Veteran's Club at U of M, Crookston to host Dinner, Silent Auction, and Street Dance Friday, September 25, 2009, at Oliver's Bar and Grill in Fertile, Minn.

Crookston, Minn.  - The Veteran's Club at the University of Minnesota, Crookston will host a benefit dinner, silent auction and street dance on Friday, September 25, 2009, at Oliver's Bar and Grill in Fertile, Minn.  Free will donation dinner will be served from 5 - 9 p.m.

A dinner of pulled pork, potato salad, coleslaw, baked beans, rolls and dessert will be followed by a silent auction of various sport memorabilia. The street dance, featuring the music of "4 Wheel Drive," will be held following Fertile-Beltrami High School's home football game against Red Lake County Central.

All proceeds will go to the U of M, Crookston Veteran's Club to help pay for the Veteran's Day Celebration to be held on November 11 on the Crookston campus.

Today the University of Minnesota, Crookston delivers more than 25 applied-science undergraduate degree programs and 50 concentrations, including several online degrees, in agriculture; arts, humanities and social sciences; business; math, science and technology; and natural resources. To learn more, visit www.UMCrookston.edu.

Contact: Mike Vivion, chief pilot, mvivion@umn.edu (218-281-8114); Elizabeth Tollefson, assistant director of communications, 218-281-8432 (ltollefs@umn.edu)

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