Sewickley Academy hosted its 33rd Annual Auction, World of Pure Imagination, at the Kimpton Hotel Monaco Pittsburgh on Saturday, February 8, 2020.
We would like to thank the members of the Auction Committee – Shannon Burns, Aisha Gunter, Gina Hutton, Susan Kinser, Tom Kristo, Ngozi Maduka-Okorafor, Naomi Marshall, Dominic Odom, Rebecca Plaza-Ponte, Mollie Rea, Holly Seifert ’01, Divya Thadani, Jayme Thompson, and Erika Zeranski – for their efforts and creativity in making the Auction a success. We’d also like to thank our sponsors for their generosity and support of the Academy.
The evening, which started with a quartet from the Bachelor Boys Band playing familiar tunes while guests enjoyed browsing Silent Auction items, was attended by more than 150 guests. The ballroom was decorated with whimsical-lighted centerpieces, multicolored flowers, and subtle nods to the inspiration behind this event, Willy Wonka.
Live, Silent, Sponsorships, Registration, Parent Underwriting, Store, Other – $121,430
Fund-a-Need – $86,700
During dinner, Head of School Mr. Kolia O’Connor opened the evening’s Live Auction with remarks on the importance of giving and why fundraising events like these are so important year after year. He then welcomed back our auctioneer, Mr. Quig Bruning, who engaged the audience with his quick wit and professional style.
The Fund-A-Need portion of the Auction raised a total of $86,700 which was donated to Breakthrough Pittsburgh ($65,450), wireless microphones for Rea Auditorium ($14,200), and robotics supplies ($7,050).
The evening concluded with dancing and music provided by the Bachelor Boys Band. With the help of our sponsors, advertisers, donors, parent underwriters, and participating businesses, the Auction grossed over $208,000 to support educational excellence at Sewickley Academy. Thank you!
Sponsors, Donors, & Advertisers
Event Sponsors
- Birchmere Ventures
- Industry Terminal & Salvage Company
Friend of the Academy Sponsors
- Thomas & Kathy Hewitt
- Kris & Brenda Lightcap
Entertainment Sponsor
- Pleasant Valley Veterinary Clinic
Technology Sponsors
- Mr. & Mrs. Chinedu Okorafor
- Mr. & Mrs. Ted Varghese
Invitation Sponsors
- Allegheny Financial Group
- BBL Fleet
- Mr. & Mrs. David Martin
Dessert and Favor Sponsors
- Hand and UpperEx Center
- Dr. and Mrs. Ron Mignella
- Paul and Kate (Poppenberg ’82) Pigman
Chocolate River Sponsors
- Mr. & Mrs. Ryan and Ashley (Brown ’00) Birtwell
- Mr. R. Frazzini and Mrs. A. Zacharias
- Drs. Derrick & Jaime Mullin
- Bill and Sarah Pietragallo
Other Sponsors
- Mr. & Mrs. Darren Drew
- Ms. Gina (Nocito ’96) Hutton
- Anonymous
- Kris & Brenda Lightcap
- The Quigley Family
- Dr. and Mrs. Mark Socinski
- Anonymous (2)
- 412 Style Lab
- Adesso Cafe
- Mr. A. Adewumni & Mrs. M. Abolarin
- Alla Famiglia
- Allegheny Financial Group
- Mr. & Mrs. Douglas C. Allen ’02
- Rachel & Brian Allen
- Ambridge Do It Best Home Center
- Andy Warhol Museum
- Annie Gensheimer Photography
- Kevin and Celeste Antill
- Art Imagined Pittsburgh
- Mr. & Mrs. Saad Aslam
- Mr. & Mrs. Derek J. Ausk
- Stephanie Babines
- Mr. R. Baxter & Dr. K. McLean
- Maninder, Bimal, Arjan ’20, & Simran ’21 Bedi
