{"id":108083,"date":"2016-09-26T09:00:28","date_gmt":"2016-09-26T14:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=108083"},"modified":"2016-10-01T20:43:38","modified_gmt":"2016-10-02T01:43:38","slug":"st-johns-academy-hope-dinner-auction-oct-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=108083","title":{"rendered":"St. John&#8217;s Academy HOPE Dinner &#038; Auction, Oct 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-82834\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/stjohnsHOPEdinner1-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"Hope dinner 2012\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/stjohnsHOPEdinner1-300x202.jpg 300w, http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/stjohnsHOPEdinner1-259x175.jpg 259w, http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/stjohnsHOPEdinner1.jpg 445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Jamestown\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 The 26<sup>th<\/sup> Annual HOPE Dinner and Auction is set for Saturday October 1, 2016, at Zebedee Center, at St. John\u2019s Academy in Jamestown.<\/p>\n<p>The Social is at 5:30-p.m., the dinner is at 6:30-p.m.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday\u2019s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Jim and Carolyn Exner, who were the first chairs of the event, said the theme this year is \u201cCelebrating and Envisioning,\u201d celebrating a legacy of 125 years of faith and education, as HOPE stands for Help Offer Private Education.<\/p>\n<p>100 percent of the proceeds go to benefit the students and programs at St. John\u2019s Academy.<\/p>\n<p>The event was originally hosted by the Knights of Columbus Hall, then the Jamestown Civic Center, then, after 2001, at the then, newly constructed Zebedee Center, adjacent to the school building.<\/p>\n<p>They indicated that the first HOPE Dinner and Auction in January of 1992 had nine sponsors, and last year the sponsors numbered 55, raising over $100,000.<\/p>\n<p>Jim pointed out the event is so successful because of the dedication and support of the community, and parents, teachers, the St. John\u2019s Academy administration, and sponsors.<\/p>\n<p>He said more sponsors are welcome.<\/p>\n<p>Carolyn added that the Second Graders will perform, and each grade makes an item that will be auctioned.\u00a0 Sixth Graders help out during the evening.<\/p>\n<p>She said there will be two raffles, for a diamond ring and a fishing trip\u00a0 for six, to Lake of the Woods, Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>An item during the live auction will be a Carson Wentz football jersey.<\/p>\n<p>Other auction items include dinners and more.<\/p>\n<p>As of Wednesday eight tickets remained.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, ticket availability and sponsorships call St. John\u2019s Academy at 701 252-3397.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamestown\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 The 26th Annual HOPE Dinner and Auction is set for Saturday October 1, 2016, at Zebedee Center, at St. John\u2019s Academy in Jamestown. The Social is at 5:30-p.m., the dinner is at 6:30-p.m. On Wednesday\u2019s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Jim and Carolyn Exner, who were [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":82834,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-csicelebrations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=108083"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108085,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108083\/revisions\/108085"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/82834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=108083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=108083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=108083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}