On Thursday, Jan. 29, students filled Union Cafe for the Campus Activities Board’s annual Grocery Bingo. The event started at 5 p.m. and  featured several rounds of bingo as numbers were selected randomly from rolling balls. At times, audience members were invited to pick the next number, adding to the excitement and anticipation in the room. Prizes included grocery bags, a television, AirPods and a mixer.

Attendance was higher than organizers expected, with students continuing to arrive even after the first rounds had started.

“We expected a little less numbers, so we prepared the bags according to it,” said Archana Adhikari, a CAB member and event organizer. “But in the end, we were really overwhelmed with so many participants and it was really fun.”

Adhikari said planning the event was easier because Grocery Bingo is something CAB has hosted for several years.

“CAB has been doing grocery bingo for quite a few years now,” Adhikari said. “Organizing and planning bingo wasn’t really difficult.”

One of the top prizes of the night went to Erica Guldner, a senior biology major, who said she had attended Grocery Bingo last year and coincidentally won the television again this year.

“I won the TV last year,” Guldner said. “I traded it for the Beats, because the Beats was the other big prize, the headphones.”

Other students said the social aspect made the night memorable. Kat Santos-Guerra, freshman music education major, said they learned about the event through a flyer posted across from Union Market.

“I won one blackout and one bingo,” Santos Guerra said. “Oh, I got to make a new friend.”

CAB will continue organizing programs this spring semester with a Valentine’s-themed event, Flowers for All, on Feb. 12 in the Memorial Union.

Edited by Arohi Rai and Anushma Dahal