Hello BVA Community, we have officially reserved the Monterey Elks Lodge on Saturday April 18th from 4:30-8:30pm, and discounted early bird tickets are now available! 

This is a semi-formal to formal adult fundraising event, like grownup prom or fancy date night, and will include:

*Door prizes drawn throughout the night for attendees
*4:30-5:30pm cocktail hour: charcuterie spread, complementary wine, fee based bar for beer and cocktails, Photo Booth, board games in the lounge area
*6-7pm buffet dinner: Dinner Rolls with butter, Caesar salad, Roasted Vegetables, nut-free pesto pasta, Chicken Marsala and Chicken Piccata, coffee and tea bar, dessert (Please let CVO know if you have any food allergies/special requests so we can get those submitted to the caterer by April 1st.)
*7-8:30 Dancing (with DJ), silent auction, class raffle basket drawings (look out for messages in parent square about building your class basket), Photo Booth, and board games in the lounge area. 

This is a BIG fundraiser for BAY VIEW ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL with past years events raising $15,000-$20,000 for our school. These funds are used for field trips, student enrichment, free BVA community events (like Ice Cream Social and Trunk or Treat), and staff appreciation.

As of right now we have up to 171 Spring Gala tickets available. Early bird pricing is $75/ticket until February 15th, and regular tickets will be $100 available for sale until April 9th. We also have VIP tables for $1000 and will include a reserved VIP table with 8 guest tickets, a small swag bag for each VIP guest, and your choice of name/business name on the donor board and in the thank you section of our programs for the next calendar year. If you would like to purchase tickets by cash or check please comment on this post or email CVO@bayview-academy.org 

If this pricing does not fit your budget, but you would like to attend, please also comment on this post or email CVO@bayview-academy.org The more tickets we sell, the lower the cost per person goes as the venue/DJ/Security costs get spread amongst more tickets. As ticket sales come in, CVO will be able to offer some lower cost tickets to staff and families who want to attend but cannot afford this price point.

If you would like to help sponsor lower cost tickets, there is a ticket sponsor donation option available on this post. We want everyone to be able to attend, but also need to be mindful of the base cost for the event, and the venue seating limitations. 

If you have or know of a business that would like to make a tax deductible donation of goods, services, or sponsorship for the silent auction or the events itself, please reach out so we can coordinate the donation and thank you letter. We also welcome any help and ideas for the event.

If you need childcare for the event, please look out for a follow up post. CVO is working with some local businesses to create overlapping Kids' Night Out events to help secure childcare. For example: Rising Star Gymnatics already has an event from 5:30-9:30 the same night. 

We can't wait to share this fun night with you all, while supporting our awesome school community!