Love Flows presents a “Casino” event for the entire family on Saturday March 8 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Universalist Unitarian Congregation of the Susquehanna Valley (UUCSV) 265 Point Township Road (Route 11 North) Northumberland. Tickets are $10 in advance or $15 at the door. Tickets are available for purchase at that address every Sunday at 11:30. Those interested in purchasing presale tickets can also email info@uucsv.org for times to purchase tickets.

Event organizer Lenore Askew said that players will get all they need to play the games and win prizes. There is no actual gambling that takes place. Food will also be provided.

The event will benefit Let Our Valley Eat (LOVE) which provides food for school back-pack and other food programs. “Our kids are not getting what they need to eat all week long in our Valley,” said the Rev. Ann Evans, “It may look like a low unemployment rate in the Valley, but that’s due to people giving up while looking for work. The reality is that families have lost almost a quarter of their household income in the Valley since 2008. When you don’t have much to begin with, that loss now translates to hunger for many of our Valley families,” Evans said. Rev. Evans said she got the statistics from the local Workforce Board, but that, “the need and pleas we heard when going out to ask people about hunger is really all the evidence we needed.”

“People should know it’s family-friendly, hence the afternoon time, not really a Casino Night, and that ALL proceeds go to help feed Valley kids. A lot of kids in our area get free lunch and breakfast at school and then have not enough food on the weekends. We hope to change that,” said Sara Kelley, one of the organizers of the event.

Love Flows is a non-religious program affiliated with UUCSV.