The Highline Schools Foundation for Excellence is hosting their annual Oktoberfest Dinner, Dance and Auction on October 2nd. Here are all the details:

Join the fun on Saturday October 2 from 6:00 to 11:00 PM, at the Normandy Park Cove, for an authentic Bavarian festival. The Highline Schools Foundation for Excellence (HSFFE) is once again hosting an Oktoberfest Dinner, Dance and Auction to raise funds for the Arts and Middle & High School Athletics. HSFFE is partnering with the community to support the Brat Trot a family fun run and other fall celebrations around the Highline communities.

Traditionally, Oktoberfest marks the end of the harvest and is the preparation for winter. It was believed that a festival at this time would provide an ideal “relief valve.” The Foundation’s event is designed to be this “relief valve” and to build awareness about the work of the organization.

This year the Oktoberfest chairs are Chuck and Lisa Tuman and they have planned a wild event! Elliott Bay Brewery will again supply the beer, Dan “the Sausage man” House (Tin Room) the brats and Fernwood at the Park the ever popular hot potato salad (among other goodies). They are also bringing back Foremost DJ to rock the night away with tunes from every era, including the Chicken Dance! HSFFE is excited to have Mike Bishoff (Brat Trot and Cove-2-Clover race director) as our Emcee and Chuck Tuman as the Auctioneer for the 2010 Oktoberfest. They hope to fill the Cove with 300 community members and educators – so sign up early. One more note. . . Chuck and Lisa are working hard to bring back that 6’3” Austrian Yodeler with the initials MH!

This event is sure to be a festive and fun evening designed to bring community members together in support of our schools. HSFFE believes that strong schools build strong communities and a robust economy. The tickets for this over 21 event are $40 in advance or $45 at the door. You can purchase tickets at the Foundation website www.highlineschoolsfoundation.org or by calling 206.248.5196. Come early for happy hour from 6:00 to 7:00 they have discounts on beer and wine!

HSFFE was founded in 2001 with a mission of “providing Community Resources to help the Highline Public School Succeed.” HSFFE is the only 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to supporting all 17,400 students in all 35 of the Highline Public Schools. The Foundation serves as a single point of contact for members of the community, local and national business, service organizations and other foundations to connect their philanthropic efforts with a single school or the entire district.

Highline Public School District is one of the most diverse in the state of Washington with over 60% of the students on the free or reduced lunch program and over 65% students of color. HSFFE works to foster an environment that helps all students reach their highest potential. The HSFFE Board President, Maya Mendoza-Exstrom stated, “We want all students have opportunities participate in activities and to have an enriched classroom experience.” To this end, HSFFE raises funds to support: classroom grants that enhance the educational experience; provide scholarships to needy students for summer arts academies and summer science camps; support middle and high school sports activities; a discretionary fund for homeless students (to keep them in school); an annual prom dress give away for approximately 100 economically disadvantaged high school students; and scholarships to graduating seniors going to universities, community and technical schools.

For more information about the Highline Schools Foundation or to volunteer contact Holly Moore at 206.248.5196 or holly@highlineschoolsfoundation.org

The Evergreen High School Booster Club is holding a fundraising Spaghetti Dinner and Raffle this Saturday, April 24th, from 5pm – 8pm, with all money raised going to support the Evergreen Cheer Squad.

This is a perfect way to boost some serious carbs into yourself and your family, all the while boosting your local school’s cheer squad and stunt team.

Here are the details:

WHAT: Evergreen High School Booster Club’s Spaghetti Dinner and Raffle

WHEN: Saturday, April 24th from 5pm – 8pm

WHERE: Evergreen High School( located at 830 SW 116th Street). Dinner will be held in the cafeteria.

COST: Tickets can be purchased at the door for $10 each.

INFO: Food-Fun-Prizes-Entertainment.

Come down and meet the newly elected members of the 2010/2011 Evergreen Cheer Squad and Stunt Team.

The Rotary Club of Burien/White Center is pleased to announce that this year’s major fundraiser will be a “Rockin Valentine’s Dinner and Dance” on Saturday, Feb. 13th at South Seattle Community College.

