As it has so successfully for 14 years, the Mount Shasta Education Foundation, with the aid of generous community members, raised a near record $21,000 at their Oct. 24 Gala for Mount Shasta art, music and science school programs that otherwise would not be funded.
Foundation president Lori Harch noted that the crowd of 80 attendees was smaller than usual, but the event still raised a large amount of money.
“We didn’t have a large crowd, but we had a generous one,” Harch said.
Harch thanked the community for its involvement in the event.
“I cannot thank the community and our wonderful volunteers enough,” she said. “Your efforts enhance a very important part of our students’ education.”
Proving her words, Mount Shasta music teacher Greg Eastman led the high school Jazz Choir in several numbers for the entertainment, noting that the electric piano, music stands, microphones and mixing board were “provided by the education foundation and community members.”
The Mount Shasta community center was elegantly decked out by hard working volunteers who also prepped the gourmet food and kept it flowing with unflagging enthusiasm and cheerful smiles.
Tuxedoed emcees John Harch and Leif Voeltz humorously, but relentlessly drove prices up for the live auction that netted $275 for a carrot cake, for example, with many other items of merchandise going for more than their original value. A dinner for 12 at Cafe Maddalena went for $1,100 and a golf membership at the Mount Shasta Resort netted $2,000. Many merchants and citizens made cash donations to the Foundation.
“Our merchants and vendors provided a generous array of goods and services,” Harch said. “We thank them and the students thank them.”
Hors d'oeuvres doesn’t do justice to the delicious and varied platters of fine food provided by Trinity Cafe and Strings restaurant for the event.
No less a man than Aristotle saw the value of music and the arts in education saying, “Music has a power of forming the character, and should therefore be introduced into the education of the young.”
For more information, to make a donation or to get involved with the MSEF, call Lori Harch at 926-1001.
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As it has so successfully for 14 years, the Mount Shasta Education Foundation, with the aid of generous community members, raised a near record $21,000 at their Oct. 24 Gala for Mount Shasta art, music and science school programs that otherwise would not be funded.
Foundation president Lori Harch noted that the crowd of 80 attendees was smaller than usual, but the event still raised a large amount of money.
“We didn’t have a large crowd, but we had a generous one,” Harch said.
Harch thanked the community for its involvement in the event.
“I cannot thank the community and our wonderful volunteers enough,” she said. “Your efforts enhance a very important part of our students’ education.”
Proving her words, Mount Shasta music teacher Greg Eastman led the high school Jazz Choir in several numbers for the entertainment, noting that the electric piano, music stands, microphones and mixing board were “provided by the education foundation and community members.”
The Mount Shasta community center was elegantly decked out by hard working volunteers who also prepped the gourmet food and kept it flowing with unflagging enthusiasm and cheerful smiles.
Tuxedoed emcees John Harch and Leif Voeltz humorously, but relentlessly drove prices up for the live auction that netted $275 for a carrot cake, for example, with many other items of merchandise going for more than their original value. A dinner for 12 at Cafe Maddalena went for $1,100 and a golf membership at the Mount Shasta Resort netted $2,000. Many merchants and citizens made cash donations to the Foundation.
“Our merchants and vendors provided a generous array of goods and services,” Harch said. “We thank them and the students thank them.”
Hors d'oeuvres doesn’t do justice to the delicious and varied platters of fine food provided by Trinity Cafe and Strings restaurant for the event.
No less a man than Aristotle saw the value of music and the arts in education saying, “Music has a power of forming the character, and should therefore be introduced into the education of the young.”
For more information, to make a donation or to get involved with the MSEF, call Lori Harch at 926-1001.
