Fiesta de Global Visionaries: Igniting Leadership through Community

What is your idea of a global visionary? A leader? A helper? A role model? How about a global thinker – a person leading community building efforts through strong relationships and global citizenship?

A Global Visionary is a young person being the change we all hope to see. 

Global Visionaries is a torch that sparks a fire in all of our youth participants. We ignite their leadership, citizenry and hope for creating better communities for our future.  At GV, we know that each visionary will blaze a trail in their own communities; light fires and empower us all from within.

Keep our leaders’ embers aglow by joining us on May 11, 2013, at the Fiesta de Global Visionaries: Igniting Leadership Through Community, our 12^th annual auction and gala. It will be a night to remember as we raise our glasses high, celebrate and cheer on Global Visionaries past, present and future.

Fiesta de Global Visionaries

Igniting Leadership Through Community

Date:
Saturday, May 11, 2013

Time:
5:30-9 pm

Where:
Brockey Center, South Seattle Community College
6000 16th Avenue S.W.
Seattle, WA   98106-1499

Individual tickets are $80.00 – purchase now.

 

Can’t make it but still want to support GV? Make a gift.

Here’s a sneak peek at some of the fantastic items up on the auction block:

• a walk-on role in the hit show Nashville, filmed in Tennessee
• dinner in New York with The Moth storyteller and author Dan Kennedy
• an authentic crew jacket from the Academy Award-winning film Titanic
• two fantastic tours of Pike Place Market given by a Market insider mom/son duo: one historic tour for adults including gift certificates to Market shops, and one children’s/teenager Market tour/scavenger hunt thanks to one of our own students
• A white-water rafting adventure with a unique twist: your intense white-water jumps will be captured by the beautiful photography of one of our youth

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Parents, Auction Procurers and other Supporters

Thank you to everyone who met the first procurement deadline of January 31^st – we’re getting so excited to reveal all the amazing items as May 11^th approaches.  This month’s contribution date is Thursday, February 28.

Support our leaders with meeting each deadline by helping them think of how they can turn their skills and talents into sharable experiences.  Can they knit? Would they be willing to teach a children’s knitting class for 12?  Do they want to organize friends to dedicate one day a month for a year to washing someone’s car?  Got a photographer on your hands? How about offering an in-house family portrait session? Perhaps they’d like to contribute the clothing and accessory line they designed and constructed.  Every talent, skill and commitment of time is worth contributing!  We all have a special something and we encourage our youth to channel that special something into a very special experience for our Fiesta attendees!

A Special Request

We’ve got lots of amazing opportunities out of town, and we’re looking for people to donate frequent flyer miles so we can make sure some of these unique items have round trip flights included.  Please let us know if you can help out with frequent flyer mile donations!

Sponsorships and Advertisements

There are other ways to support our students: sponsorships and advertisements.  Do you know a friend who owns a hair salon who’d like to advertise the Fiesta in their store, or would be interested in sponsoring the event in some way? Let us know!  Have an item to donate?  We’d love everything from desserts and hotel stays to frequent flyer miles and spa packages.

We’re also looking for sponsorships and advertisements.  Know a friend who owns a hair salon? Maybe they’d like to help advertise the event in their store – or sponsor the event in some way. Let us know!  Or maybe they’d like to donate an item or service.  We’re looking for everything from desserts and jewelry, to air miles and spa packages. If you can help with these areas, please contact Cynthia Hope at hope.cyn@gmail.com or Jennifer Johnston (procurement) jcjmail@comcast.net.

If you’d like to volunteer, please contact Amy Maguire at AmyMaguire@global-visionaries.org.

Keep the fire alive – come support our Global Visionaries’ creation of a just and sustainable future!

GV Auction 2012 – Video Slideshow!

This video slideshow features photos from Global Visionaries’ Fiesta de Guatemala 2012 fundraiser. Highlights include the Dessert Dash, live and silent auctions and the friendships created amongst the GV community. With over 400 items in the silent auction, 22 items sold in the live auction, as well as a large turnout of guests, staff and students, Fiesta de Guatemala was a definite success this year!