- Sharmon and Michael A. Beech
- Mr. & Mrs. Harry W. Behling
- Mr. Nathan Bell & Ms. Ruth Neely
- Don & Lisa Belt
- Steve Bernstein
- Lisa S. Bevevino ’02
- big Burrito Restaurant Group
- Edith Tzeng & Tim Billiar
- Birchmere Ventures
- Mr. & Mrs. Ryan and Ashley (Brown ’00) Birtwell
- Mr. & Mrs. Neil Blazin
- Bobby Rahal/Landrover North Hills
- Dr. & Mrs. Kevin Bordeau
- Bridget Rose Fine Stationary
- Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Brocks
- Mr. & Mrs. Wesley and Melissa (Parks ’99) Brooks
- Mr. Gregory B. Brown & Dr. Kim M. Pierce
- Mr. & Mrs. James J. Browne
- Amy Brudner
- Mr. & Mrs. Quigley Bruning
- Mr. B. Bunnell & Ms. D. Thadani
- Miss Shannon Burns
- Mrs. LaVern Burton
- Mr. & Mrs. Bradley L. Busatto ’88
- Mr. & Mrs. Max T. Busatto ’87
- Miss Kaitlin Busch
- Camp North Star
- Dr. Bradley Carmichael
- Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama
- Carnegie Science Center
- Elaine Cassidy
- Cindy Urbach Jewelry
- Cioppino of Pittsburgh
- Mrs. Susan B. Clancy
- Clearview Federal Credit Union
- Closet Rehab
- Richard M. Cocovich
- Erin Collins
- Mr. R. Conover & Mrs. C. Iannessa
- Ms. Patricia Coyne Stine
- Mr. & Mrs. Franklin E. Cox
- CrossFit MindFire
- Jonathan ’95 & Jennifer (Park ’97) D’Antonio
- Miss Alison Daniel
- Mr. De Jong & Mrs. Ladaga De Jong
- Mrs. Sarah B. DeMicheli
- Mr. & Mrs. Christopher DiSantis
- Daniel & Jennifer Donnelly
- Dr. & Mrs. Bryan C. Donohue
- Mr. & Mrs. Darren Drew
- Driftwood Oven
- Ms. Lindsay N. Duffield ’16
- Brian & Carol Duggan
- Mr. & Mrs. Michael C. Edmunds
- Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Elliott
- Etched in Glass
- Michael E. Fitzgerald, Jr. ’83
- FoxTower Woodworks
- Mr. R. Frazzini & Ms. A. Zacharias
- Shelly Free
- Frontier’s Travel
- Mr. & Mrs. David Garraux
- Bill and Kelly Gary
- Paul & Michelle Gedeon
- Don & Kim Goebel
- Aaron & Cyndi Grand
- Ms. Joanne Groshardt ’71
- Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence A. Gunter, Jr.
- Mrs. Holly Haddad
- Kristen & Chuck Hammel
- Dr. Bushra Haq
- Heather Tabacchi Photography
- Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Heavner
- Mr. & Mrs. Christian J. Helbling
- Thomas & Kathy Hewitt
- Hotel Monaco Pittsburgh
- House 15143
- Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Hurray
- Ms. Gina (Nocito ’96) Hutton
- Industry Terminal & Salvage Company
- Ingram Portrait Design
- Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Jackson
- The Jardini Family
- Jergel’s Rythm Grille
- Jessica Hughes Fine Art
- Toni Johns
- Joy Johnson
- JoJo Shoes
- Dr. Alexander E. Kalenak
- Mr. Ahmad Asif Kamal & Dr. Maliha Kamal
- Drs. Kapur
- Kate Buckley Photography
- Kamran Khan
- Dr. & Mrs. Gunjan Khanna
- Mr. & Mrs. Omar Khawaja
- Robin Khouri
- Mr. Glenn Koch & Dr. Bevan Koch
- Maggie Kopf ’91
- Kramer Portraits
- Mr. T. Kristo & Mrs. R. Plaza-Ponte
- Mr. & Mrs. Lakhibir Lamba
- Larrimor’s
- Chris and Carrie Lanza
- Dr. & Mrs. Peter F. Lau
- Mrs. Karen A. Lautanen ’87
- Glenis & Glen Levine
- Kris & Brenda Lightcap
- Mr. & Ms. William Long
- Lovepop
- Mr. & Mrs. Richard T. Lynn
- Ms. Sarah Lyon
- Madia Photography, Inc.
