Flagler to host Crimson & Gold Athletics Banquet

ST. AUGUSTINE, FL (08/22/2013)(readMedia)-- Flagler College will host the Crimson & Gold Athletics Banquet on Sept. 5 to benefit the Flagler College Athletics Scholarship Fund.

The event will include a social and silent auction at 6 p.m., featuring items such as a private dinner for 20 in the College's newly renovated Solarium, and dinner at 7 p.m. in the Hotel Ponce de Leon Dining Hall, 74 King St.

Guests can also take part in a reverse raffle – with every fiftieth ticket drawn winning $50 and the last ticket in the "pot" winning $1,000.

Speakers for the event include WJXT sports broadcaster Sam Kouvaris and former NFL player Marco Coleman. Coleman works as a radio analyst on the Jacksonville Jaguars pre-game and post-game shows and as a football coach for Nease High School in Ponte Vedra.

Tickets for the event are $75, which includes raffle, dinner and drinks. A corporate table for eight can be purchased for $750 and includes recognition in the banquet program.

For more information or to purchase tickets, contact Director of College Relations Laura Stevenson Dumas at 904-819-6205 or collegerelations@flagler.edu.

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Flagler College is an independent, four-year, comprehensive baccalaureate college located in St. Augustine, Fla. The college offers 29 majors, 34 minors and two pre-professional programs, the largest majors being business, education and communication. Small by intent, Flagler College has an enrollment of about 2,500 students, as well as a satellite campus at Tallahassee Community College in Tallahassee, Fla. U.S. News & World Report and The Princeton Review regularly feature Flagler as a college that offers quality education at a relatively low cost. A Flagler education is less than half the cost of similar private colleges, and competitive with many state universities. A relatively young institution (founded in 1968), Flagler College is also noted for its historic beauty. The centerpiece of the campus is the former Hotel Ponce de Leon, a grand resort built in 1888 by Henry M. Flagler, industrialist, railroad pioneer and co-founder of Standard Oil. The Ponce has been designated as a National Historic Landmark. For more on Flagler College, visit www.flagler.edu.