“Our community has not had a Valentines event in some time,” said Rotary Club spokesperson Tami Greene. “And our Rotary Club thought it would be a nice change of pace. So if you are looking for a new and fun way to celebrate this Valentine’s Day, please attend our dinner, dance, and auction. This event is not just for couples, single people will have just as much fun!”

The major Sponsors are Cox Financial and New Frontier Marketing.

Here are the details:

WHAT: Burien/White Center Rotary’s Rockin Valentine’s Dinner and Dance

WHERE: South Seattle Community College

WHEN: Saturday, Feb. 13th from 6pm – 11:30pm

INFO: This event will feature:

• Fundraising
• Live Auction
• Raffle Prizes
• Music by Uncle Ernie, playing great Rock n’ Roll music (great dancing and listening music)
• Corsages, boutonnieres, and chocolates will be available for sale.

TICKETS: $75 per person, available from any member of the Rotary Club of Burien White Center Club or online at Brown Paper Tickets here.

Local band Uncle Ernie are well known to the Highline and surrounding area and include Highline High School’s class of ’78, Tim Clark and newly elected Des Moines Councilmember, Matt Pina, Mt. Rainier class of ’78.

Other participating sponsors to date include:

• Tami Greene with Sound Mortgage
• Burien Toyota
• Burien Chevrolet
• Cox Financial
• New Frontier Marketing
• Bonney Watson
• Collins Chiropractic
• Mick Kelly’s
• The B-Town Blog

The club is still seeking Live Auction items and Raffle Prizes, so if you wish to donate a live auction or raffle prize (it’s a great way to market!), contact Bob Wray at 253-670-0466 or via email at bob@newfrontiermarketing.com, or download a PDF of the Sponsorship Package here.

Here’s more info:

The Highline Historical Society is holding an online auction fundraiser, which runs until Tuesday, Dec. 15th, and offers local restaurants, foods, trips and unusual experiences – all perfect gifts for the holidays, all the while supporting a great local cause.

You can access the auction here:

www.highlinehistory.cmarket.com.

Proceeds from the auction will benefit the ongoing programs and activities of the Society, including their capital building campaign for the new Highline Heritage Museum on their property in “Old Burien.”

“We cannot thank our local vendors enough for their participation. I encourage everyone to take a look at the website and support the Society by bidding on something fun for the holidays,” said Terry Anderson, Society President.

The new Highline Heritage Museum, designed by Rohleder Borges Architects, will be located on the Southwest corner of SW 152nd Street and Ambaum Blvd. SW, where Karuna Yoga Arts is currently housed.

The online auction is hosted by cMarket, which is the country’s leading provider of non-profit online auction services. On any day there are as many as 200 cMarket auctions underway online nationwide. With their secure servers and a growing number of community-minded vendors, more and more shoppers are finding that this is an excellent way to shop close to home for the holidays and to also assist a worthwhile local charity.

The White Center Community Development Center’s annual fundraiser dinner event is coming Saturday, Aug. 29th, from 4pm to 8pm, with a “Luau In The Park” theme at White Center Heights Park.

Here are the details:

WHAT: “Luau In The Park” fundraiser/party for White Center CDA

WHEN: Saturday, Aug. 29th, from 4pm to 8pm

WHERE: White Center Heights Park, located at SW 102nd and 7th SW

TICKETS: $37 pre-pay, $45 at the door; purchase tickets online here.

INFO: From their poster:

“Join us for an evening of island style merriment with a real pig in the “imu” (pit).

There will be cultural and island entertainment, as well as island cuisine for your feasting pleasure.

Join in on the Dessert Auction and Live Auction (wanna win a trip?) where the highest bidder gets first pick! Satisfy your creativity and create your own Tahitian skirt, learn how to make an Hawaiian flower lei or just come to taste and experience the islands the “White Center Way.”

Connecting People & Place to Build Community.

So come one, come all!”

For more information, visit the White Center Community Development Association’s website here.

On Saturday May 2nd, Holy Family Elementary is holding its 21st annual R.E.A.C.H. (Reinforcing Education And Catholic Heritage) Fiesta Auction and Dinner.

