More Mardi Gras Donations

23 Wednesday Jan 2013

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We have been receiving more and more donations from local businesses all over Roswell. Ballard Funeral Home has been very generous with a cash donation to help with some of the event cost, and Bullock’s Jewelry always donates something amazing and beautiful. It’s always exciting to see what the generosity of the community can provide to the school.

We also received the donation of advertising from JS Ward & Son. They purchased us some ad space in the Roswell Daily Record last Sunday.

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The ad will also be in this coming Sunday’s paper so keep an eye out for it.  Maybe give Marianne a call and let her know what a great job she is doing.

Thanks Marianne!

2013 Donations

16 Wednesday Jan 2013

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The 19th annual All Saints Mardi Gras is only a few weeks a way and our volunteers have been working hard in all the aspects of creating another memorable event.  DJ Louise Najar is of course providing this years music.  Food, drinks and king cake have been coordinated through a small army of All Saints volunteers.  Table decorations will be provided by Twincorner Art + Design, and items for the silent auction and door prizes are being donated from all around.

Some of our first donors for this year’s Mardi Gras are Peter Piper Pizza, Golden Corral Restaurant, Wally Burger and Twincorner Art + Design.  Of course that’s not all of our supporters and the list will just keep growing but we will keep updating the donors as we get a more complete list.

Fundraiser Funds

03 Saturday Mar 2012

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The All Saints Mardi Gras has come to an end and even though it was a huge amount of work it was still a great time.  Many people and companies invested a great deal of time and energy in the months working up to the event and it showed.  Everyone enjoyed the wonderful food from Cattlemen’s Steak House and amazing music provided by Louis Najar.  As every event of this kind does, we had a few hiccups but nothing that couldn’t be remedied quickly and that just gives us a little more knowledge for next year.

Door prizes were given away, auction items were bid on and competed over, we ate King Cake, danced and after a tense election we even had a King and Queen crowned. Some would say that is enough but in the end this is a fundraiser and we were partying for the school (life is hard). After all the balloons were popped and the bills were paid, the All Saints Mardi Gras dinner and dance did pretty good. We can’t give out too many specifics but our King and Queen election generated over $630 and our silent auction produced over $4,000.  These two items combined with the sale of King Cake, masks, beads, boas and photos amounted to the best Mardi Gras fundraiser we have had to date.

Below is a photo of this year’s new King and Queen.  The election was started weeks before the Mardi Gras dance and finished that night.  After an intense election and a number of votes from the party guests the new royals were chosen.  Tommy and Candice Rincon were voted into their very auspicious position by some very generous people.  Their new royal standing has earned them a number gift certificates from around Roswell and two free passes into next years Mardi Gras.

A big thanks to the photographer of our Mardi Gras. The photo of our King and Queen was taken by a local photograph Jeff Neria and his team who have helped with the Mardi Gras dance for the last few years. Thank you so much Jeff.

With that we hope to see you at next years Mardi Gras Dinner and Dance.

God Bless.

 

A little update.

25 Saturday Feb 2012

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It’s a week later and its way past time for an update.

First of all a HUGE thanks to all of the sponsors, supporters and volunteers.  The entire event would crash and burn if not for all the help from the community. So, Thank You!

To the event.  About 300 people came to the All Saints Mardi Gras fundraiser and enjoyed some traditional Cajun style fair from Catlemans Steak House and some very good music from one of our founding supporters DJ Louis Najar.  It’s a pretty strong argument that without Mr. Najar there would be no Mardi Gras in Roswell. Eighteen years and still going.

The “fundraising” portion of the event went very well because of all of our amazing donations. Many of which from local artists.  Works from a friend of the school, David Blair, raised more than $200.  There was one piece from some local artists/fabricators that gathered quite a bit of attention.  Rincon and Son Fabrication custom-built a ‘disco grill’ and donated it to the event.

After a fair bidding war the disco grill generated about $250 for the school. We also had a number of other donations, including quilts, paintings, electronics, home improvement supplies, and a seemingly endless supply of gift certificates from all over Roswell as well as Ruidoso, Clovis and Portales.  Some of the gift certificates earned the winners everything from tire rotations to explosives.  There was even a year of burgers from a local restaurant.
You can checkout our sponsors on our donors page as well as along the left edge of this page.

It seems everyone had a great time eating, dancing and there was an occasional drink from the cash bar provided by Peppers Grill & Bar.  A few guests had more fun than others.  The winners of our door prizes went away with an assortment of items including gift baskets from Inspirations, a print from local artist David Blair, as well as certificates to a slew of local restaurants.  Our Mardi Gras Mask Drawing winner went home with an Imation Link video extender and even more gift certificates. That was just for bringing a mask to the party.

The winner of our King Cake Drawing won a $200 Nambe bowl and bottle of wine from our local winery. Pretty good for eating a piece of cake and finding a plastic baby.

Here are a few photo of the event.

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If you have any photo of the All Saints Mardi Gras fundraiser we would love to see them.

Here We Go!!

18 Saturday Feb 2012

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I hope everyone is ready.

The All Saints Mardi Gras dinner and dance is tonight.  Doors open at 6:00pm at the Roswell Convention and Civic Center and you still get tickets at the door.

