An Anchor Ball for the Ages!
March 10, 2012, at the Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel
The band got down, the new venue got ooh’s and aaah’s, the bidding got hot, and the celebrants got to reset their watches to daylight savings time before the party was over. Anchor Ball at the Aqua was one terrific party.
Big Bidding War I: The Clement Culinary Cook-off between Fathers Ken and Manny, both in chef’s whites to rally the bidders.
Big Bidding War II: Father Manny switches to his Hawks Jersey to join Jamal Mayers in cheering bidders for the Blackhawks Package.
Relentless revelers donned flip-flops and downed sliders at the After-Party, which was thoroughly documented in Photo Booth pictures. Some are appearing on Facebook pages now. Others, you can be sure, will never see the light of day. Thanks to all who attended. And many thanks to the volunteers, and our dedicated co-chairs who made the event happen; your thousands of hours of hard work certainly paid off for us all!
2012 Paddle Raise
This year's Paddle Raise will benefit three scholarship initiatives:
1)
Saint Clement Mission Scholarship: need-based fund for parishioners to participate in Saint Clement mission work.
2)
Tuition Assistance Program: 1/3 of the money raised will help our students with financial need at Saint Clement School.
3)
Romero Scholars of Saint Clement: As part of Clement Commits, 9.5% of the Paddle Raise will go to our sister parish 22 de Abril in El Salvador. To commemorate and celebrate our 20-year relationship, this fund will provide promising young students in our sister parish a 4-year scholarship to a Jesuit college.
Thank you to all who have already donated. If you would like to make a donation to the Paddle Raise fund, please
click here to donate online. You may also write a check to Saint Clement Parish — with “Paddle Raise” written in the memo line — and mail it to the church, or drop it in the collection basket. Thank you for your consideration and generosity!