Here are the details:

WHAT: 21st Annual R.E.A.C.H. Fiesta Auction and Dinner for Holy Family Elementary

WHEN: Saturday, May 2nd with Silent Auction starting at 5pm and Dinner at 7:30pm and Live Auction at 7:45pm

WHERE: Holy Family Elementary School, located at 9615 20th Ave SW in Seattle (map below)

INFO: All proceeds go to the school for operational costs, deferring costs for teachers and scholarships, providing an excellent Catholic education to everyone in the community regardless of their ability to pay.

Hosting the evening will be Master of Ceremonies Joe Budde and Auctioneer Jeff Stehr. There are more than 220 items available that guests can look forward to winning.

Live auction items include:

• Donated by E.B. Foote Winery: Private 2 hour evening wine tasting which includes hors d’oeuvres & wine for winner & 40, plus a gift basket to take home that night, value $635
• Donated by Tellit Productions in Burien: The Evergreen Package which is a video interview of family member & production of a DVD with music & photographs to preserve family history, valued at $1000
• Dinner for 8 with Fr. Bloom the Pastor at Holy Family Parish at Salty’s a $500 value
• Donated by Christine Gregoire: Gift certificate for Washington Wine & hors d’oeuvres at first mansion on December 8, 2009 for a meet & greet with the governor & first gentleman value $100
• And much more

Some of the 267 silent auction items include;

• Donated by Dunville Gallery in White Center: $50 gift certificate towards custom framing of your choice
• Donated by Seattle Art Museum: SAM admission for 2 value $30
• Donated by the Garage (in Seattle): Evening at the Garage for 2 including 4 course dinner and 1.5 hrs of bowling or pool, value $85
• Donated by West Seattle Karate Academy: month of Karate lessons for one adult or child includes registration, dues, month of classes, uniform & autographed book by Sensei

Silent auction tables will be open from 5-7pm. All auction items can be purchase in cash, check or credit card.

The night of the auction, donations toward scholarships will be accepted through the Randy Terlicker Endowment Fund. Started by Colleen Terlicker, the endowment fund was started in honor of her son Randy a Holy Family Graduate & Firefighter whose life was taken in the Pang Warehouse Fire.

Dinner, donated by Las Margaritas Catering, includes tasty options of Steak A La Chicana, Pollo Con Crema Portuguesa and Seafood Enchiladas. There will also be a no-host bar. Sit down dinner starts at approximately 7:30pm, with the live auction at 7:45pm.

Individual tickets and corporate sponsorships can be purchased in advance by contacting Sandy Cavazos at 206-248-2728 or e-mailing her your name, address, phone number and dinner choice at scavazos@comcast.net.

The cost per person is $50 or $500 for a table of ten and accepted in cash or check.

Holy Family Elementary is located at 9615 20th Ave SW (map below).

For more information contact Sandy Cavazos at 206-248-2728 or download and view the auction catalogue (PDF file) at:

http://www.hfseattle.org/school/documents/auction09.pdf

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Shorewood Christian School’s annual auction is coming up this Saturday, March 28th, starting at 5pm, and here are the details:

WHAT: Shorewood Christian School’s annual auction, with the theme “Come Aboard Our Cruise Ship”

WHEN: Saturday, March 28th, starting at 5pm

WHERE: Shorewood Foursquare Sanctuary, located at the church at 10300 28th Ave SW (map below)

COST: “Boarding Passes” are $25.00 each.

INFO: Mark your calendars! This Saturday, March 28th at 5pm, you won’t want to miss the Shorewood Christian School’s annual auction.

The theme of this year’s dinner-auction, “Come Aboard Our Cruise Ship”, docks at Shorewood Foursquare Sanctuary at 5pm.

This is a fun filled evening of buffet dining, with a silent and live auction benefiting Shorewood Christian School.

The proceeds from the auction this year goes to Shorewood Christians’ high school expansion efforts.

For tickets or more information, call Shorewood Christian at 206-933-1056 or visit their website at www.ShorewoodChristianSchool.org

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The White Center Blog’s favorite group of ass-kickin’ women is of course the one and only Rat City Rollergirls, who originated at the Dub-C’s own Southgate Skating Rink way back in the day.

