Kearney, Neb. – The 11th Annual Loper Football Backers dinner and scholarship fundraiser will be held this Thursday (April 22) at the Younes Conference Center.
Since it was first hosted in 2010, the event has raised over a $1.72 million dollars for scholarships and other program needs. The Loper Football Backers is a community-led volunteer organization whose mission is to raise scholarship dollars for the UNK Football program. A crowd of over 500 is expected to attend Thursday with 54 corporate tables having been already purchased.
“We are looking forward to the 11th Annual Loper Football Backers Banquet. We are excited for Thursday evening to continue “the Rise” of UNK Football. Lots of auction items so we ask Loper fans to register now and start bidding!” UNK head football coach Josh Lynn said. “This event is huge for us and provides avenues that we normally don’t have. For scholarship purposes it helps us get to where we need to be and allows us to compete with the rest of the MIAA.”
The event begins at 5:30 with a social hour and the night includes dinner, live and silent auction items and comments from UNK coaches and players. Single tickets can be purchased for $50, or a corporate table for $500, at https://unkfootball.ticket.qtego.net/tickets/list.
There are currently 22 live and 135 silent auction items. In addition, there’ll be a $500 winner of a “Heads and Tails” Coin toss with a BluePrint Engines Gun raffle allowing the winner to choose one of two guns.
The list of auction items is now live and Loper fans can register and start the bidding process by going to https://qtego.net/qlink/unkfootball/register
UNK recently completed spring practice. The Lopers report to fall camp in August with the 2021 opener being a home date with Missouri Southern State (Sept. 2).
