On behalf of the 2012 Shanley Dinner Auction Chairs Jill and Paul von Ebers and Heather and Dan Butler and the entire Shanley Dinner Auction Committee, I would like to extend to you and yours a very blessed Thanksgiving. What a wonderful community and education system we have and what wonderful blessings we have for which to be thankful.

As the Shanley Dinner Auction Committee, we have already anxiously begun work on this coming year's Shanley Dinner Auction and we hope your and yours are able to join us. The Shanley Dinner Auction enters its 29th year and is one of the major annual fundraising and community-building events that benefits ALL the Blessed John Paul II Catholic Schools. It is open to all adults - parents, grandparents, guardians, alumni - within the John Paul II community and to the general public; it is an evening of socializing with friends you already know and friends you haven't met... and it is an opportunity to greatly support and advance our Catholic education.

Be sure to put this event at the top of your New Year's Resolutions list and reserve the date for 2013:

More information regarding the Shanley Dinner Auction will be posted in the JP II Daily email following the Christmas season. In the meantime, join us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/shanleydinnerauction

Should you have any questions at all regarding the Shanley Dinner Auction or wish to explore opportunities to get involved in the auction's planning, please contact me at 701.306.1266 or by email at: Lee.Hoedl@fdjp2.k12.nd.us or leehoedl@yahoo.com.

Wishes of peace during this Thanksgiving/Advent season,

Lee Hoedl, 2013 Shanley Dinner Auction Director