Bowling event to support Huntington’s clinic

ROCKFORD — A bowl-a-thon benefit to raise money to establish a Huntington’s disease treatment clinic at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, March 21, at Cherry Bowl, 7171 Cherryvale North Blvd.

The fundraiser is being supported by the Rockford IceHogs hockey team, and players, coaches or IceHogs front office personnel will bowl with the 100 entrants. The last 30 minutes of the event will include an autograph session with the players.

The entry fee is $40 per person or $150 for a team of four bowlers to include three games of bowling, shoe and ball rental, a goody bag, and one ticket in a raffle. Prizes in that raffle include an IceHogs autographed hockey stick, two pairs of two tickets for four IceHogs regular season home games, four tickets for a Chicago Blackhawks home game, six Ice Box seats tickets, eight club box seats in the Dental Dimensions Club Lounge and four framed IceHogs photos.

A premium raffle, with tickets at $5 each or five for $20, will be available with prizes that include a suite for an IceHogs game, two game-worn IceHogs jerseys and two 20 packs of tickets for the 2010-2011 season. Tickets in a 50/50 raffle also will be on sale.

Visit icehogs.com to download a registration form or contact Nate Haeni at 815-986-6465 for more information. The registration deadline is Friday, March 12.