The members of the University Board are planning its biggest bingo event of the year for family weekend.

The UB special events coordinator, Graham Sauser, a junior communications major, said the game will have more than $1500 in prizes including big screen TVs, x-boxes, coffee makers and Eastern apparel.

“It’s nice,” Sauser said. “You can come see your student and maybe take something back with you.”

The family bingo game is at 9 p.m. Friday in the McAfee Gymnasium and is free to all Eastern students and their families.

Sauser said a goal of the game is to give visiting families financial break.

“We figure parents are already paying for a hotel and the drive down here,” Sauser said. “We want to give them as much free entertainment as possible. There’s not a lot to do in Charleston, let’s be honest.”

He also said there will be several guest callers throughout the game including Parent’s Club members and Eastern celebrities from faculty and staff.

Seth Schroeder can be reach at 581-2812 or scschroeder2@eiu.edu.