Coming up Saturday, Jan. 31st is their annual “Black & Blue Tie Auction,” which should be just about as kick-ass as one of their skating competitions:

Hosted by renowned Auctioneer/Host Laura Michalek, this should be a fun night full of action, giving, and of course, bargains.

Here’s a blurb from their website:

This will be our largest and most important fundraiser of the year.

With the funds generated from this event, we can continue to send our All-Star Team to represent Seattle in Women’s Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) sanctioned competitions both regionally and nationally.

Bidding rules will be provided. The silent auction will run from 6:00 p.m. when doors open to 7:30 p.m.

The live auction will run from 7:30 to 10:00 p.m. All bids are binding.

Please bring a form of payment to the event (cash, check, credit card) as all bids are to be settled that evening.

There are no refunds for this event, but tickets are transferable.

For additional questions please feel free to contact Skate Trooper at ticketing@ratcityrollergirls.com.

WHAT: Rat City Rollergirls Live and Silent Auction

WHEN: Saturday, Jan. 31st from 6 to 10 p.m.

WHERE: South Lake Union Naval Reserve Building, located at 860 Terry Ave. N., Seattle (map below)

TICKETS: Brown Paper Tickets: Click Here to Order Online!

HOST: Auctioneer, Laura Michalek

Some of the auction items up for bid include products/services from:

• Alexis Hotel
• Alki Kayak Tours
• ART
• Artcore Tattoo
• Big Dipper Waxworks
• The Big Picture
• Big Wheel Bingo
• Bike Works
• Circa
• Custom Crash Cut Ducati
• EB Foote Winery
• Fado Irish Pub
• Fast Girl Skates
• Fifth Ave Theater
• Fresh NW Designs & Wine Girl Wines
• Gold Class Cinemas
• Hitchcock
• iClick
• Il Terrazzo Carmine
• Ivars
• Jones Soda
• Lightform USA
• Museum of Flight
• Old Thyme Aviation
• Personal Services
• Pole For The Soul
• Pop Cap Games
• Seattle Ski Shuttle
• Second Use
• Sin In Linen
• Sports Memorabilia
• SubPop Records
• Three Dollar Bill Cinema
• Tiger Tail
• Wahine Sport
• Wing It Productions
• Zulu Nyala

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In these tough and uncertain economic times, our friends at the White Center Food Bank would like to remind everyone of their upcoming Fourth Annual Harvest Dinner and Auction.

It’ll be Saturday, Oct. 18 at South Seattle Community College’s Brockey Center (map below).

“This Harvest Dinner and Auction is more important than ever for us,” said Rick Jump, Executive Director of the White Center Food Bank. “The economy is impacting many of our donors as well as our clients.

“We have had a fifty-percent increase in the number of clients in need as compared to this time last year.”

To reserve a ticket or table, contact Rick or his volunteer staff at the Food Bank at 206-762-2848

Master of Ceremonies for the evening will be Enrique Cerna of local public television station KCTS.

Rachel Glass will lead the live auction.

“I saw Rachel at a another event recently,” Rick said. “And she is a darn good auctioneer.”

Who does the White Center Food Bank help, exactly? They help Human Beings: infants and girls and boys. Grandparents and moms and dads, neighbors just down the street.

Details:

• Doors open at 5:30pm, when the first of two silent auctions begin
• There will be a Dessert Dash, and dinner (choice of sirloin steak, northwest salmon or cheese ravioli, or marinara/vegetable medley) will be served at 7:30pm
• There will be great local entertainment as well: “Dances of the World” with international dancers from Mexico, Vietnam & Cambodia
• Call the Food Bank right away, please, to reserve your seat or table: 206-762-2848
• Seats are $60 each and can be held with a Visa, Mastercard or Discover card

If you can’t make it to the auction, you can also easily donate directly online here.

White Center Food Bank
10829 8th Ave SW
Seattle WA 98146
www.whitecenterfoodbank.org
Phone 206-762-2848


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