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Woodlands Academy's Congé: Fundraising for Financial Aid

Online bidding in April for silent
auction items such as four VIP tickets to a Los Angeles taping of Conan
O’Brien’s TBS TV show is just one way of participating in the 41st
annual Congé fundraiser, Woodlands
Academy of the Sacred Heart’s largest campaign to support ongoing
academic and student financial aid programs. Congé is derived from the French
word for “play date.”

A Chicago Blackhawks hockey stick signed by members of the 2013-14

team, a jersey autographed by Starlin Castro of the Chicago Cubs and gifts

cards from a variety of area dining establishments also are included among the

many silent auction items available for online bidding from April 7-13 and

again from April 23-26. For the latest up-to-date list of silent auction items, more
information and to bid simply visit www.bidpal.net/Congé.

Online bids during the second bidding period can be made as the

silent auction takes place at the annual Congé event which begins with

cocktails at 6 p.m. Saturday, April 26, at the Glen View Club, 100 Golf Road,

Golf, IL. Dinner and the program, including a live auction with a paddle raise

for scholarship funds, begin at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for the event are $200 each

and can be purchased on the Bid Pal website. Donations may be made online as

well.

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Partnership opportunities also are available as another way of

supporting Woodlands’ mission of educating young women in

transformative ways. Major
sponsors thus far include Geneva Advisors and Lake Forest Graduate School of
Management.



Ever since its founding, Woodlands Academy, an independent nonprofit college preparatory day and boarding school located in Lake Forest, has been committed to offering financial aid to
qualified applicants who show evidence of need. These grants are used to offset tuition costs and do not require repayment. The money for these grants comes directly from the fundraiser and the school’s budget and demonstrates the commitment to having a socio-economically diverse population.

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For more information about Congé contact Woodlands Academy

Associate Director of Advancement for Special Events Tami Rocha

at 847-234-4300, ext. 226 or visit www.woodlandsacademy.org

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Founded in 1858,
Woodlands Academy is an independent Catholic college preparatory day and
boarding high school for young women, and part of a worldwide network of Sacred
Heart Schools that spans 19 cities in the United States and 44 countries around
the world.  A nonprofit, Woodlands Academy’s identity is rooted in Saint
Madeleine Sophie Barat’s desire to inspire young hearts and minds to excel, to
lead lives of integrity and to serve.  For more information about Woodlands Academy, please visit ww.woodlandsacademy.org





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