Celebrate Xavier at Scholarship Gala

The Celebrate Xavier Scholarship Gala is coming to Gotham Hall on Friday, April 8. All proceeds benefit the Xavier Scholarship Fund, which furthers our mission to educate intelligent, motivated young men of diverse backgrounds and means. Please support this worthy cause by buying tickets to attend the event, buying a raffle ticket for the chance to win $10,000 cash, and browsing our fantastic auction items. You can even bid on silent auction items now! Bidding will remain live through 8:45 p.m. the night of the gala.

With a “Xavier in Black and White” theme, the event will be a sophisticated celebration of Xavier’s storied history and promising future. The gala will feature delicious food, music from the Blue Knight Band Ensemble, the $10,000 raffle drawing, and exciting live and silent auctions.

Guests will have the chance to bid on such items as four orchestra tickets to the Broadway smash Hamilton; a VIP table at the 2017 Beefsteak Dinner; four front-row seats at Xavier’s 2016 graduation at St. Patrick’s Cathedral; a personal rugby clinic with Xavier and USA Rugby legends Mike Tolkin ’85, Mike Petri ’02, and Seamus Kelly ’09; a behind-the-scenes tour of 30 Rockefeller Plaza with Today in New York anchor Michael Gargiulo ’77; a three-day, two-night getaway at a luxury hotel in Bermuda; and much, much more.

The event would not be possible without our generous sponsors, including Maroon and Blue Sponsors Hatzel & Buehler, Cullen and Dykman LLP, Kathleen and Daniel Denihan ’65, and Marty and Marisa Cicco P’19; Knight Sponsors AKF Group, Beyer Blinder Belle, Bisogno & Meyerson, Richter + Ratner, Sterling Project Development, Thomas Shapero ’80, Salty Dog Bar & Restaurant, Reid Sound, and the Winter family; 16th Street Sponsors Alchemy Properties, the Caccappolo family, PKF O’Connor Davies, the Xavier Jesuit Community, Electronic Security and Communications Corporation, Satterlee Stephens Burke & Burke LLP; and Beer Sponsor Tracks Raw Bar & Grill.

Xavier High School is grateful to its tireless gala co-chairs, Jennifer and Robert Vecchio P’18, Eileen and Frank Shashaty P’14, Suzanne and Dr. John Muller ’75, and alumni co-chairs Amy and George Joost '98 and Kristin and Stephen Winter '04. Committee members who helped plan the event include Roseann Avolio P'18, Cathy Botti P'16, Vivian Cioffi P'19 (reception chair), Lugene Forté P'19, Karyn Gooden P'19 (basket chair), Andrea Kiefer P'19, Cathy Lago P'15 (live auction chair), Anna LaRussa P'15 '17, Natalie Maquiling P'13 '18, Jennifer Pasanen P'19, Kimberly Reinhardt-Gonzales P'17, Rosia Remy P'17, Iwona Szatkowska-Alongi P'19, and Margaret Tringle P'16 (silent auction chair).

For more information about the event, please contact Shane Lavin ’03, Director of Annual Giving, at lavins@xavierhs.org or 212-924-7900, ext. 1611.