Shorewood Boosters brought the community together

Close to 300 people attended the Shorewood Booster Auction
Photo by Linda Delgado

By Marianne Stephens

The 2012 Annual Shorewood Booster Auction, held on March 10th, was a great success. Close to 300 parents, staff, and community supporters — many costumed in Beatles-era garb — enjoyed the sold-out, Beatles-themed "Come Together" auction.

The Boosters promote spirit and pride at Shorewood High School by fundraising for activities and clubs, providing scholarships for active students, and encouraging people to rally together to support our students’ diverse interests.

Student artwork - one of the auction items
Photo by Linda Delgado

Clubs and donors provided items for both silent and live auctions.

The most entertaining live auction item was a tour of the Edmonds Wastewater Treatment Plant followed by pizza at Spiro’s. The auctioneer exclaimed “You people just paid $650 for c***!”

The Flag and Cheer teams created or donated 32 luscious desserts for the crazy dessert dash in which a person from each table runs to the dessert table (in order of amount of donations) to claim a dessert. As always, 

Dinner was catered by the Shorewood Culinary Arts class
Photo by Linda Delgado

Shorewood Culinary Arts and teacher Diana Dillard provided a delicious dinner. The Boosters presented two “Turbo-Booster” awards to longtime volunteer Shari Brindle and Assistant Principal Elaine Swanson (who can often be found administrating while wearing crazy Shorewood outfits).

Every year, the Boosters select a fund-a-need cause. In 2011, the Booster Auction raised enough money to outfit the entire Shorewood Marching Band with much-needed uniforms. This year, the Marching Band showed up at the 2012 Auction to express their thanks, show off the new uniforms, and play for the crowd.

Setting the stage for a successful fund-raiser
Photo of stage by Linda Delgado

This year’s fund-a-need was new video equipment for Marty Ballew’s famous and successful video production program. The present 1980s era equipment will be replaced by a NewTek TriCaster TCXD300 Portable Live HD Production unit (!) that will be fully transferable to the new school in 2013. Marty Ballew’s students — of course — described the need and the possibilities with a hilarious video about the antiquity of the present equipment. 

For some reason, the kids think that the 1980s were prehistoric…

True to the Boosters mission, the 2012 auction raised spirit and money, grossing over $91,000. Money raised will be distributed to participating Shorewood clubs, teams, and groups. 

2012 Auction Chairs Linda Delgado and Janelle Jacobs would like to thank the entire community — guests, donors, volunteers, Shorewood staff and students — for their support.