Auction for OLSH a Win-Win

By Ben Becze, CFRE Director of Advancement

For OLSH, hosting an auction isn’t a new idea. However this past April’s Auction for OLSH was presented with a new twist – all online bidding.

Beginning April 8th and concluding with an event at Montour Heights Country Club on April 19th , nearly 500 bids were placed resulting in $57,151 raised in support of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart High School.

The auction included a wide variety of items ranging from club level tickets to a Steelers home game of your choice to throwing out the ceremonial first pitch at a Pirates home game. For the hockey fan, the popular “Pens with Ploz” auction package was comprised of two tickets to a Penguins game of your choice with OLSH principal, Mr. Tim Plocinik.

If Pittsburgh sports weren’t enough to entice your interest, a few highlights from the 40+ auction items/packages included a custom made fountain pen adorned in OLSH Chargers purple and gold, a culinary journey of exquisite tastes prepared just for the winner and guests by Fr. Sam Esposito, and beautiful sacred art created by Mallory (Praskovich) Hurley ‘07.

Three Student Ambassadors – Biagio Shipman ’18, Lisa Nardozzi ’20, and Abby Ciaramella ’20 - presented inspirational messages of how the OLSH experience is actively impacting their lives in positive and meaningful ways: education, growing in their Faith, and serving others.

With the success of the Auction for OLSH the school is able to continue to strengthen the programming and opportunities provided to our current students. It’s a win-win for everyone involved.

The Advancement Office would like to thank everyone who participated in the Auction for OLSH and for your support of our students. Special thank you to our sponsors for this event: Felician Sisters of North America, Anthony J. Sanvito Inc. Funeral Home, Falconi Moon Township Ford, Felician Services, Inc., The Trocchio Family, Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Parish, The Ultimate Pastry Shop and the many individuals and families who sponsored a Sister or faculty member to attend the event at Montour Heights County Club.