Attention PVI Coaches:
As mentioned previously, one of PVI’s primary goals this year through the annual Pauction Event is to build community with our sports teams, and alumni athletes. At the coach’s breakfast a couple of months ago, Sister Marianne McCann, Dave Kittridge, the chair of this year’s event, and Tony Devlin, our past chair, discussed what this event is all about and how the sports teams can really help build enthusiasm and encourage participation in making this the Paul VI signature fundraising event.
The event is May 1st… it’s right around the corner … invitations will be mailed next week. We already have tables reserved for parents of Girls Varsity Basketball, Boys Varsity Basketball, Varsity Football, and two tables of cheerleading parents. Ideally, we would have a table sponsoring each sports team (tables of ten). It would be great if each team would identify some parents, and if possible, a few team alumni names and encourage them to join your team table at the Pauction. We will put sponsor signs on each table with the team name. We know you are busy and we’d like to make it easy for you to engage your team community. If you would give me a list of names, we’ll take care of looking up their contact information, draft, and mail out the invites (preferably with a brief cover note under your name that we can draft). We are asking that you consider helping us with one or more of the following:
1. Email your team parents with the attached flyer and letter (you may revise the letter as you see appropriate)
2. Email me a list of some of your sport team alumni you think may be interested in attending or even organizing a table
(note: if you don’t have contact information, just email me the names and we will get their contact info and send the invite.)
Please refer to the attached Pauction flyer and car raffle form. If you’ve never been to a Pauction event, it is something to experience. First of all, you won’t recognize the school as it will be transformed into a Jersey Shore Resort. For $75.00 per person, you’ll be served hors d’ oeuvres, a top shelf open bar all evening, a gourmet dinner, and an opportunity to win cash … $500 cash giveaways will be drawn throughout the evening. If you’re interested, there will be a Ford Mustang Convertible Raffle, a really impressive live auction, and 300 auction items to bid on. And, this year, we will have Atlantic City gaming tables in the cafeteria. We promise a really a fun evening.
I would love to hear any suggestions or thoughts you may have in moving this forward. Please let me know if you have any questions or how we can assist your outreach. You can respond via email or give me a call anytime at 856-858-4900 x43 or contact Barbara Caruso, x22 (bcaruso@pvihs.org).
If you have any questions or suggestions, please email me or contact Barbara Caruso at bcaruso@pvihs.org .
We sincerely appreciate your support.
Best regards,
Mary Anne Yeager
Director of Institutional Advancement
