Cardinal Mooney High School Race for the Roses

Our annual auction, which is in conjunction with our Race for the Roses Gala, is our largest fundraiser of the year. All proceeds from the auction and gala will be used to renovate and update our science classroom labs. Your support is essential in helping us to reach our goal to provide advanced equipment to meet the ever-changing needs to educate our students for today's world.

Our Auction will transition to an in-person auction on Friday during the Gala, if you wish to make a maximum bid on line, please do so before 11:45 pm Thursday, March 24. Contact us with any questions, 941-371-4917.

Cardinal Mooney Catholic High School presents Race for the Roses, a Kentucky Derby style gala on Friday, March 25 beginning at 6:30 pm at the Grove Ballroom located in Lakewood Ranch. Tickets may be purchased at cmhs-sarasota.org. Sponsorship opportunities are available. Contact Amy Gorman at 941.379.2647

Online bidding will end on Thursday, March 24 at 5 pm and transition to a LIVE auction at the gala on March 25. Proxy bids may be placed prior to noon providing your maximum bid amount.

The fun begins the moment you arrive with a southern fare dinner, dancing, games of chance, a bourbon tasting and cigar bar, and contests for the best hat and best bowtie.

Cardinal Mooney Catholic High School, a Christ-centered, college preparatory institution, prepares students to serve and lead by nurturing spiritual growth, cultivating the talent of all students, and challenging them to pursue academic excellence. It has been recognized as an Apple Distinguished School for 2021-2024 for the implementation of Apple technology in the classroom. Since 1959, Cardinal Mooney Catholic High School has been serving Sarasota, Manatee, and Charlotte counties as the only Catholic high school in the area. As a nationally accredited school, Cardinal Mooney Catholic High School offers the rigorous AP Capstone diploma, as well as full honors, Advanced Placement, dual enrollment and learning strategies programs. With a 100% acceptance rate to college, Cardinal Mooney graduates earned over 12 million dollars in merit scholarships in 2020. Student-athletes participating in over 30 athletic teams have won district, sectional, and regional titles with three state titles in 2019 and two in 2020. The family environment of Cardinal Mooney Catholic High School fosters spiritual growth and prepares all students to become servant leaders in the world by performing approximately 20,000 community service hours a year.