Bartender takes to roof to raise cash for charity
A local bartender will be risking the freezing temperatures to raise money for multiple sclerosis. Scott Lytle, a bartender at the Loyal Order of Moose Lodge No. 92 in Perryopolis, will spend three days on the roof of the lodge, beginning midnight Wednesday.
Lytle will remain on the roof, in a tent, until midnight Friday.
Other volunteers will be on the ground with buckets, collecting money from those who come to cheer Lytle on.
All money collected will go toward the fight against multiple sclerosis.
The Perryopolis Moose, located off Route 51 at 3367 Pittsburgh Road, is one of several local organizations taking part in the annual Ugliest Bartender Contest, sponsored by the Multiple Sclerosis Foundation. The contest is also referred to as U.G.L.Y., which stands for understanding, generous, lovable, you.
Each U.G.L.Y. organization raises money for the foundation, competing with the other organizations to see who can raise the most.
Perryopolis Moose officer Frank Pendo said this is the first year the lodge has taken part in the fund-raiser.
Pendo encouraged everyone driving by to stop and donate money, saying that Lytle will need all the encouragement he can get.
The lodge hopes to raise at least $500 by sending Lytle to the roof, Pendo said, noting that about $200 has already been raised.
Pendo said the lodge will also hold fund-raising events Wednesday from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. and Friday from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., when Lytle finally comes down from the roof.
Disc jockey Scott Anderson will be present for both dates, spinning records and playing request for $1, Pendo said.
For more information about the fund-raising events call the Perryopolis Moose at 724-736-2940.