Spring Gala
This year's Spring Gala will be held on Saturday, April 28, 2012 from 6:00 - 11:00 pm at Chevy Chase Country Club in Wheeling, Illinois.
Each spring SAA hosts our annual Spring Gala. This is our school's largest and most festive fundraising event. Come and support your school, visit with friends and faculty, and enjoy a special evening out.
Successful fundraising enables SAA to keep tuition costs lower than most comparable schools. We need a high level of parent participation to host a successful event.
Here is what you can do:
- Attend the Gala! There is no easier way to help the school than by having a fun evening out! Invite friends and extended family to enjoy the evening with you. Do you owe your mother-in-law a favor for babysitting your children? Tickets to the Gala would be a great way to show your appreciation!
- Contribute to homeroom efforts. Each homeroom decides how it would like to contribute to the school. Homerooms can design a really great ad for the auction catalog thanking their teachers. Parents can coordinate a classroom project for the auction. Homerooms can organize a monetary collection to underwrite faculty and staff tickets, or to underwrite specific items at the Gala such as dessert or coffee. Each family should contribute at the level comfortable to them. In previous years, most families contributed $20-$75 for the homeroom gift. Please start thinking, and consult your room parents and homeroom teachers with ideas.
- Donate an auction item. Auction items consist of a variety of items and experiences. SAA's solicitation effort is most successful if each parent uses their personal contacts to obtain one or two auction items. In past years, season ticket holders have donated tickets to professional sporting events. Parents have used their contacts to get unique tours of their work places, such as a network television studio or the FAA control tower at O'Hare. Vacation home owners have donated the use of their properties. Parents have directly donated their services, such as accounting, pottery, orthodontics, and therapy. If you belong to a golf club and spend money there, you will be the most successful in having that club donate free golf lessons. If you just had your house painted, your garden landscaped, or a patio installed, your contractor may be willing to donate to our auction for free advertising. Please think of what you can do, where you spend money, what contacts you have, and see if you can turn it into an auction item for SAA. Remember, your donation is tax deductible!
- Help sponsor the event. Email us to find out how your business or family can be recognized at the Gala.
- Advertise in the auction catalog. The auction catalog is a great place to advertise your business or take out a personal ad to write a special message.
- Join the Gala Committee! We have a lot of fun working together as a group, and it is a great way to get to know people. We need help with solicitation, decoration, entertainment, set-up, clean-up. We can accommodate all work schedules so please contact us, even if you only have a few hours to volunteer.
We value your participation and greatly appreciate your support. Thank you for helping us make SAA's Spring Gala a success!