Friday, November 1, 2013

University City community raises $12,000 for local schools

Oktoberfest in University City proved to be a big success for the neighborhood's schools.

The fifth annual event, organized by EdUCate, the University City High School cluster group, broke all attendance and fund-raising records, as more than 1,500 attendees put nearly $12,000 in the till for the cluster's students.

Schools in the University City cluster are University City High School, Standley Middle School, and Curie, Doyle and Spreckels elementary schools. Title sponsor was the University City Community Association.

According to EdUCate, local breweries contributed to the popular beer garden were: AleSmith, Ballast Point Brewing Company, Coronado Brewing Company, Gordon Biersch, Mission Brewery, Monkey Paw Pub and Brewery, Rock Bottom Brewery and Stone Brewing.

Other sponsors included: 3 Steves Winery, Coldwell Banker UC Agents, Ditzler Family Chiropractic, Feerick and Associates, Golden Triangle Optometric, LabDx, Larry Yandel Jr. Memorial Youth Sports Fund, Melanie and Achim David, Patricia Freund and Family, Primerica: Paul & Debbie Hedley, Ruby Huizar and Family, Samala-Gafford Family, The French Gourmet, The Madden Family, The Skillen Family – in honor of Larry Yandel, Tom and Brook Feerick, UC Rugby Club and Wikitiki.

The many fun activities for kids included food, games and entertainment from Standley Middle School and University City High School marching bands.

Oktoberfest also brought out all the school principals for their annual challenge. For this year’s toilet paper rolling event, bragging rights belong to UCHS Principal Jeff Olivero.

 Oktoberfest would not have been possible without the many parent and student volunteers – thanks to all the Curie parents and students that helped out! Big thanks to those who contributed to the Dollar-A-Day (DAD) program, who received special treatment at Oktoberfest.

It’s not too late to participate– go online and contribute at least $180, or $250 gives you and a friend VIP status at EdUCate’s Taste of the Triangle on May 2. For more info or to contribute, go to: http://www.uc-educate.org/