BARCELONA AN EVENING IN GDaINuNERd • DiAoNsCEa • AUCTIONS THANK YOU GAUDIOSA 2017 SUPPORTERS! 32 JESUIT PERSPECTIVES • SPRING 2017 esuit High School’s 14th annual award-winning fundraising gala, Gaudiosa: An Evening in Barcelona, was a smash hit on March 4 at the Hilton Tampa Downtown, raising an eventrecord $703,000 for Jesuit’s fi nancial aid program, and also featuring the announcement of a transformative $2.5 million gift to the school’s capital campaign. A Latin term meaning “joyous feast,” Gaudiosa has been named the Favorite Fundraising Event in the region three times by the Tampa Bay Business Journal. Overseeing the grand event is Jesuit’s special events coordinator Jane Younger, who has been named the area’s Favorite Event Planner three times by the TBBJ. This year’s Event Patron Chairs were Marcus and Virginia Damm, P ’19, and the Honorary Chairs were Laura and Michael DeLucia, P ’05, ’08. Gaudiosa’s generous patrons, sponsors, and guests, such as the Damms, DeLucias, and fellow Grand Underwriters Lauren and Christopher Schellman, P ’20, and The Hyer Family, P ’01, provide a signifi cant amount of Jesuit’s fi nancial aid. The past four years, Gaudiosa has raised more than $2.7 million, and since its inception has raised more than $6.5 million, all of it supporting Jesuit students with demonstrated fi nancial need. For the 2016-17 school year, Jesuit committed $1.9 million in fi nancial aid. On March 4, as always, the mission of Jesuit High School was at Gaudiosa’s core. This year’s event once again featured a gorgeous setting, created by Decorations Chairs Elvia Rivera, P ’14 and Annette Sanchez, P ’17. It was inspired by the 16th century travels of the founder of the Jesuit Order, St. Ignatius, and enjoyed by the more than • 2018 SAVE THE DATE! Gaudiosa 2018: An Evening in Rome February 24, 2018 Hilton Tampa Downtown Grand Gaudiosa Underwriters $25,000 Virginia and Marcus W. Damm, P ’19 • Laura and Michael L. DeLucia, P ’05, ’08 The Hyer Family, P ’01 • Lauren and Christopher Schellman, P ’20 A Special Friend of Jesuit (2) Blue and White Society $10,000 Sara and Kieran Mahoney, P ’16, ’18 • Cherie and Harvey Schonbrun ’65, P ’03, ’10 Carol and Todd J. Schweitzer, P ’20 • Jesuit Community Tampa A list of all Gaudiosa 2017 supporters is on the Jesuit website and will be printed in the school’s 2016-17 Annual Report J
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