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One Word, One Photo Says It All: NAPA

Imagine yourself indulging in a long weekend at this spectacular location. Few places around the world offer the relaxation, breathtaking scenery and extraordinary dining experiences that are Napa Valley, California. This unforgettable getaway for four couples (4 days, 3 nights, plus 6 hours of limousine service...and more!) is just one of the unique and exciting items that will be offered at Showcase St. Francis, 2009.    

Welcome To The New School Year...And To Showcase St. Francis, 2009

Hi everyone -

To families, new and "old" to SFX this year...We hope all of you had a wonderful summer with your families!

Showcase St. Francis, 2009 is the 18th annual benefit for SFX School. It is going to be held at SFX on Saturday, October 3rd - an adults-only evening to raise funds for important SFX School initiatives (outside the school budget). But as we are raising funds,  we make sure we all have a blast at this event each year! 

This year's theme is "Home For The 100th," in honor of the 100 years that SFX School has been "open." 

Each year, we welcome any/all items that SFX School friends/families may want to donate to our Live and Silent Auctions. Do you have access to Chicago sports tickets? Do you have a favorite restaurant that might donate dinner for four? Is there an electronic gadget that you think you'd like to donate, in hopes that it would generate big funds for SFX? Just plain cash is great, too, as we put special auction packages together.         

All donations will be most gratefully accepted thru Sunday, August 30th. We mailed out an official Showcase 2009 Donation Form...but if you are willing to make a donation,  you can just skip that, and send an e-mail to Diane O'Brien at obriendiane@comcast.net. Just let her know what you would like to donate, with the item's value, and she will take it from there.

Thank you to everyone who has been so incredibly generous already! We can tell that this is going to be a Showcase fit for a 100th Anniversary celebration...because of all of you.

Please call us with any questions. Thank you again!

Diane O'Brien                     Katie Bredemann

Auction Chairperson           Event Chairperson

(847) 256-1435                  (847) 256-6019

SFX Humor Thru The Years...And A Showcase Update

While focusing on providing the very best educational experience possible, to all SFX students, through the years, there have been attempts to add a little levity to school publicity now and then, too. One example is found in the SFX Parish bulletin, April 10th, 1938: 

School Humor: 

   Said the teacher: "1871 is the date of the Chicago fire. Now put that down in your mental note book so you won't forget it."

   Three hours later: A child approaches the same teacher's desk with a nickel, saying "Please, Sister, may I buy one of those mental note books?" 

   Then -

   Says a budding mathematician from another room, "Five daze of school make one weak."

Hilarious!

The deadline for Showcase 2009 Live/Silent Auction donations has been extended, until August 30th, so that vacationing families don't miss anything. The donation form is attached - please call either one of us if you have any questions. Sincere thanks to ALL who have made a donation already, on behalf of our school's centennial anniversary! 

Please look for the Showcase Sign at the Back To School BBQ next Sunday! We will have donation forms, for those who would like to make a donation at that event. We will have Raffle Tickets for our amazing Grand Raffle. AND...we will have Sign Up sheets for those who would like to help with Showcase as the countdown to October 3rd continues.

We extend a special welcome to all of the new school families this year! You may have heard already...but Showcase is our largest annual school fundraiser - and one of the best parties of the year - and we hope you will be able to join us for this salute to SFX School on October 3rd. 

See you all soon -

Diane O'Brien                                 Katie Bredemann

obriendiane@comcast.net              bredemann7@aol.com

(847) 256-1435                             (847) 256-6019

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