We at GV would like to thank:

• The parents that helped on the night of the event:
  • Lisa Dennison
  • The Naders
  • Tom Robinson
  • Christi Gelder
• Everyone that donated desserts for the dessert dash
• GV 2011-12 Students and parents for all of the procuring they did for the auction and all of the hard work on the day and night of the auction
• GV Interns for photography, baking desserts, helping out, and generally being COOL!!!
• GV Staff for being AWESOME!

WE HOPE TO SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!!!

Auction Recap: Fiesta de Guatemala a Success!

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After what seemed to be an eternal build up, the Fiesta de Guatemala finally went off without a hitch on May 12, 2012.

The room looked fantastic and the energy among the students and guests was very exhilarating.  There were over 400 items in the silent auction and 22 items in the live auction.

We started off the evening with our guests perusing the vast array of items.  There were some real gems at the tables; restaurant gift certificates, spa experiences, a romantic overnight stay at the Langley Inn, tickets to a Seahawks game and so much more.

Howard Choder, our auctioneer, started the live auction by receiving high bids on the first of our 22 amazing live items that included everything from vacation stays in a villa in the south of France to a climb up Mt. Adams with Brad Shaffer.

Guests were bidding high on “local” vacations this year.  We received several bids on the Gabriola Island Getaway and the one-week stay on Decatur Island.

The Guatemala dinner for 10 made by our very own Sandra Ordonez had the highest yield – must mean that everyone likes Sandra!

We had a selection of 32 desserts for the dessert dash which made for a wonderful experience.  The guests had the opportunity to pick from some amazing creations; however the best dessert of all and the first to go was the Coconut Cream Pie from Tom Douglas.  This winner could not have been more thrilled with his “win.”

If you came, we hope that you had a great time and if you weren’t able to join us this year we hope you can join us next year!

-Kristen Anderson, Executive Assistant

RSVP FOR THE AUCTION!

Have you RSVP’d for the Auction yet? The current price of the tickets is $80 per person.  The price of the tickets go up to $90 per person on April 21st, so be sure to make your reservation right away! Click on the image below to REGISTER NOW!

We have some new and exciting things to share with you this year!

• We are partnering with NW Wine Cellars to offer an awesome Wine Taste and Buy event.  They will offer 2 handpicked wines from their wonderful selection for our auction, presented with a custom GV label.
• Everyone wants a GV T-shirt, sweatshirt or hat, right?  Now is your chance to pick one up!!
• Help build a school classroom or plant a tree!  You can “purchase” a bag of cement, a cinder block or a tree.  The summer cohort will purchase these items in Guatemala and put them to immediate use.

You’ll also have the chance to hear from the Spring cohort and learn all about their experience in Guatemala.  We’ll have AWESOME items to bid on such as a week at a French Villa, a signed Dustin Ackley baseball, tickets to a Sounders Game, tickets to a Mariners game and SO much more!  You have to come see it to believe it!

Come and check it out!!!

Fiesta de Guatemala 2012

Going ONCE…going TWICE…SOLD!!

May 12, 2012 is quickly approaching and that means the Fiesta de Guatemala, GV’s annual gala auction, is only two months away!  Featuring live and silent auctions, entertainment, complimentary beer and wine and a gourmet dinner catered by the School of Culinary Arts of South Seattle Community College, the evening will surely be one to remember.

Event Details:

Saturday, May 12, 2012
The Brockey Center, South Seattle Community College
6000 16th Avenue SW, Seattle, WA 98106
Doors open at 5:30 p.m.

This year our goal is to raise $140,000.00 and you can help!!! 

Procurement – An additional $67,000 in goods and services. 

• Can you go out and procure ONE item or service for us??

Dessert Dash – 20 more delicious desserts for our Dessert Dash. 

• Do you love to bake?  Do you know a baker?  Do you have a favorite bakery?  Can you get us ONE delicious dessert?

Sponsorship –$20,000 in sponsorship. 

• We have a variety of appealing levels for you to enter at from $500 clear up to $20,000.  We’d love to promote your business at our event and in our catalog.  Can you help us?

Here are some exciting items available to bid on this year:

• Seattle Mariners Package
• Experience Guatemala for 2
• Soft Sailboat Cruise
• One Week in a Provence Villa
• Classic Red Wine Package

The annual gala auction is our most enjoyable and successful fundraiser of the year. This event attracts over 300 of GV’s supporters, parents, teachers and professional leaders who unite with a passion to raise funds in order to extend GV’s opportunities to a broad range of program participants, many of whom do not have the means to access these invaluable opportunities on their own.

