Dear Parents:

Thank you to all who helped with the success of the Dinner Auction held April 12, 2008. The Dinner Auction made approximately $59,000 which goes to the general operating expenses of the school. There were many people who helped with making Saturday night a success. I want to thank Amy Hess and Ronnie Clark who have helped for the last five years in establishing the Dinner Auction and making it what it has become. I also want to thank others who were in charge of different committees who included Sheila Ealey, Chris Fleming, Diane Bonderer, Susan Keller and Amparo Anthony, and the many others who helped each one of these groups.

Even though this year's event is over, it is not too early to start thinking about next year's Dinner Auction. If you see something which would make a fine donation for next year's auction pick it up for next year.

Father Tom

Preparations for 2008 Dinner Auction...

Hey! Guess who's turning 50? I can hear you bidding on who it is, but the bidding will actually take place at the Bishop Hogan Dinner Auction on April 12, 2008! This year's event will be quite a party - a birthday party - since BHS is celebrating our school's 50th anniversary. The dinner auction's theme is "Guess Who's Turning 50?" and it will be a real golden celebration with a silent auction, dinner, and live auction. So mark your calendars. This is an event you won't want to miss. I know I won't! Sheila Ealey, is our table ready?

Saturday, April 12, 2008
Silent Auction 5 pm
Hy-Vee Catered Dinner 6:30 pm
Live Auction featuring Mike Miller Auction Service: 7:30 p.m.

Great auction items! Great food! Great FUN!
Mark your calendar ...and tell a friend.
(This event is for adults 21+.)

Dinner tickets are $8 per person and are available at Lauhoff Jewelry and Bishop Hogan Memorial School.

For additional information contact
Bishop Hogan Memorial School (660) 646-0750

SOME PAST AUCTION HIGHLIGHTS...

Bishop Hogan Dinner Auction Raises $70,000
Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Generosity was flowing freely at the third annual dinner auction for Bishop Hogan Memorial School Saturday night. The event, which is the largest annual fund-raiser for the school, netted $70,000, which is $20,000 more than the amount raised last year.

C-T Photo / Paul Sturm

"The generosity of the people was astounding to me.” Tom Hermes, pastor

To say that the third annual dinner auction for Bishop Hogan Memorial School Saturday evening was a success may be somewhat of an understatement. The event, which is the largest annual fund-raiser the school holds netted $70,000 - a whopping $20,000 more than the amount raised during last year's installment. Father Tom Hermes said he was more than surprised by the dinner auction's success. “It more than exceeded my expectations,” Hermes said, adding, “The generosity of the people was astounding to me. The support for the school in this community is great.”

He attributed the night's success to the hard work of the event's organizers and volunteers and the sheer excitement surrounding the auction. “This being my first year here I noticed a great mixture of people from throughout the community and a great deal of generosity from the store owners and contributors in the community,” Hermes said. Over 300 people attended the event, which featured a silent auction, a catered dinner and a live auction with Col. Mike Miller and David May. The theme was “Evening With the Stars.”

Some of the highly sought after items on the live auction proved to be the coin collections donated by Father Larry Spiechienger, a former pastor at St. Columban Catholic Church, a trip to the Lake of the Ozarks and a catered dinner at the church rectory for three couples with Bishop Robert Finn, Bishop of the Kansas City and St. Joseph Diocese.

The event started at 5 p.m. with the silent auction and continued with the dinner and live auction which featured 84 items - the last of which sold at around midnight. All funds raised through the event go into the school's general operations fund.

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