Auction News

Tickets!

St. John will be going Back to the Future in just over a month! The school’s largest fundraiser, the St. John School Back to the Future Auction, presented by Fremont Dock Co. will be on Friday, April 8 at Fremont Studios. Tickets are on sale now with two levels available: 

  • “The Power of Love Ticket” – $115/ea or $1,150/table of 10 includes:
    • Entrance to dinner, live auction, and after-party on April 8, 2022, at Fremont Studios
    • Kaspars catered dinner
    • Wine, beer, and non-alcoholic beverages
  • “Great Scott!” VIP Ticket  – $150/ea or $1,500/table of 10 includes:
    • Entrance to dinner, live auction, and after-party on April 8, 2022, at Fremont Studios
    • Kaspars catered dinner
    • Wine, champagne, beer, and non-alcoholic beverages
    • Two signature cocktails: “The Power of Love” Cosmo and/or “Doc Brown’s Bourbon Old Fashioned”
    • VIP swag
  • “Sponsor a Teacher” Ticket – $115/ea. Let’s treat our teachers to a fun night out! 

Purchase your tickets here. Standard price increases to $150 on March 18. Buy now before you run OUTATIME

Dessert Dash

It’s Back! The Dessert Dash auction will be happening at the live event on April 8. We have 12 dessert sign-ups so far, but we need more. Please consider donating your favorite treat! In past auctions, Dessert Dash has raised over $10,000 for the school! All desserts will be on display when guests arrive and each table will have the opportunity to place a group dessert bid. Sign up here to purchase one or more desserts for this popular auction item!

Auction Night Volunteers

For such a large event, we need many volunteers on April 8 to make this a success. We are especially in need of food servers!  If you would like to volunteer on April 8, please check out the Sign Up Genius

Thank you to Kristen Capka, who has graciously agreed to lead the volunteers. We would like all volunteer positions filled, but these ones are of particular importance: 

  • Great Scott(!)sdale Raffle Ticket Sellers (4 openings)
  • Food & Wine Servers (9 openings – each volunteer server saves the school $150)
  • Live Auction Recorders (3 openings)
Raffle Tickets

Remember to sell your raffle tickets for a chance to win a $2,500 cash prize! Raffle tickets are $5 each. The drawing will be held during the live auction on April 8. All sold and unsold tickets must be turned into the School Office or the Parish Admin Building by no later than April 8.    

Auction Raffles

In addition to the $2,500 cash prize raffle, we will have two other raffle drawings at the auction this year:

  • The Great Scott(!)sdale Escape:  Purchase a $100 raffle ticket for a chance to win a week-long stay at a gorgeous home in Scottsdale, AZ during Summer 2022. House sleeps 12. This prize also includes $750 in airline gift cards, and covers a $500 cleaning fee. Click here to view photos! 
  • Golden Ticket:  Purchase a $75 raffle ticket for a chance to choose one of our amazing live auctions items! (Some exclusions apply).  

Raffle tickets will be on sale at the cocktail party between 5-7pm on April 8. Each raffle will only have 100 tickets available for purchase. INCENTIVE: Students will receive a FREE DRESS day in spring 2022, if all 200 tickets are sold!  

Auction Performance

We are thrilled to announce a future auction performance by Doc Brown and the Marty McFlys, LIVE on April 8! Prepare to be entertained! Do you recognize anyone from the album cover? 

Please Turn in Your Items

If you completed a procurement form but have not yet dropped off the physical items that go with it, please bring them to the Parish Admin Building or School Office as soon as possible. If you missed the procurement deadline, please consider a making a monetary donation on our cash donation page.  Thank you!  

Thank You, Sponsors!

Thank you to all of our amazing sponsors. Your generosity helps reduce our overall auction costs so that more money raised goes directly back to the school. Please join us and thank these families when you see them around campus or in the neighborhood! 

The DeLorean ($10,000)
Fremont Dock Co. – Osterfeld Family

Doc Brown ($2,500)
Armata Construction Services – Miletich Family
Lake & Co. Real Estate – Ross and Rachel Hartwich
Dick’s Drive-In Restaurants – Donovan Family 

1.21 Gigawatts ($1,000)
Aspire Capital Advisors LLC – Flavin Family
Greenwood Ohlund & Co. – O’Rourke Family
Valley & Company Events – Valley Family
Osborne Northwest Public Relations – Osborne Family
GPT Greenwood Physical Therapy – Osaki Family
Ballard Pediatric Dentistry
Smile Ballard – Curalli Family
Turnstyle – Diefenbach Family
C4Digs – Chesledon Family
Greenwood Hardware
UNITS Moving & Portable Storage – Nedialkov Family

Marty McFly ($500)
Evans Insurance Agency – Evans/Kudrna Family
Gattis, Stewart & Associates, P.S. – Stewart Family
Nelle Steele Research – Steele Family
Animal Surgical & Orthopedic Center – Aguila Family
Broderick Architects
Mathnasium of Northwest Seattle – Tempest Family
Outcasting Creative Writing Agency – McNerthney Family
Wilson Street Interior Design & Styling – Overland Family 
The Saki Group – Tsurusaki Family
Elliot Bay Auto Brokers
Built Square – Werner Family
Lars Marketing – Burt Family
Quigley Group – Quigley Family
Aurora Plumbing Supply Co. Inc.
PBS Engineering and Environmental – Nogeire Family 

In-Kind 
Ethan Stowell Restaurants – Stowell Family
Chateau Ste. Michelle – Pennington Family
Ian Bondi Photographer – Summers Family

Questions? Please contact Karen Bombino or Andrea Marquez. Website: https://sjess.ejoinme.org/StJ2022auction