Proceeds from the auction will fund program scholarships for U.S. low-income youth, help students in Guatemala purchase cement and cinder blocks to build an additional classroom and acquire trees for reforestation projects.

If you can help, please call Kristin Anderson at (206)322-9448 or email her at kristinanderson@global-visionaries.org.

We are also looking for event volunteers!

10th Annual Fiesta de Guatemala Auction Raises $130,000

Global Visionaries proudly announces that the 10th Annual Fiesta de Guatemala Auction raised $130,000, all of which will be used to support our various youth programs. Currently, half of all GV participants in the United States are awarded scholarships.

The event, which took place at the Brockey Center at South Seattle Community College on May 14, was an enormous success. Approximately 215 people came together in an extraordinary show of support for GV and all that we do.  Guests enjoyed an evening full of fabulous silent and live auction items, a 50/50 raffle, delicious food and entertainment.

We would like to extend a special thank you to all of the people who made this event possible.  Through your donations of time, money, and items, we are able to continue fulfilling our mission of “empowering young people to become global leaders in creating a just and sustainable world.”

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Global Visionaries to Host 10th Annual Fiesta de Guatemala Auction

On Saturday, May 14, Global Visionaries will host the Fiesta de Guatemala Auction Gala at South Seattle Community College’s Brockey Hall.  The event will serve as a fundraiser, through which we hope to raise $130,000 to support our programs.

We would like to extend an invitation to the entire GV community.

This year’s gala will include a gourmet meal prepared by the School of Culinary Arts at SCCC, live entertainment, complimentary beer, wine, and champagne, as well as both a silent and live auction.

All proceeds from the event will be used to build a school in Guatemala, fund reforestation projects, provide scholarships to 41 low-income youth, and support our leadership training program.

2011 Fiesta de Guatemala Auction Invitation

You can download a PDF copy of this invitation by clicking 2011 Fiesta de Guatemala Auction invitation.

Please share this link with anyone who might be interested in attending this year’s auction fundraiser. For more information, check out the Global Visionaries Auction page.

PRESS RELEASE: Global Visionaries 2011 “Fiesta de Guatemala” Auction Fundraiser

Photograph from the 2010 auction featuring delicious dessert items.

Read the “Fiesta de Guatemala” news release by clicking on the link below:

Global Visionaries 2011 Fiesta de Guatemala Auction news release

If you are a member of the media interested in finding out more about the auction, here is some important contact information for you to use:

Address: 2524 16th Ave. South, Suite 305, Seattle, WA 98144

Phone: (206) 322-9448

Fax: (206) 322-9719

E-mail: tiffanycrosby@global-visionaries.org

Web: http://www.global-visionaries.org/

¡Fiesta de Guatemala 2011!

The Auction's Proceeds Fund Reforestation in Guatemala

GV’s 10th annual “Fiesta de Guatemala” fundraiser auction is fast approaching and preparation is currently underway.

The 2011 auction will be held on May 14,  at The Brockey Conference Center at South Seattle Community College. This year we’re hoping to raise $135,000 to be put toward:

• Building a school in Guatemala.
• Planting 4,000 trees in Guatemala.
• Providing scholarships for low income Seattle-area students to be participants in GV’s Leadership Program and service trip.
• Funding Guatemalan Youth Board students to come volunteer in the US.
• Supporting our leadership training and community service programs for GV participants in the United States and Guatemala.

We expect to have amazing items up for auction this year as we have had in the past. Some of the exciting and unique items we had up for bid last year included: an African Safari trip for two, a wine package full of exclusive French and Californian wines,  a week long vacation to Cabo San Lucas, and a home-cooked Italian dinner, just to name a few.

We encourage and appreciate your support whether if it’s in the form of making a donation, volunteering time toward planning/coordinating, or attending the auction. With your help, Global Visionaries can continue to shape our youth into community leaders in social and environmental justice.

If you’re interested in further information about this year’s auction or would like to know how you can get involved, please email auction@global-visionaries.org or click on the “Events” menu on the Global Visionaries website.

Thank you for your support and we look forward to hearing from you!