- Bill and Melissa Marks
- Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan L. Marshall
- Mr. & Mrs. David L. Martin
- Jim Martinoski
- Mr. & Mrs. Pete Martorelli
- Mr. Seth Clark & Ms. Katherine Mason
- Dan & Mona Mattson
- Ms. Karen McAvoy
- McIntyre Family
- McLaughlin Distillery
- Mr. Andrew McMillen
- Mediterra Café
- Dr. & Mrs. Ron Mignella
- Mr. & Mrs. James Miller
- Dr. & Mrs. John M. Miller
- Laurie Mitchell
- Mr. & Mrs. Paul Mitchell
- Mr. Michael Moriarty & Ms. Jennifer Quisenberry
- Drs. Jeffrey & Shannon Mulholland
- Drs. Derrick & Jaime Mullin
- Susan and Kolia O’Connor
- Mr. & Mrs. Patrick O’Malley
- Mr. & Mrs. Chinedu Okorafor
- Orr’s Jewelers
- Osteria 2350
- Mr. & Mrs. Kevin ’95 and Marguerite (Gregg ’95) Park
- Erica Parr
- Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Petruska, Jr.
- PGT Trucking
- Bill and Sarah Pietragallo
- Paul & Kate (Poppenberg ’82) Pigman
- Pitt Ohio Express
- Pittsburgh Pirates
- Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium
- Patricia Plaza-Ponte
- Pleasant Valley Veterinary Clinic
- Dorothy & Neal Pollon and Family
- Post Office Catering Group
- PPG Industries, Inc.
- Precious Pets Grooming Salon
- Ken and Crista Pryor
- Gurdev S. Purewal & Surinderjit Purewal
- Mr. & Mrs. Ryan T. Purpura
- The Quigley Family
- Ashvin & Beth Ragoowansi
- Ramp n Rize
- Darlene Ramunno
- Mr. & Mrs. Barret Rea
- Revolution Prep
- Jonathan Riddle & Jennifer Harding
- Mr. & Mrs. Jiggs ’88 and Meghan (O’Donnell ’89) Rogers
- Heather Rusiski
- Sage the Tiny Shop
- Ms. Lynn M. Sanborne
- Tara Sanderson
- Matthew & Melissa Sanfilippo
- Mr. & Mrs. Bradley Sanford
- Sean & Amy (Simmons ’80) Sebastian
- Holly Seifert ’01
- Sewickley Academy Auction Class Projects Committee
- Sewickley Academy Auction Committee
- Sewickley Academy Home and School Association – Clothesline Sale
- Sewickley Valley YMCA
- Dr. Vincent & Mrs. Susan Silvaggio
- Mohinder Singh
- Rodney & Kristene Smith
- Dr. & Mrs. Mark Socinski
- Sognatore Salon
- Susan (Ratcliffe ’55) Sour
- Connie (Wood ’74) Spencer
- Brent Stater
- Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Stefanik
- Mr. C. Stein & Mrs. E. Jacobs
- Dr. Theodore P. Steliotes
- Steliotes Dental Spa
- Paul Stewart
- Stonewall Resort
- Helen Sturgulewski
- David & Elizabeth Sykes
- Heather Tabachi
- Taryn Laughlin Coaching LLC
- Mr. & Mrs. James Terrell
- The Clay Café
- The Edgeworth Club
- The Letang Family
- The Loveliest Coffee & Clothes
- Mr. & Mrs. Preston Thompson
- Mr. & Mrs. Ryan A. Thompson ’98
- Ms. Liza T. Thornton ’76
- Three Dog Bakery
- Mr. & Mrs. Ted Varghese
- Village Medical Skin Spa
- VSI Salons
- Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Watters
- Christopher & Elizabeth (Wiegand ’91) Wentz
- Mr. & Mrs. James P. Werner
- Mr. & Mrs. Oliver Zeranski
- Allegheny Financial Group
- BBL Fleet
- Birchmere Ventures
- Breakthrough Pittsburgh
- Cioppino of Pittsburgh
- Hand and UpperEx Center
- Heritage Valley Health System
- Thomas & Kathy Hewitt
- Industry Terminal & Salvage Company
- Mr. & Mrs. Kris Lightcap
- Mr. & Mrs. David Martin
- Dr. and Mrs. Ron Mignella
- Mr. & Mrs. Chinedu Okorafor
- Orr’s Jewelers
- Paul and Kate (Poppenberg ’82) Pigman
- Pleasant Valley Veterinary Clinic
- Mr. & Mrs. Ted Varghese
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