2011 Annual Drive Dinner Auction Winners, Artist and Art Teachers
The Royse City ISD Education Foundation held its Annual Drive Dinner on October 27th and added a new twist with a Student Art Auction. The dinner is held each fall to kick off the annual fund raising drive for the Foundation and to honor our lead gift donors, who are individuals and businesses who have given $1,000 or more to the annual campaign.
This year student art was created for the event and Matt Stone, a senior debate team member at RCHS served as our auctioneer. The auction was great fun and an added money maker for the foundation and the arts classes, 60 % of the bid price will go back to the art classroom. “We hope additional district programs, such as design, woodworking, etc. will join us with projects for next year. It’s a great way for these programs to add much needed dollars to their budgets,” explained Jo Nell Mellody, Executive Director for the foundation.
The annual campaign has raised $49,277 to date, along with the employee payroll deduct campaign of $28,721, plus the $3,735 from the art auction makes a grand total of $81,858 over 80% of our $100,000 goal!
The money raised goes back to our students and staff in innovative classroom grants, student and staff recognition with our Top Dog Spectacular banquet and 30% goes into our endowment fund, because we are planning to be here in the future to support Royse City Schools. The Foundation will award our third round of innovative classroom grants in November, so be prepared RCISD teachers – the Grant Patrol might be visiting you!
Artist with Auction Winner, Tom Crowley
ROYSE CITY ISD 2011 EDUCATION FOUNDATION PARTNERS
Distinguished Partners – $25,000 or more
Royse City ISD Employees
Gallagher Construction Management
Gold Partners – $5,000 or more
Cavallo Energy Texas/State Power Program
Scott & Amberly Muckensturm
Silver Partners – $2,500 or more
Sanitation Solutions
Texas Leadership Bank
Wal-Mart Supercenter
Bronze Partners – $1000 or more
American National Bank
Arboledas Mexican Grill
Atmos Energy
Claycomb Associates
Comfort Care Dental
Jim & Amy McLeroy -McLeroy Law Firm
Jim & Jo Nell Mellody
Pete Black & Rhonda Phillips-Black of Country Friends Vetrinary Clinic
Stan & Marcia Pinkham
Rich & Tammie Lewis
Mike & Jackie Gilbert
Randy & Mary Alice Hancock
Famers Electric Coop
Lake Pointe Health Network
Paul Chiropratic – Dr. Phillip Paul
Royse City Athletic Booster Club
Royse City Medical – Dr. and Mrs. Ron Jones
Texas Health Presbyterial Hospital – Rockwall
USA Machines – Royse City
Mr. & Mrs. CharlesRhodes
Congressman Ralph Hall
Johnny & Sandra Gibbs
Larry & Lynn Lott
Clarence & Vickie Flinn
Benefactor Partners – $500 or more
EllisBooks, LLC – Liz Ellis
Don & Jenny Palmer
Baker Triangle Co.
Jeff & Emily Hays
Dust Free
William R. Fort Elementary PTO
Kean Financial Services – Keith & Kathty Noel
Oncor Electric Delivery
Provident Realty Advisors, Inc.
Kari Hargrave – State Farm Insurance
Tom & Nancy Keim
Friend Partners $250 or more
OCE Financial
Ouida & Jerrell Baley
Will & Katrina Collins
Ruth Cherry Intermediate PTO
Davis Elementary PTO
Brad & Christy Schell
Bill & Mary Ellis
Mr. & Mrs. Eric Fort
Mr. & Mrs. Bobby Montgomery
Kim & Craig Perry
Ginger Stephens, CPA
Henington School Services
Harry H Herndon Intermediate PTO
Royse City Middle School PTO
Rest Haven Funeral Home
Anita Scott Elementary PTO
Miss May Vernon Elementary PTO
Donna & Roger Chumley
Tom & Debra Shelton
Royse City Lions Club