On the first Sunday of every month and every Wednesday, bingo is hosted at the Norton Rescue Squad (NRS) building. The rescue squad allows junior members to join, run calls, and help with bingo. Junior members consist of mostly students from John I. Burton under the age of 18.
Dalton S., Austin C., Devin M., Tyler D., and Blake M. are just a few of the junior members that dedicate their time to EMS. These students come to the rescue squad during most of their spare time. During bingo, they sell tips (cards, which are comparable to a lottery ticket), call (sit behind the desk calling the balls out loud), and run the box (collect tip money and sell tips behind the main desk.)
Norton Rescue has made some recent changes to bingo. Door packs, which are cards that get you started right into bingo, are now $15.00 a pack and each additional pack is $10.00. Early birds are 3 packs for $10.00 or 1 for $5.00. These packs are for the early bird games only. This game is also only for those who show up before the regular games start. The progressive bingo has a jackpot that is continually increasing. The prize money in the progressive game comes from what the Rescue Squad takes in. Norton Rescue is still offering quarter bingo 10 games for $5.00 a pack. Quarter bingo consists of 6 games of regular bingo. This type of bingo starts at 4:30, early bird games start at 6:00 p.m., and regular games start at 6:30. If you have any further questions, call Norton Rescue at (276-679-0423). They are available Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Written by: Kaden Fisher