Previous Donors Donate Again!

Here's what's in from our past donors. Thanks to all for supporting the 2009 Auction once again!

Andrea's Musical Adventures
- Four Group Piano Group Lessons for your Child and a Friend
- Four Weeks of Music Class for You and a Friend
- Spectacular Music Birthday Party
- One Week of Princess Castle Tales Summer Camp
- Four Music Classes for You and a Friend Aquarium of the Bay
Aquarium of the Bay in San Francisco - Admission for two
Boomers -10 Passes
C Peña Co. - Golf Lovers Delight (key ring and clock)
California Adventure Camps - $200 Gift Certificate towards a one week camp
Children's Discovery Museum - Admission for Four
Dallimonti's - Dinner for Two and Wine too!
Bracelet by Eleanor Campbell (5th grader)
Embassy Suites Hotel Walnut Creek-One Night Weekend Stay in a Two Room Suite
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco - Four VIP Tickets
Golden Skate - Admission for Four
Great America - Admission for Two
Hyatt Summerfield Suites of Pleasant Hill - Weekend Night Stay
Iceland - Admission and Skate Rental for Four
Jane Beautiful - One-of-a-Kind Hand Knit Scarf
Lindsay Wildlife Museum - Admission for Four t
Papa Murphy's - One Pizza a Month for an Entire Year
The Tumbling Company - One Month Free Classes
Celestina Home Spa, Inc. by Tuss Guterres
- White Topaz Ring
- Three Stone Diamond Pendant

Procissi Cellars, Wayne Procissi - donates great wine year after year

Photography Donation

TIMELESS

Michael Anderson is an award winning travel and landscape photographer who lives in Golden, Colorado. He is kindly donating a 18x24 print to the auction called TIMELESS, which is one of his personal favorites. Check out his website and all of his amazing work.

Dollars at Work!

Read how our dollars are hard at work....

Best Dinner Out in 2008!

Amber Bistro restaurant owner and PHE parent Eric Janssen donated an all-inclusive dinner for four to the auction last year. I had heard great things about Amber Bistro so it was on my list of items I was hoping to win at last year's auction. Excitedly we won and here's our report back:

The four of us fully enjoyed all that Eric and his restaurant had to offer! It is truly the perfect balance of great food, location, ambiance and staff. Let me count the ways....

1. Great atmosphere! Both chic and cozy, yet open and airy with a wall of windows, earthy colors, and great lighting.
2. The menu...we loved everything! Truly every item was followed by oohs and ahhs. The food is sooooo good we still talk about that dinner 7 months later. We had a halibut that was to die for.
3. Drinks! We started with cocktails from the full bar and then Eric who is a certified sommelier and his well trained staff guided us the rest of the night with fantastic regional wines.
4. Excellent staff! Eric's staff was excellent in regards to the menu, service and wines. One thing that has stuck with me is how complimentary our waiter was of Eric on his management of the restaurant but also that Eric strives to gives back to his employees by training them in running a restaurant and in wines.
5. Friends! A great evening of food & wine is all the better when shared with the best of friends!
   

A big thanks to Eric, the staff & chef at Amber Bistro! Honestly it was our best dinner out in 2008. You too can help thank Eric for his donation to PHE by visiting Amber Bistro in Danville. A date night or with friends you can't go wrong.

P.S. complimentary valet parking too!

Auction Kick Off Meeting - Thurs Jan 22nd, 7pm

The Spring Gala Auction team is kicking into gear! It takes a team of people AND ideas to create this fun event. We are looking for people that would like to learn more about the event, brainstorm ideas, and/or get involved. We also need some new creative ideas, so please join us to discuss further. See you next Thursday evening at 7pm in the PTA room. Please contact your auction chairs Tara Campbell or Stacey Schiager for more information or to send us ideas.

IMAGINE...$1400

IMAGINE - this piece of art work is the brain child of PHE parent Debbie Shess. She worked with 30 4th graders to create this amazing piece of art work. A canvas was divided into 30 squares, each 4th grade created their own mini-art piece and then Debbie assembled them all back together again. PHE parent Roger Nash created a custom steel frame and Tap Plastics donated the plexi-glass cover. Truly...the whole is greater than it's parts!

This original art piece was a hot commodity during the live auction last year. It was quite a bidding war and the closing bid was $1400. Lisa Powell and her family are the proud owners of this great piece of art work.