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ner, student musicians, beautiful
murals created by Jesuit's AP Art
students, live music with the band
Finesse, and dancing.
Student speaker ,
who was in attendance along with
his parents, Oscar Lopez and Aida
Alayon, provided the most impactful
moment of the night. Lopez
spoke of the extraordinary brotherhood
and mentoring he has experienced
at Jesuit – which would
not have been possible without
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turn someday as a Spanish teacher
(scan the QR code to view video of
Lopez's presentation).
Among the hundreds who donated
to Gaudiosa 2020 and made
it a huge success were the event's
Grand Gaudiosa Underwriters:
;
Additional major donors to Gaud-
Society ($10,000 donation) members
A Latin term meaning "joyous
feast," Gaudiosa has been named
the region's Favorite Fundraising
Event four times by the Tampa
Bay Business Journal. Bringing the
entire, fabulous event together is
Younger, who has been named the
area's Favorite Event Planner four
times by the TBBJ, and a team of
is available on the Jesuit website at
"Jesuit High School is committed
wishes to attend Jesuit, regardless
Jesuit's Development Director,
, said. "Again this
year, Jesuit's generous benefactors
showed their amazing support for
the school's mission and dedica-
Gaudiosa's patrons, sponsors, and
year, Gaudiosa proceeds from 2019
are providing nearly 1/3rd of the
aid disbursement. In recent years,
Gaudiosa also has featured the
announcement of transformational
capital gifts, such as a $2 million
Arts Center donation in 2019 from
in 2016 from
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nation in 2017 by
.
Scan to view the video of Gaudiosa 2020 student speaker Oscar Lopez ’20
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1 Jesuit’s special events coordinator, Jane Younger 2 L-R Grand Gaudiosa Underwriters Sheriff Chad Chronister and Nikki DeBartolo, P ’22, and Andrea Gonzmart-Williams and
Beau Williams 3 Oscar Lopez ’20 (right), the Gaudiosa student speaker, with his parents Oscar Lopez and Aida Alayon 4 Gaudiosa Blue & White Society members Lydia and John
Oliva ’60, P ’84 5 Decorations chairs Elvia Rivera, P ’14 (top left) and Annette Sanchez, P ’17 with husbands Dr. Juan Rivera and Julio Sanchez 6 Grand Gaudiosa Underwriters
Christopher and Lauren Schellman, P ’20