CURE to host Casino Night fundraiser

CURE to host Casino Night fundraiser
BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer

TINTON FALLS — Tinton Falls CURE (Caring Unselfishly Renews Everyone) will hold its first Casino Night fundraiser Friday, May 15, to help provide financial support for borough families faced with catastrophic illnesses.

The event will be held from 7 p.m. to midnight at the Robert B. Meyner Reception Center at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel.

CURE has been in existence since 1997 and raises funds to cover medical expenses not covered by health insurance.

"You can apply to our committee to submit your medical bills," CURE Executive Board member Toni Grimm explained last week.

Tinton Falls CURE was established when a young boy in the community was diagnosed with cancer and the group formed to assist his family with medical expenses.

Grimm is looking forward to the event, which will be the first event the organization will hold at the reception center and the first time it will host a casino event.

The night will include casino-style games, plus dinner, dancing, music, casino games such as blackjack, roulette, craps and money wheels, Grimm said.

Grimm said the casino games will lead up to a gift auction.

"At the end of the night there will be a gift auction," Grimm said. "We don't have any gifts valued at under $100. We have gift baskets with smaller gifts that equal $100 in value, as well as some bigger gifts such as an iPod or a TV," she added.

While the games presented are commonly associated with gambling, the chips will not be traded in for money, but for gifts.

"Also, if say you don't want to gamble, you can just buy tickets for the auction directly," she added.

This may be the biggest event CURE has taken on, according to Grimm, who explained that the group has run smaller events in the past.

"Two years ago we had a smaller gift auction," Grimm said.

One of the reasons why there aren't more frequent events, according to Grimm, is that the organization has a limited number of volunteers.

"We are small in volunteers with only 12," Grimm said.

CURE can be reached at its website, http://tintonfallscure.org/default.htm, or via email at emailus@tintonfallscure.org.

Meetings are held on the third Thursday of every month at the Tinton Falls Municipal Building.

Contact Kenny Walter at

kwalter@gmnews.com.


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