Save the Date!
Blessed Pope John XXIII Academy
Basket Bonanza 2009
Thursday, April 2nd
Mayfair Farms, West Orange, NJ
Doors Open at 6 p.m., Dinner at 7 p.m.
$45 includes admission, dinner and one sheet of tickets

Please plan to join us for an evening
of fun and prizes!
For more information, contact Simone Cosgrove at (973) 731-7609 or
STCosgrove@verizon.net

Volunteers needed! Click here for to download the sign-up sheet.

Dinner Menu
Mixed Mesclun Salad w/Balsamic Vinaigrette
French Breast of Capon Francaise with Caper Chardonnay
Duchesse Potato/ Asparagus / Carrots
Chocolate Mousse Cake OR Strawberry Shortcake
-Cash bar will be open-
Seating is limited

Reservations will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.
If purchasing 10 tickets, a table will be reserved in your name.
You may request to be seated with certain individuals or with other
parents from a particular class.

Click here to download the reservation form.

Buy Your Tickets Early and Save!

Our Pre-Sale Tickets are quick, easy, and economical!
Purchase ticket express bundle(s) and have them waiting for you at checkin.
Pre-sale tickets can only be purchased in bundle(s).
Save $11 over the cost of tickets at the door! Don’t delay!
Pre-sale ticket requests must be in by Friday, March 27.
***Ticket Express Bundles***
Pre-Sale:
Blue Tickets (for regular Gift Baskets)
Cost at the Door: $12 for a sheet of 20 tickets
$30 for 3 sheets
Pink Tickets (for Super Prizes)
Cost at the Door: $3 each
$12 for 5 tickets
Green Tickets (for Grand Prizes)
Cost at the Door: $5 each
$20 for 6 tickets

For ticket express bundle(s) send your form and cash or check payable to “BPJ XXIII Academy”, 8
Saint Cloud Place, W. Orange NJ 07052, Attention: Lisa Magee, Reservation Coordinator, by Friday
3/27. For questions, please call Lisa at (973)325-2059. She will call or e-mail you an order
confirmation prior to the event.

Download Ticket Order Form

View our Basket Bonanza 08 Photo Album

Calling All Wrappers! Calling All Wrappers!

Because we’ve already begun to receive donations from local merchants and
friends, we would like to get started assembling the baskets and wrapping
them in cellophane with tulle-ribbon bows. We have hundreds of baskets to
wrap and need your help to get them ready to show on April 2.

We’d like to accommodate the most number of volunteers, so we’ll be
wrapping on weeknights and after school. All wrapping will be done in the
school cafeteria. You don’t have to be artistic, just willing to help. We
usually work in teams of two, and there are plenty of experienced wrappers
to help out the novices. It’s a great opportunity to join together as a
community and pitch in to help our children and our school.
So please come when you can. Many hands make light work, and the
greater the turn-out, the faster we’ll finish. Hope to see you there!

Scheduled Wrapping Times

After school 3pm:  
Monday, February 23, 2009 
Friday, February 27, 2009 
Friday, March 13, 2009 
Friday, March 20, 2009 
Friday, March 27, 2009 
 
Evenings 6pm: 
Thursday, February 26, 2009 
Wednesday, March 4, 2009 
Thursday, March 5, 2009 
Monday, March 9, 2009 
Wednesday, March 11, 2009 
Thursday, March 12, 2009 
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 
Thursday, March 26, 2009 
Monday, March 30, 2009 

Additional days/times will be added as needed.

Your Support of our Ad Journal Can Really Make a Difference!

Basket Bonanza is so successful because it makes money from a number of different sources, such as basket raffle tickets, 50/50 raffle tickets, and a portion of the admission fee.  Another major source of revenue is the event Ad Journal provided to each attendee.  In some years, the journal has made an additional $2,500 for the school because between 80 – 90% of the advertising donations go to the bottom line.

We ask local businesses, parishioners and friends to advertise their business or send best wishes to the school through the ad journal.  If you frequent a local restaurant or business or know a business owner, please ask them to consider taking an ad.

School families are also welcome to purchase ads to promote a business or send encouraging words to their children, teachers or the school.  In addition, there is a Patron Listing category.  For $5, parishioners and friends of the school can have their name listed as supporters of Pope John. 

For school families, Patron Listings are offered at a discount – only $3 each!  If each school family took two patron listings, we’d have enough to pay for the printing of the ad journal, and all other advertising money would be 100% profit for our school.  Please consider taking one and asking grandparents, aunts, uncles, and friends to also show their support.  An order form is attached and additional forms are available in the school office.

As in the past, each class at Pope John will show its support of Basket Bonanza by designing its own full-page ad in the Ad Journal.  Teachers and students will work together to create an ad that expresses the unique character of their class, including artwork and the name of each student. 

Thanks for your continued support!

Click here to download the solicitation form.