Roswell Convention & Civic Center
912 North Main,
Roswell, New Mexico 88201
(575) 624-6860, Fax (575) 624-6863

Remember the ticket you use to enter is also the ticket used in all of our prize drawings and silent auction. Your ticket stub has the number you will use at the silent auction and for the general door prizes. If you come in a Mardi Gras mask or costume you will be entered into a special door prize drawing just for you “unique” few.

This is a fund-raiser, so your going to want to bring a little cash with you.  You have a chance to purchase a Mardi Gras mask, boa and a few beads, vote for this year’s King and Queen. There will also be a photo booth so you can pick up a little photo keepsake of your new mask and beads.

The King Cake drawing will be something you’ll want to get into. If you can get a piece of King Cake with 1 of 12 plastic babies you will be placed into another specialty drawing.  If you can get into that drawing your odds aren’t bad. There’s only 12 babies so you’ll have a 1 in 12 chance at winning, but you have to find that baby.

So much party and so little time, – LET’S GO!!!

Also, we can’t forget to send out a big thanks to all of our sponsors.

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

King Cake Deliciousness

16 Thursday Feb 2012

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We have great news!!
The King Cakes we will be using for our King Cake drawing will be partly sponsored by a local bakery. The Esparza Bakery will be baking our King Cakes this year which is a bit of a change for us.

In previous years the cakes had always been baked by volunteers and school parents.  The very much appreciated assistance with the cakes is going to take a lot of pressure off or our helping hands.  This also guarantees a comfortable hiding place for our very sought-after babies.

Remember we only have 12 babies and if you find one in your piece of King Cake you will be placed into a special drawing for a prize. Rumor has it that this years King Cake drawing prize is going to be great and if it’s anything like last years barbecue grill you might want to get your cake early.

Just around the bend.

14 Tuesday Feb 2012

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With the All Saints Mardi Gras dinner and dance only days away the crunch has started.  Our parent volunteers and teachers are working frantically to get prize packages organized. Teachers and classes are finishing up their amazing art projects which will be placed into the silent auction and we are still receiving donations and gifts from our spectacular community of friends, family and carrying businesses.  Here are a just a few of the Roswell businesses that have given to our fund-raiser.

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Roswell is not the only place we have donations from. All Saints has also been lucky enough to be given an entire collection of certificates to restaurants in Ruidoso.  Businesses located in our lovely mountain neighbor to the west have been extremely generous and we have a wonderful compilation of meals just screaming to be had.

 

Donations! Art and burgers?

10 Friday Feb 2012

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We have had a wonderful response from the community to our request for donations.  We have received so much so quickly it’s hard to keep up with the list of donors. The slide show is just a few of the sponsors that have provided products or donations for the silent auction or door prize giveaway. We have donations of artwork, jewelry, electronics, cookware, sporting goods, perfumes and so much more. Prints from local artists Paul Drum and David Blair are only some of the pieces that will be in our silent auction.

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One donor who is not in our slide show yet but should be recognized is our local Wally Burger. Now every year we receive a generous number of gift certificates from a variety of restaurants in and around the Roswell area. Now all of these meals are very much appreciated and are always used, but this year Wally Burger has done one better.  We have in our possession a gift certificate for one year of Wally Burgers. This certificate isn’t for one burger a month, (which would be great). It’s not for a burger a week, (that would be even better). We’re talking about one burger a day for a year. Now I know what you’re saying. “It’s just a burger”, but your wrong. It’s not “just a burger”, it’s 365 burgers! You won’t have to “Wimpy-it”, and offer to pay on Tuesday. You can have a burger any day you want! This certificate is worth over $1,100.00 in wonderfully grilled to perfection beef beauty.

Now that’s a gift certificate, but it’s certainly not the only one. One of the All Saints classes has managed to compile a gift box with around $500.00 worth of gift cards and certificates to businesses around Roswell. There is a veritable shmorgishborg of meals, services and products to be had at this years Mardi Gras and not all of them will be in the silent auction. Many of the donations will be given away as door prizes or won in a number of different drawings that will be held that night, like the King Cake Drawing and the King and Queen Election.

So you see, you may go to Mardi Gras for a great dinner and a little dancing but you could go home 365 burgers richer and royalty. Who knows?

The Votes Are Rolling In!!!

02 Thursday Feb 2012

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We are into the last few weeks before the King and Queen Election final results and the votes are starting to add up. The winners will be announced at the Mardi Gras Dinner and Dance on the 18th so you still have plenty of time to vote for your favorite couples. Remember if you don’t see someone on the chart you think should be in the running you can still vote for them.  Take a donation to the All Saints Catholic School office and vote, every dollar donated equals one vote. You don’t have to vote for someone you see in the chart you can vote for anyone, even yourself.

The winners will receive a number of prizes from local buisnesses as well as free entry into next years Mardi Gras Dinner and Dance.

This is a fund-raiser so you can vote as many times as you like and for as many people as you wish.

If you have a donation you would like to vote with but don’t have the time to get to the school you can e-mail us and we can coordinate a pick-up.

All Saints Catholic School
2700 Kentucky Ave. N.
Roswell, New Mexico  88201
Office – (575) 627-5744
office@allsaintsschool.us