New Location Announced for 14th Annual Joe White Memorial Dinner and Auction, Tickets Now Available
Tickets are now on sale for the biggest and most important fundraiser of the year for the Allan Hancock College athletics department. The 14th annual Joe White Memorial Dinner and Auction will take place Saturday, August 15, 2015. The event will take place at a new location this year as the Elks Lodge in Santa Maria will host the dinner and auction. The Elks Lodge is located at 1309 North Bradley Road in Santa Maria. Doors open at 5 p.m. for a social hour and silent auction. A New York strip dinner prepared by Cowboy Flavor will be served at 7:07 p.m., with the live auction to follow.
Sponsored by the Hancock College Boosters, Inc., the event is the largest fundraiser of the year for the Allan Hancock College athletics department. Since 2001, the event has raised more than $600,000 for capital improvements to benefit Hancock athletics. Donations have resulted in the renovation and naming of Joe White Gymnasium and John Osborne Field, as well as upgrades to the softball field and renovations to the press box in the gym. Last year, the event raised nearly $80,000 for the athletics department.
The price of admission to the fundraiser is $60 per person. Sponsorship opportunities range from $500 to $5,000. To purchase tickets or reserve a table, click here.
As a Blue Table sponsor for $500, attendees will receive a reserved table for 10 people. For $1,000, a Gold Table sponsorship delivers a reserved table for 10, plus food and wine service, as well as your name in the event program. A Hole-in-One sponsorship is available for $1,500 and comes with a reserved table for 10 with food and wine service, inclusion in the event program, four tickets to a home game of your choice and 10 Hancock baseball caps. For $2,500, a Homerun sponsorship receives a company banner in the Hancock gymnasium for a year, a ¼ page ad in the event program, two season passes for every Hancock home game, and everything included in the Hole-in-One sponsorship. For $5,000, a Touchdown sponsor receives a reserved table for 10 with food and wine service, company banner displayed at every Hancock home game, full-page ad in the event program, company logo on the official Hancock Athletics website for a year, 10 season passes, 10 Hancock sweatshirts, as well as the choice of a dinner for 20 in the press box for a home basketball game or a tailgate part for 20 at a home football game.
The Hancock Boosters, Inc. has agreed to help fundraise for a new video scoreboard for the college's new on-campus football stadium. This fall, the Bulldogs will play the first on-campus football games since the current Santa Maria campus opened nearly 60 years ago.
For more information, call Jada Clark at (805) 720-7493.