Palatine Legion hosts casino night for charity

Palatine American Legion Post 690 is holding a casino night Friday, Nov. 22 to raise funds for Legion Family Charities.

The event, part of the Downtown Palatine Business Association’s Holidays on the Town, takes place from 5 p.m. to midnight at the American Legion Hall, 122 W. Palatine Road in Palatine. For a $5 entry fee participants can play cash games of poker, Blackjack, Texas Hold ‘Em, Over & Under Dice Roll and Money Wheel.

The Legion post puts on the village’s annual Memorial Day program and, as part of Legion Charities, conducts bingo for blind veterans several times a year, hosts a Thanksgiving party for sailors from Great Lakes Naval Training Center and brings gifts to veterans during visits to Hines V. A. Hospital in Hines, Ill.