Saratoga Sponsor-A-Scholar's 4th annual Bowling-for-Scholars/Gutterball Bash took place June 2. The event, which included a day of half-priced bowling at The Saratoga Strike Zone and a fundraising cocktail party in the evening, raised $80,130 for the organization.

From left: Blayne Turner (junior), SSAS volunteer Executive Director Jim LaVigne, Mataya Clark (graduating senior, attending the College of St. Rose in the fall of 2012), Camarin Ellis, (sophomore) Kayla Carero, (junior) and Rich Sheldon, Strike Zone partner.



Saratoga Sponsor-A-Scholar is a not-for-profit organization that helps financially disadvantaged students at Saratoga Springs High School excel in high school and succeed in college. The organization will induct its fifth class of students this June. For more information, visit www.saratogasponsorascholar.org or contact Executive Director Jim LaVigne at 587-2472 or jclavigne@aol.com.