“Last year was the first time Schallenberger Elementary sought the experience of an auctioneer for one of our major fundraisers, the spring gala.  You came highly recommended from a few parents in our community.  During the gala and after parents were commenting on how amazing you were! ‘Better than any of the prior years’, ‘She was amazing’, ‘We should have found her earlier’, ‘She hit the nail on the head’.

“Those were a few of comments that were reiterated over and over.”

“Your energy was exactly what was needed to get the audience excited and certainly getting people to donate more and more!! As a result, our gala last year was more successful with us not offering as many items as we had in years prior.  We couldn’t thank you enough!  We are very much looking forward to working with you for this year’s spring gala.”

— L. Barlow, co-chair

For more than 30 years, low-income families in Santa Clara County have queued up at Cityteam’s doors in an industrial neighborhood north of downtown San Jose each Thanksgiving, to receive food boxes for the holiday.

The event consistently represented a logistical challenge. Limited onsite parking meant families had to be shuttled back and forth from the facility, and volunteers found there was only enough room in Cityteam’s freezers to serve 1,500 families.

Cityteam Development Officer Dee Dee Kiesow was at a San Jose Earthquakes game one day, thinking about logistics when she had a big idea: Why not hold the event there? Avaya Stadium had plenty of parking, space for more volunteers, room for families to queue up and commercial freezers for even more food.

The Earthquakes quickly threw their support behind the idea. On Nov. 24, 2015, some 3,200 families arrived at Avaya Stadium to receive food boxes. Members of the team’s front office volunteered, as did Earthquakes midfielder Cordell Cato and the team’s mascot, Q.

The event went so well that Cityteam is partnering with the Earthquakes to hold the event at Avaya Stadium again this year on Nov. 22. Volunteers can sign up to help at cityteam.org.

Credit:

Luke Stange!

Contributing writer bizjournals.com

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