 A big thanks to everyone who came out to our Pub Quiz fundraiser on Sunday, Jan. 26. We raised over $1000 for our school, as well as collected donations toward 7th & 8th grade fundraising. Congratulations to Aimee Owens for winning the 50/50 raffle and to Mr Toledo and the rest of the Bears for winning first place at this year's pub quiz!
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 Thanks to all who supported Ultimate Ninjas' "Give Back Event" for Thorp on Friday, April 5th. Thirty-one Thorp Eagles were in attendance, which helped raise $205 in donation to Friends of Thorp!
 Thank you to the parents, friends, and Thorp faculty who braved the cold this past Sunday to attend the Pub Quiz at MCM Pub & Grill. With your bottomless pit of random knowledge, you helped raise $1600 for Thorp! Thank you for your generosity and a fun afternoon!
 Thank you to all the families who came out to support our student entrepreneurs and kick off the holiday season with us! Special thanks to our volunteers (food servers, facepainters, set-up/clean-up) and room parents who helped the students create the beautiful classroom wreaths for auction. Through their talent and time, the room parents and students helped raise nearly $1000 at the wreath auction alone! Even Santa stopped by to take photos with our awesome students! Thanks, Santa, and thank you all for another successful WinterFest. (See photos.) WinterFest 2019 Sponsors
A heartfelt thanks to the supporters and sponsors of this year's WinterFest. Your generosity played a huge part in the success of this year's event.
 Thank you to our wonderful families who dined out and ordered take-out in support of Thorp. Because of your amazing turn-out, Community Tavernwill be donating back $500! Heartfelt thanks to Community Tavern for their generosity!
 Thank you to the Thorp community who came out to support our incredible dance-a-thon dancers and bid on the amazing classroom pumpkins! Your participation in this year's fall fundaiser helped raise $10,000 for Thorp! Special thanks to the Thorp faculty and staff, student and parent volunteers, candy donors, trunk-or-treat volunteers, family/business sponsors, and our awesome DJ, Mr. Phil Yates. You all played a huge part in the success of this year's Fall Fest. (See photos.) Fall Fest 2018 Winners
Special thanks to our Fall Fest 2018 Sponsors & Business Partnerships!
Maria Bahena & Family, Christine Bissler & Family, Colleen Bitar & Family, Kristin Garcia & Family, Jodi Guidi & Family, Venecia Sanchez & Family, Edna Vidaurre & Family Chicago's Pizza, Costco, Logan Theater, Perkolator, Porretta's, Tony's Fresh Market Candy donations: BBA Architects, Elizabeth Caddy of Edward D. Jones, Jacobson and Tsou Orthodontics, Liberty Bank, Oasis Family Dental, REI Plumbing, Scary Perry's Halloween Store, Alderman Nicholas Sposato. Small toys & giveaways: The Marketing Store. Taste of Thorp 2015 totals are in...  The curtain has drawn, the champagne bubbles have faded, and after a few days to recover, the FoT team would love to give a huge and heartfelt THANK YOU to all the family, friends, teachers, staff, and community members who came together on Friday night for Taste of Thorp 2015! We were delighted to see everyone was having a great time.
With your help, our fundraising efforts during this event have raised over $25,000 (net) to go towards the exciting auditorium refurbishment project!! We would like to take this opportunity to say a huge THANK YOU to everyone who participated in Taste of Thorp this year. Whether you solicited, donated or created items for our silent or live auctions; helped us track down restaurants to donate food; spread the word about the event around the community; volunteered to help with set-up; volunteered to help the evening of the event; or simply attended the event and had a great time eating, drinking and bidding, you were a huge part of Taste of Thorp's success and we are incredibly grateful. Friends of Thorp could not do this without the help of Thorp's leadership, faculty, staff, parents and community - thank you all! We are proud to be a part of such a dynamic and hardworking community. We also would like to thank all of our donors and supporters. You can find the full list on Page 22-23 of our Taste of Thorp Booklet at this link. If you didn't win any of the auction items and were not able to come to Taste of Thorp and want to contribute towards our $30,000 goal for this year, please do so by making a straight donation via Paypal. Your donations are tax-deductible. If anyone has any pictures from the event that they would like to share, please post them up on our FB page. We have an album of pictures already up on Friends of Thorp Photo Gallery. We would love to have more, especially since candid shots can sometimes be the most fun! Thank you for your continuous support! Friends of Thorp! ==================================== ORIGINAL INVITATION Buy your tickets now for our biggest event of the year! Enjoy a great night with Thorp families and friends. There will be food, a silent auction, live auction and much more. It will be a night you won't want to miss! We raised $40,000 last year and can't wait to see what 2015 will bring! We also need help during the event and the day of to set-up, please click here to volunteer. Check out last year's photos 2013 event photos and photobooth shots, 2014 event photos! When: Friday, April 24, 2015 Where: Biagio! 4242 North Central Ave, Chicago Who: You, your family and friends (adults only please) Why: To have a great evening and support a great cause. Friends of Thorp is raising funds to improve Thorp’s beautiful auditorium. What's available during the event? ============ ONLINE AUCTION ============ This year, we've added an online auction at BiddingforGood.com. The online auction items will be completely separate from those that are at the event. Also, anyone all over the country can bid on these items, allowing our distant Thorp families and friends to participate! Here's how you do it:
====== TICKETS ====== Everyone is invited to Taste of Thorp (adults only), so please extend this invitation to friends and family. Dinner will be a buffet of specialties from local restaurants with amazing wine donated, once again, by Cream Wine. We have a silent and live auction full of fantastic items on which you can bid. All proceeds from the event will be used to improve Thorp’s auditorium! * Advance ticket prices are $30/person, $50/couple, $25/Thorp staff member or $250/table (10 people per table). * Since space is limited, and to ensure we have ample food and beverages for all our guests, we highly recommend that you purchase tickets as soon as possible. * Tickets will be on sale at https://www.biddingforgood.com/tasteofthorp until April 21. After April 21 tickets can only be purchased at the door for $40/person. * Cream Wine Company is donating wine to sell starting at $5/glass. * You can also purchase a special discounted wine card for $25 of 3 "Leading Wine"- 6 "Supporting Wine" glasses. Cards can be shared by couples and will be available at the event as well. * All wine sales benefit Friends of Thorp. Join us for this year's most anticipated event. Purchase your tickets today to enjoy a great night with Thorp families and friends. Thanks, Friends of Thorp When: Friday, April 24, 2015 Where: Biagio! 4242 North Central Ave, Chicago Who: You, your family and friends (adults only please) Why: To have a great evening and support a great cause. Friends of Thorp is raising funds to improve Thorp’s beautiful auditorium. Thanks to our fantastic volunteers, donors and attendees, we raised a record $3,260.65 at this year's event!  We GREATLY appreciate all the hard work done by Thorp families, students, friends and staff before, during and after the event. It was a lot of work, but definitely a lot of fun too. And, with the addition of the Cookie Walk and Elf (the movie) it was even bigger and better than last year. We hope everyone is enjoying their trees, wreaths, crafts and cookies and that our event got you into the spirit of the holidays. There are so many people to thank, including:
  Forget Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Giving Tuesday is where it's at! Giving Tuesday is a social media campaign to create a national day of giving at the start of the annual holiday season. It celebrates and encourages charitable activities that support non-profit organizations.
You can celebrate Giving Tuesday by donating directly to Friends of Thorp's Here We Grow campaign to refurbish our beautiful, yet outdated, auditorium! |
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