Venango Youth for Christ will hold its annual overnight R.I.O.T event Friday evening into Saturday morning for students in grades 6-12. Registration is at 9:15 p.m. at Seneca Lanes and tickets are $30 each. Parents and guardians will pick up their teenagers at 5:30 a.m. at the Oil City YMCA. For questions or a permission/health release form, people can contact (814) 677-7013 or venyfc@gmail.com. Students pictured here showing off this year’s event T-shirt include (front, from left) Tayshon Gaston, Allie Kurtz, Elise Lillard, Lauren Heim, Liza Stoltz, Ana Black, (back) Matthew Williams, Macayla Heim, Torrin Meabon, Dillan Byers and AJ Jean.
Venango Youth for Christ to hold annual R.I.O.T. event
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