Dawg-tion 2012 Raises $45,000

Dawg-tion 2012 raised $45,000 during its auction.

Dawg-tion co-chairwoman Jennie Smith explained that the Dawg-tion was its annual silent auction that was held last month, where 240 people and 75 volunteers came together for a night of fun, food and music.

"Our silent auction featured great gifts from local business, restaurants, school camps, children's items, home, garden, sports, fitness, entertainment and personal services.The Students and parents made wonderful class gifts and memoirs," Smith wrote in an email to the Haverford-Havertown Patch. "We had a raffle table with over 80 different raffles of creative gifts from our community."

During its March 24 event, the Dawg-tion raised $45,000, where the money will go towards improving the school's infrastructure, Smith explained.

Some of the gifts of the live auction, which were given by St. Denis families and the surrounding community, included:

• Storybook Ball Tickets at the Please Touch Museum 
• iPad with cover and iTunes gift cards
• New Year's Eve Weekend at a beautiful home in Ocean City, N.J.
• Girls Shore Weekend in Avalon, NJ
• Golf Packages and Lunch at Fleming's Steak House
• Father's Day Phillies Tickets with an great Tailgate Package
• Personalized Hand Made Quilt
• Dinner for 10 at Bonefish Grill and Limo Ride for the evening
• Great Wolf Lodge & Water Park -Two Night Stay
• Dawg-tion Committee Cocktail Party - 10 person cocktail party

"We had many volunteers who solicited gifts, planned the decorations, helped set up for the evening, created the beautiful baskets and made the event legendary. All our volunteers were amazing and did a fantastic job bringing the event together," Smith stated.

Donations are still being accepted at:
Dawg-tion 2012
St Denis School
300 East Eagle Rd.
Havertown, Pa., 19083