Annual Raider Rally To Feature Appearances By Shippensburg Athletes and Coaches
Free event to be held in downtown Shippensburg on Aug. 22
7/28/2009 1:13:45 PM
Raider Rally Flyer (.pdf)
SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. - Shippensburg University will hold its annual athletics Raider Rally from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, August 22 in downtown Shippensburg. This free event will include a majority of the university's athletes and cheerleaders along with prominent businesses in the local community.
Participants can win great prizes at the festivities. Current and former university athletes and coaches will attend for autographs and pictures. A karaoke contest will be held behind the Old 1st National Bank at the corner of King and Earl Streets, where the winner could win a $100 gas card. A moon bounce contest will also be held.
Several local sponsors are offering sales, providing giveaways and holding contests, including a hot dog eating contest at Knute's, a dollar food menu at the Black Horse Tavern and a blue and red candle sale at the East Meets West emporium.
For more information, please e-mail Jill Willson at
jowillson@ship.edu. To view the flyer and a full list of sponsors for the event, please click
here.