Quiz Bowl (which we have lovingly renamed "Quarantine Bowl") is a fun in-person team trivia event held each spring that benefits Beacon of Life, a women’s shelter in Des Moines, Iowa. This event is one of Beacon of Life’s larger fundraisers each year. Due to the pandemic, this year’s Quiz Bowl had to be cancelled and so we are asking supporters to join us for an online team fundraising non-event. Participants can start their own teams to help with the effort, donate on behalf of a friend’s team or donate to the non-event’s general goal. Teams and donors have the opportunity to win prizes.
For almost 40 years, Beacon of Life has been a guiding light for women in our community experiencing homelessness due to trauma, substance abuse, domestic violence and incarceration. Of our residents, 85 percent are rebuilding self-sufficiency after being involved in the criminal justice system. Our program isn’t just about finding a job or having a place to live — it’s about repairing broken relationships, building new ones, creating boundaries and strengthening the mind, body and spirit. To learn more about Beacon of Life please visit: www.beaconoflifedm.org.
Donations
Donations can be made through a team or to the Quarantine Bowl Non-event’s general goal. You can read about the teams on their individual pages. Donors are entered into a weekly drawing announced on our Facebook event page every Monday.
Any donation amount helps!
$20 Would have been an oopsies pack of five
$40 Would have been a single ticket registration
$80 Would have been a team/table meal plan
$240 Would have been a team/table registration
$500 Would have been a team/table sponsor
Prizes
Prizes will be awarded to the teams that raise the most. You can have as many members on your team as you want but team prizes are limited to 8 people for the next year’s Quiz Bowl.
1st Place: A team registration for Quiz Bowl 2021
2nd Place: $100 off a team registration for Quiz Bowl 2021
3rd Place: $50 off a team registration for Quiz Bowl 2021
Individual donors will also be entered into a weekly drawing announced on our Facebook event page every Monday from locally owned restaurants: Angry Goldfish, Barntown Brewery, Fong's , Pour Choices and Aposto.