31st-Annual Scholarship Gala is Great Success!!!
Central Catholic’s 31st-annual Scholarship Gala, Run for the Roses, took place March 18 at The Pinnacle in Maumee. Thank you to everyone who attended and supported our event. Your generosity helped us raise over $300,000 for the student scholarship fund!
We appreciate our honorary chairs, Joe Shrader ’79 and the Shrader Family. We thank our general chair, Shelly Seymour '89, for her dedication, and our student ambassadors who helped with the event and talked to guests about their experiences at Central Catholic. We are also grateful to the presenting sponsors, Joe Shrader and the Shrader Family, Mercy Health, and TDC.
Over 400 guests enjoyed an elegant dinner and the Glee Club’s performance of the alma mater and a selection from the upcoming 94th spring musical, Cinderella. Other activities included gaming tables with raffle prizes and an online silent auction, which included vacation packages, tickets to sporting events, golf packages, jewelry, electronics, restaurant gift cards, tailgating supplies, Irish spirit wear, and so much more. Judy Turner, grandmother of CCHS junior Sarah Turner, was the winner of a raffle for a Hilton Club vacation.
The highlight of the evening was the exciting horse race event, featuring celebrity jockeys Priest Leader Fr. David Kidd, Head of School Kevin Parkins, Principal Morgan Delp ’11, CCHS Board Chair Gary Thompson, Greg Dempsey ’90 - Athletic Director and Head Football Coach of the state champion Fighting Irish - and sister Berneta Schneider, retired Central Catholic theology teacher and department chair. Guests bid on the horses and became “owners.” Dice were rolled and the horses moved toward the finish line based on the numbers on the dice. The winning horse was Gary Thompson’s, and his owners received half the money raised in the horse race event. The other half went to the scholarship fund.
The winner of the 7-day, 6-night stay for 2 at the luxurious Makai Club Resort in Kauai, Hawaii was announced at the end of the evening. Maureen Stevens was the big winner of the trip, which includes accommodations and airfare through a Delta Airlines voucher and is valued at more than $5,000. She and her husband, Mike, are the parents of Kimberly Stevens ’16.
