using a cow as the centre of attention for a game might just be a little bit out of the ordinary � even among free bingo fans.

A charity drive to generate funds to lay artificial turf at Glenbard West High School involved a field being converted into a makeshift bingo board with 546 squares. Residents bought tickets and then watched as Hilda the cow marked boxes in a way you might expect from a cow in a field.

After 40 minutes, Glen Ellyn native Jen Corona turned out to be the winner, netting an impressive $2,000 (�1,400) for her trouble. It would be fair to say the win represented the most unusual, and easiest, way to make a quick buck.

Mark Flynn, founder of the fund behind the game, said that the event was a way to thank the people for its support of the project. He said: "We thought about this as much as a celebration as a thank you to the community."

Bingo plays part for charity

Online bingo fans will know all about the fantastic bingo-based charity events covered here at Buckingham Bingo.

Last week, Buckingham Bingo announced its annual Bingo for Breakthrough week in which staff members and club regulars from bingo clubs all tried to raise money for breast cancer sufferers.

Players and callers from all around the UK put on events as diverse as cake-baking competitions and sumo wrestling contests in order to collect as much as possible for such a worthy cause.

Residents gather for charity cow bingo

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