Thank you for your overwhelming support for the Saint Francis Women’s Guild Youth Scholarship. Thanks to you, our scholarship fundraiser, the Pasta Dinner on Saturday, was a tremendous success.
We will award a $1,000 scholarship to a deserving, college-bound senior from our parish in June. Dinner costs were entirely covered thanks to your outpouring of food and beverage donations through Sign Up Genius. We received substantial cash donations and the raffle brought in more. So, every dollar raised through ticket sales, the raffle, and your donations went directly to the scholarship fund.
We are especially grateful to Father Augustine for his support of our event and the scholarship. Thank you to Jane LaCorte and Cindy Hojnacki, our dinner co-chairs, for organizing the successful fundraiser and to Gina Fleming and her team for preparing a delicious dinner that delighted all. They worked extremely hard in the kitchen. We had two girls from the Youth Group serving at the buffet. We are grateful to the many other volunteers who contributed in numerous ways.
Here are the results of the Women’s Guild scholarship fundraiser:
· Dinner tickets sold: 61 adults and 9 children for a total of $714 · Raffle: $520 · Sales of wine and take-away food: $125 · Donations: $611 · Total: $1,970.
Without this kind of support from St. Francis, it would be impossible to bring people of all-ages together for a fun-filled, family event that supports the education of our parish youth. I am attaching photos of our raffle winners. The Gulino Family won the Italian food and the Skidd Family won the bottle of wine.
Let’s stay connected! On Wednesday, the Women’s Guild will sponsor a Coffee Social at 10 a.m. in the parish hall. The event is free and open to all women in the parish. Hope to see you there.
Sending you my thanks and many blessings, Kathy Failla, President of the St. Francis Women’s Guild