Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Sept 20, 2012) — The 22nd Annual St John’s Academy H.O.P.E. Auction and Dinner is set for October 13, 2012 at the Zebedee Center at St. John’s Academy.

On Thursday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, the Chairperson, Kresha Wiest said, the HOPE (Help Offer Private Education) Dinner is the school’s largest annual fundraiser directly benefiting the students at St John’s Academy.

Also on our show, St. John’s Academy Development Coordinator, Peggy Etzold said, the event was organized several years ago, and has raised a large number of dollars for the school, with great community support, no only through attending the dinner and providing auction items, but also through donating auction items.

Auction Items available this year are the ever popular Class Projects, Event Tickets, Wine Pairing, Travel Packages, Golfing, Fishing, Jewelry, and much-much more. For more information contact Principal Mark Wiest,

Mark.G.Wiest@sendit.nodak.edu or call 701-252-3397

Social and Silent Auction start at 5pm, Dinner at 6:30 and Live Auction to follow. Tickets for the event are on sale for $75 and will sell out.

Take a gondola ride through the canals of Venice, Italy and enjoy a traditional Italian dinner, catered by the Buffalo City Rotisserie Grill, with Italian Bruschetta, Penne Arrabbiata, Chicken Marsala, Grilled Vegetables, and Tiramisu all from the Zebedee Center at St. John’s Academy.

St. John’s Academy students have made projects that will also be auctioned, the second graders will sing two songs, and the sixth graders will assist at the dinner.