[401] MTSU Alumni to Hold Fundraiser at Bonefish Grill April 21

Release date: April 6, 2010


News & Public Affairs contact: Randy Weiler, 615-898-5616 or jweiler@mtsu.edu
Alumni Relations contact: Paul Wydra, 615-898-2922 or pwydra@mtsu.edu

MTSU Alumni to Hold Fundraiser at Bonefish Grill April 21


(MURFREESBORO, TN) – The MTSU Rutherford County Alumni are holding their annual fundraiser lunch at Bonefish Grill, located at 505 North Thompson Lane in Murfreesboro, to benefit the organization’s scholarship program.
Two seating times will be available on Wednesday, April 21 at 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., an event organizer said. The cost is $12 per person and the buffet lunch includes Caesar salad, shrimp, chicken marsala or salmon with lemon butter, Jasmine rice and macadamia nut brownie. Tea and soft drinks also will be included.
“Since the lunch will take place on Administrative Professionals Day, we are giving people the option of purchasing tickets for someone in their office, and the Office of Alumni Relations will send an Administrative Professionals Day card with the tickets included,” said Paul Wydra, alumni relations assistant director.
Last year, the fund awarded $19,000 in scholarships for Rutherford County incoming MTSU freshman, Wydra said, adding that this year, they plan to increase that number. The fund has awarded almost $60,000 in scholarships to incoming MTSU students from Rutherford County in the last three years.
“We go every year and take several friends. It is a great event for a very worthy cause. We have participated in the scholarship program for several years and have seen the positive results it has produced for several Rutherford County students,” said Don Witherspoon, Rutherford County Alumni supporter.
To make reservations, please call 898-2922 or visit www.mtalumni.com. Office and employee groups are encouraged as well as individual reservations. Seating is limited so make your reservation today, Wydra added.
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