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 and celebration of our parish community. Congratulations to our  

lucky cash raffle winners! First prize winners were  

Carol & Brendan Deely; second prize winner was Christi Franklin.  

Photos by amyboylephotography.com

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. We'd like to thank 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!

  

Paddle Raise 

At Anchor Ball we debuted a beautiful video introducing this year's Paddle Raise, which will benefit three scholarship initiatives:  

 

1. Saint Clement Mission Scholarship: A 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.  

 

We invite you to watch the video online.     

 

Thank you to those who already donated to the Paddle Raise fund. For those who would still like to make a donation, you may donate online. Or, you may write a check to Saint Clement Parish--with "Paddle Raise" in the memo line--and mail it to the church, or drop it in the collection basket. Thank you for your consideration and generosity!

 

Clearance Sale on Silent Auction Items!

The few remaining Silent Auction items are going at a "buy it now" bargain price! You'll find jewelry, apparel, entertainment, professional services and more. See what's there before it's gone! Bidding is easy:

 

1. Go to the auction site.
2. Click on the "Bid" button.
3. Click on "I want to Own it Now for $____" and buy it for the opening bid price!

 

Online auction closes Monday, March 26 at 9:00 a.m. Winning items can be picked up at church between 8:30am - 8pm. Please disregard the note on shipping costs. If there are any questions and/or issues

regarding the online auction, they can be sent to

anchorball@stclementchurch.org.