Northgate PFC Thanks Many Volunteers

Update, 9:45 p.m. Sunday

The Northgate High Parent Faculty Club sent an email thanking its many volunteers for a successful Spring for Education Auction and fund-raiser March 30.

The auction raised almost $50,000, said PFC President Monica Fitzgerald. "It's an amazing event that brings together the whole community," she said in an email. "We are implementing our strategic plan we have been working on and are raising money to hire an academic counselor."

The email thank-you was sent by Mary Phalon and Faye Mettler, co-chairs of the event.

What follows comes from the email blast:

Thank you to our Northgate community for coming together to support students at Northgate by volunteering, bidding, and donating - we can't express enough our deepest gratitude for your attendance and assistance with the Spring for Education.
The enthusiasm and dedication of the volunteer committee teams was tremendous. Big thank you to:
 
Donations Committee led by Linda Locke who did an amazing job at garnering donations and sponsors for the event.
Event Management handled by Anna Dito.
Ticketing Sales and Seating Team of Karen Cramer, Lisa Lamm, Cathy Escobar, Lisa Pauling.
Closing Team led by Ann McFarland and Lori Epstein for their backroom coordination.
Fine Wine Bar Team led by Linda Graham, Kim East, Gail Markham and Christine Butticci.
Raffle Team led by Maria Kopf.
The new Amazing Race Buy-In Party Team of Liz Timmerman, Kathleen Shone, Lisa DeGarmo, Lisa Pauling and Karen Cramer.
Communications assistance by the Northgate PFC eNews committee, Nina Barley and Nataliya Lebedinskaya.
 
The night of the event, in addition to our extraordinary parent volunteers, we had check-in assistance by ASB leadership students and students working in the closing room, the Madrigals performed and assisted with Live Auction and the Northgate Castle Rock Quartet performed for attendees during the Silent Auction.
 
Also of note are the families who sponsored teachers for the event; Teresa and Mark Walchirk, Jenny and Barry Crosthwaite, Monica and Frank Fitzgerald, Fredi and Jim Helms, Linda and Chris Law, and Alisa and Scott Mac Cormac.
 
No thank you can be complete without thanking principal John McMorris, the other school administrators, teachers and staff for their wonderful donations and support.  Pat Fink helped in the coordination of the BEST teacher donation response ever!
Please link to the Spring for Education Auction Program and Catalog still on the PFC website, to see the list of sponsors, donors and advertisers, which include community supporters as well as our own Northgate teachers and parents who were an instrumental part of the Spring for Education's fundraising.