Reach for the Stars Spring Gala and Auction

Welcome to Bellesini Academy's 2024 Spring Gala & Auction. The Spring Gala is our largest fundraising event each year. Please help us raise $300,000 to meet our general operating budget and raise funds for our four-week Summer Program.

We are very grateful to the businesses, organizations, and individuals who have donated auction items, sponsored the event, and purchased advertisements to help us meet this important goal. Please support our auction donors!

Thank you for your investment in the lives of the young men and women we serve here in Lawrence!

Bellesini Academy is an independent, tuition-free Catholic middle school dedicated to providing quality scholarship education to young men and women of all faiths from limited financial means living in Lawrence. The mission of the school is to provide an academically challenging and highly structured environment that develops the potential for each student to succeed in competitive secondary schools and colleges. Our small classes, challenging curriculum, extended school day, month-long summer program, and alumni support program help our students reach their full potential.

We are celebrating twenty-two years of providing hope and successful futures to young men and women in Lawrence. 100% of Bellesini students attend private preparatory high schools, and 97% of post-secondary Bellesini alumni have gone on to attend college, with another 3% attending technical schools or serving in the military.

The Online Auction will end at 7:45 p.m. on April 26, 2024. However, there is an auction item bidding extension: An item's end time will be extended by 3 minutes when it receives a bid during the final 3 minutes (a maximum 30-minute extension). If you are bidding on an item right before 7:45 p.m., please wait to see if other bids come in and watch for notifications that you have been outbid.

Once the online auction closes, Bellesini Academy will send out invoices for the online auction items through 32Auction. If you purchased an auction item through Buy It Now, you will receive an invoice immediately. You can pay via credit card online or at the check out table at the end of the night.

The Live Auction will begin after dinner at the event. All Live Auction items are listed on the site as Live Auction Only.