The Mazeppa American Legion will be hosting their annual fundraising event what is referred to as the ’52 Club’ on Saturday March 23, 2024. Doors to this event open at 5:00 pm and will take place at The American Legion in Mazeppa. Members of the Mazeppa American Legion started selling tickets for this event in January and tickets have already sold out; all 400 tickets were sold. During the event a total of 52 cash prizes will be given away, the drawing starts at 7:00 pm and the cash prizes are between fifty dollars up to five hundred dollars; winners will be paid by mail unless present. There will also be a Meat Raffle going on with thirty packages of various meats to be won by several lucky raffle players. Barbecues and chips will be provided at a free will donation - donations are not expected but greatly appreciated! This fundraiser is put on annually by the Mazeppa American Legion to fund scholarships to selected graduating students in our community. This year the Mazeppa American Legion members hope to generate enough money to cover all eight scholarships. These scholarships are awarded to 3 college bound Zumbrota Mazeppa students, another 5 scholarships will be awarded to selected grandchildren of members of the Mazeppa American Legion. At the end of fourth quarter, graduating students are asked to turn in their GPA to a panel of five Mazeppa American Legion members to be carefully selected to hopefully receive a scholarship from this great group of individuals within our community. After selection the scholarships are then given to the Zumbrota Mazeppa Schools to disperse to the awarded students at a later date. The Mazeppa American Legion hopes to grow the number of scholarships awarded per year as our community continues to expand as well. The Mazeppa American Legion would like to invite the community out to their ‘Smokey Memorial Bean Bag Tournament’ happening on March 16, 2024; sign up starts at 12 pm, games start at 1 pm sharp. The tournament is draw for partner and cost per player is five dollars. This months tournament is a Tribute to a local legend by the name of Mark Bartel who attended the bean bag tournaments and frequently took first place on many occasions. The Mazeppa American Legion would like to Thank the Community for their ongoing support!
