150th Anniversary Celebration Mount Saint Joseph Academy Annual Report 2008-2009
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he 150th weekend Gala Celebration was a huge success with over 1100 people attending the weekend events. A crowd of 550 gathered on Friday night for a pre-gala celebration that included a silent auction and the Inaugural MSJA Athletic Hall of Fame Induction. On Saturday evening over 600 attendees enjoyed a wonderful evening at the Crystal Tea Room. The evening included a luxury silent auction, live auction, 150th Anniversary Program and Alumnae Awards. Congratulations to raffle winner JoAnne Gourlay ’78. Entertainment for the evening was provided by the Comly Brothers and the Sid Miller Band. Many enjoyed the music and danced until after midnight. Thank you to our Honorary Chairs, S. Mary Dacey, SSJ, Lois Trench-Hines ’60 and Dr. Angela Stout ’83, our Celebration Weekend Chairs, Barbara and Bill Hirst, Nancy and Jim Powers and Ginny Bendinger Wischhusen ’70 and Bob Wischhusen, our Auction Director, Lisa Henrich and all the committee members who worked many hours preparing for this Gala Weekend. It truly was the weekend of a lifetime!
GALA SPONSOR The Paul Family – Thomas J. Paul, Inc.
PREMIER SPONSOR Firstrust Bank
PLATINUM SPONSORS BPG Properties, Ltd. The DePaul Family – The DePaul Group The Genuardi Family – Maryann Furtek Genuardi ’71 and Laurence Genuardi The Heck Family – Eileen Heck Slawek ’48 and Joseph Slawek The Jenkins Family - C-Jay L.L.C. The Murphy Family – Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Murphy Lois Trench Hines ’60 and George Hines - Hi Trend, LP The Pasquarella Family – Art and Gail Pasquarella
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GOLD SPONSORS The Brabson, Durkin and Lyons Families Chesheim Dental Associates - Dr. Angela M. Stout, DMD ’83 The Cleary Family – Creative Financial Group The Clarke Family – Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Clarke The Driscoll-Ragg Family The Durkin Family - CB Richard Ellis, Inc. The Gavin Family – Jack and Louise Gavin The Gardner Family – Deloitte The Lamsback Family – Lamsback Floral Decorators, LLC Suzanne Serianni Mayes, Esq. ’84 and Greg Mayes - Cozen O’Connor The McGorry Family –Philadelphia Coca-Cola Bottling Co. The McLaughlin Family – Mr. and Mrs. James T. McLaughlin The McLaughlin Family – Sheila Kropp McLaughlin ‘84 and Brian McLaughlin MSJA Alumnae Association MSJA Board of Directors Eileen Heck Nigro ’82 and Kevin Nigro The Maginnis Family – Global Packaging, Inc. The Roman Family – Mr. and Mrs. Kent Roman The Sabia Family - D. M. Sabia & Co. Inc. The Stefanowicz Family – Mary Beth Morrissey Stefanowicz ’84 and Brian Stefanowicz The Thistle Family – Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Thistle The Walsh Family – Joseph A. Walsh, Robyn S. Walsh, Jordan Walsh ‘98 The Wells Family – Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Wells