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10th Annual Gold Rush

Saturday, April 5, 2008

The 10^th Annual Gold Rush, “Winter Wonderland” was a tremendous success.  There were 425 tickets sold for the evening which is 25 more then last year.  There were also a record number of auction items with 530 items donated for the Silent Auction and 56 for the Live Auction.  Profits for the evening appear to be record breaking also with an estimated total of $125,000 which is $20,000 more then last year.  Thank you to everyone who helped to make this evening such a success for our schools!!!  We couldn’t do it without your prayers and support.  We are very blessed to have so many dedicated parents, grandparents, benefactors, faculty and staff!!! 

Photos of the event and also the video that was shown just before the auction can be found at the link that is posted on this page.

Interesting Facts About Gold Rush 2008:

*We had over 240 donors who donated items to the silent and live auctions

*We had over 400 silent auction items and 50 live auction items

*It takes around 100 volunteers to put on Gold Rush

*Everyone agreed the decorations looked great, but very few guessed that only $500 was spent on decorations!  The committee prides themselves on being frugal, but yet making a "big splash" with the decorations.

*The steering committee and decorating committee took about 18 hours to transform the gym and hallways into an African Safari

*Clean-up is done by the committee and the parents of the 8th grade students.  Clean-up only took two hours!  Many hands make light the work!