{"id":13389,"date":"2026-02-21T17:21:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T00:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/dolores-rotary-club-to-host-bingo-night-in-support-of-operation-graduation\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T03:36:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T03:36:26","slug":"dolores-rotary-club-to-host-bingo-night-in-support-of-operation-graduation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/dolores-rotary-club-to-host-bingo-night-in-support-of-operation-graduation\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolores Rotary Club to host bingo night in support of Operation Graduation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=b804f6ff-321f-55cb-9a0d-2c2a5db26958&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"1382\" height=\"855\" alt=\"Dolores\u2019 Operation Graduation gives seniors a safe, fun place to celebrate on graduation night. A fundraiser for this year\u2019s event is set for Saturday. (Staci Cost\/Courtesy photo)\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Dolores\u2019 Operation Graduation gives seniors a safe, fun place to celebrate on graduation night. A fundraiser for this year\u2019s event is set for Saturday. (Staci Cost\/Courtesy photo)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>Organizers of Operation Graduation in Dolores are planning a safe, substance-free celebration for this year\u2019s seniors, including a chartered bus trip to Bananas Fun Park in Grand Junction for an overnight \u201clock-in\u201d event.<\/p>\n<p>Staci Cost, treasurer of Operation Graduation, said last year\u2019s trip to Bananas was a success.<\/p>\n<p>The community-sponsored program works with the Dolores Rotary Club to host fundraisers such as bingo to support the annual celebration. The Rotary Club will host a bingo night Saturday at the Dolores Community Center, 400 Riverside Ave. The evening begins with a chili and soup dinner for $5 from 5:30 to 6 p.m., followed by bingo at 6 p.m. with a suggested donation of $10 per card. A dessert auction will take place between rounds.<\/p>\n<p>All proceeds will go toward Operation Graduation\u2019s class of 2026. The group aims to raise $10,000 for venue rental, high-end prizes and monetary awards meant to boost senior participation.<\/p>\n<p>In previous years, seniors have been \u201clocked in\u201d at locations including the Cortez Recreation Center and the Montezuma County Fairgrounds.<\/p>\n<p>Operation Graduation provides a safe alternative to parties where drugs and alcohol may be present, Cost said. The event helps prevent injuries, accidents and other tragedies that can occur around graduation night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Operation Graduation provides high school graduates a safe and fun space to celebrate graduation night<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13390,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[44,38,103,155,574,29],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-13389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-dolores","tag-dolores-high-school","tag-dolores-schools-re-4a","tag-education","tag-graduation","tag-newsletter"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13389"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18951,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13389\/revisions\/18951"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13389"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=13389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}