District 39 Educational Foundation
Inspiring Minds
Grab your friends and join us for the 10th annual District 39 Educational Foundation Trivia Night on Nov 12th at St. Joseph’s. Come for the trivia, stay for the socializing. Tables go on sale Oct 12th at 10am.
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The District 39 Educational Foundation’s 8th Annual Bingo Night took place on Saturday, February 26th from 6-8 pm. Due to the COVID pandemic, this was the second year that the foundation hosted the event virtually on Zoom. This popular evening of family fun attracted over 80 families across the district’s schools. Emcees Mike Lieber and Dave Lundy kept players engaged and excited throughout by mixing up games and announcing multiple winners and prizes.
Cheers and Beers Party Brings the Community Together
Oh, what a night! The District 39 Educational Foundation hosted its very first Cheers & Beers party this spring at Double Clutch Brewing Company in Evanston. Sponsored by North Shore Community Bank, this event featured live music, dancing, drinks, and hors d’oeuvres, as well as a silent auction and raffle to raise money for the Foundation’s Gripp Grants program. The event committee included foundation trustees Stephanie Adam, Nazish Faruqi, Carolin Huh, and Jolie McLaughlin, who led and executed every detail of the event from promoting ticket sales to procuring auction items to ensuring the night itself went off without a hitch.
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On a particularly chilly night perfectly suited for paddle tennis, the District 39 Educational Foundation held its first ever Paddle Classic on Saturday, March 12th, from 7-10 pm at the Wilmette Platform Tennis Club. This was the first in-person event sponsored by the foundation since the start of the pandemic and it was a great success! After two years of virtual events, it was a joy to mingle with fellow district parents while supporting the foundation’s mission.
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The District 39 Educational Foundation’s 9th Annual Trivia Night was held on Saturday, April 17th from 6:30 – 8 pm. The event looked different this year as it was the Foundation’s first Virtual Trivia Night. The Sporcle Trivia Master led 58 teams through multiple rounds of trivia spanning various topics involving point wagering and strategy.
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The District 39 Educational Foundation’s 7th Annual Bingo Night — and the Foundation’s first ever virtual event — was held on Saturday, February 6th. Sponsored by North Shore Community Bank, the event looked a little different this year, held on an especially chilly and snowy winter evening when staying home was a blessing.
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The District 39 community never fails to impress with their clever Trivia Night team themes and costumes as well as their amazing trivia skills! This proved true again at our 8th annual Trivia Night fundraiser on Saturday, February 1st at St. Joseph School in Wilmette.
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Our sixth annual “Attire to Inspire Fashion Show” was standing room only at the Westmoreland Country Club on November 13th. A new venue provided the setting for some fun twists to this event. Featured fashion ran the gamut from casual to high style.
With winners galore and prizes for all, our sixth annual Family Bingo Night was a blast!
Players young and older packed the Highcrest Middle School cafeteria for an evening of many different bingo games. Families also enjoyed JP McCarthy’s pizza and salads from The Noodle. Thank you to these local restaurants for their partnership.
Many thanks to everyone who joined in the fun and helped us raise money for the D39 Educational Foundation Gripp Grants which provide innovative, outside-of-the-box learning opportunities for students in all six district schools.
For the 7th year of Trivia Night, we changed up a lot, but made sure the fun was amped up as well! A new location at St. Joseph School created a different atmosphere. Sporcle Trivia Master and Jeopardy Champion Seth Wilson led the 19 teams through new types of trivia rounds requiring point wagering and strategy.
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Trivia Night 2018 was a fabulous success as a Foundation fundraiser and a night of fun for those attending! Costumes were clever, questions were tricky, raffle prizes were fantastic, and the new photo booth was a hit.
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Our 4th Annual “Attire to Inspire” fashion show on Thursday, September 28th was a fun time for all and a great success for our Gripp Grant fundraising efforts.
Our 4th annual Family Bingo Night on Friday, October 20th filled the Wilmette Masonic Lodge with families and fun! After many rounds with multiple winners of all ages, we ended the night with a round of blackout for $100 in cash!
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Saturday, February 4th at the Masonic Lodge in Wilmette was the place to be! More than 200 excited trivia fans and friends assembled dressed to match their teams’ themes.
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On Saturday, February 7th, 2015 over 200 friends, neighbors, and trivia buffs formed teams and came to the Woman’s Club of Wilmette dressed according to their own creative theme.
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