The York Suburban Education Foundation raised more than $50,000 at its Sixth Annual Celebration of Academic Excellence held on Saturday, April 18, at the Historical Society Museum in downtown York.
YSEF expresses its appreciation to the following:
$5,000 Valedictorian Sponsors:
Glatfelter Insurance Group
The Turbury Family
Coni Wolf
$2,500 Salutatorian Sponsors:
Tim Grumbacher and Debbie Simon
The Reinecker Family
$1,000-$2,499 National Honor Society Sponsors
Foster’s Flower Shop*
Penn Waste, Inc.
Persnickety Invitation Studio*
Safeguard/James and Susan Sanders*
Cathy and Keith Shaffer
Shipley Energy
Stock and Leader, Attorneys At Law
Victor’s Italian Restaurant
$500-$999 Distinguished Honor Roll Sponsors:
Carney Engineering Group, Inc.
Meg and Peter Brubaker
Emily and Chris Clark
Daniel and Judith Efiom-Ekaha
Gary and Karyl Lee Gilbert
Austin and Sara Hunt/Three M Tool
Diane and Robert Merino
Metro Bank
Jessica and Reagan Quan
RBC Capital Markets, LLC
SF&Company, CPAs and Business Advisors
Mark and Ruby Schmidt
Brain Strong and Andrea Marceca Strong
Dr. Steven and Stephanie Sullivan
Steve and Laura Wand
$250-$499 Honor Roll Sponsors:
Wade and Kristy Atkinson
Penny Ayers
Wendy and Joel Berg
Albert Blakey and Eleni Pournaras
John and Cappy Bush
College Closet/Jim & Barb Plessinger
Charles and Mary Chodroff
Jim and Karen Gleba
Justin and Erin Leber
Niki Lehman and Dave Jones
Manchester Café*
Keith Miller and Wendy McBride
Heather and Kevin Mooney
Tom and Kristen O’Shea
Ander and Kathy Pindzola
Brian and Erin Ports
Kathy and Tom Rodas
Jeff and Pam Royer
Matt and Brooke Shorb
David and Kendra Sirolly
UBC Financial Services/John Wasilewski, Financial Advisor
SVP
To Nhu Vu and Ambrose Liu
John and Kristine Wasilewski
*Denotes In-Kind Sponsors
PARTNERS — YSEF also recognizes the 2014-2015 EITC Partners: Metro Bank, PeoplesBank, Weis Markets, Inc. and the York Water Company. In addition, YSEF acknowledges Endowment Partner, the Jeffrey D. Sindicich Foundation.
VALEDICTORIAN SPONSORS — Special thanks are extended to Valedictorian Sponsors: David and Sheila Turybury for their recorded YSEF Impact Presentation; YS Teacher Joe Toren and the YSHS Video Communications Department for producing the presentation video; YS parents Jimmy and Beth Papadiamantis /Manchester Café for donating the desserts; DJ Chris Perry; YS parent Melissa Weiler/Persnickety Invitation Studio for the program design; YS parent Marcy Almoney/Foster’s Flower Shop for the event decoration and flowers donation; YS parents James and Susan Sanders/Safeguard for the printing of the invitation; Wendy Berg for chairing the Celebration of Academic Excellence event; and the entire event committee.
SILENT AUCTION ITEMS — YSEF also thanks the following companies, individuals and organizations that contributed to the event’s silent auction:
Adams Jewelers
Allegro Winery
Apple Automotive
Arthur Murray Dance Studio
Ashway Photography
Baltimore Ravens
Briarwood Golf
Brown’s Orchards
Collage
Colonial Coffee Shop
East York PTO
Education Consulting Associates
El Serrano
EPIC A Michael Allen Salon
Evolution Yoga
Karen Fornadel
Futer Bros.
Galloping Groomer
GIANT Food Stores
Dr. Greg Gulley
Harrisburg Riverboat Society
Craig & Laura Horowitz
Harley-Davidson
Heather Igo
Indian Rock PTO
Tony Kowalewski
Dr. Tawn Ketterman
Kimman’s
Maple Donuts
Diane Merino
Merry Maids
Pewtarex
The Platts Family
Scott and Sarah Reinecker
Salon Fifth Avenue
Evan Sharpe
Kim Stoltz
The Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center
Suburban Bowlerama
Susquehanna Apparel
Sweet Frog
Titanium Athletics
Wal-Mart
Wegman’s
White Rose Family Chiropractic
York Jewish Community Center
York Pet Supply
York Revolution
York Suburban Middle School PTO
In addition to the music, food and silent auction festivities, the York Suburban Education Foundation announced it will award eight (8) grant awards totaling $32,708 for 2015.
Proceeds from the Celebration of Excellence event will fund future YSEF grant requests and the Foundation’s endowment fund at the York County Community Foundation. The success of YSEF and its beneficiaries would not be possible without the support of our local businesses and residents. Thank you to all those that attended this year’s event!
For more information on YSEF, please visit http://www.ysef.org.
The York Suburban Education Foundation is an independent, non-profit organization providing funding for innovative programs that enhance the educational experience and foster continued academic excellence for the district students.