Thank you to everyone who came out to Spring Spirits 2026! This was our largest event in years and sold out 3 weeks before the event! We had an amazing group of over 50 Belles from all different class years attend.
Thank you to our hostesses, Megan Weiland ‘03 and Jackie Ferguson ‘06, who reached out and offered to host this event for us. They worked so hard to get us in the beautiful Hotel Zachary and put together a great evening for us. Their generosity to cover the cost of the event ensured that 100% of our ticket sales, silent auction and raffle go towards the scholarship fund.
Spring Spirits is our biggest fundraiser for the Chicago East Endowed Scholarship fund. The scholarship is given annually to Chicago-area Belles. For the 2024-2025 school year, the scholarship awarded $26,300 total to three students (roughly $8,700 each).
Thanks to a record high attendance of 50+ Belles and all the generous Belles who participated in our raffle and silent auction, we raised over $4,150 for the SMC Chicago East Endowed Scholarship! Thank you to all the generous Belles who attended Spring Spirits and helped us have such a successful evening!
We had some amazing silent auction and raffle items including a Le Mans hand painted platter, a gift card to Beadnik’s, cute SMC swag including hats, cups, blankets, totes and more, art prints, Jeni’s Ice Cream basket, jewelry, Belleek vase, stationery, a private Barre Class, a gift card to Topo Gigio, some great books, Christmas ornaments, wine and more!
Thank you to everyone who donated these amazing items including Andrea Szkwarko '98, Lynn Sikora ‘06, CorePower Yoga, Nicole O’Toole Peterson ‘15, Kathy Sherlock ‘84, Emmie Scanlon Siegert ‘15, Maureen Schmizzi '71, Basia Pawlica Kubicek '19, April Runft '05, Genevieve Morrill '98, and Shannon Zofkie '17.
And a special thank you to the Belles who run their own companies and donated items including PHarthousebyVisconde, Princess Mae Visconde ‘18, Mila + Stevie, Kathleen Sabol ‘08, Better in Blue Co, Catherine Bruno ‘18 and Claire Kenney '10 who donated a private Barre Class that she will lead.
If you were unable to attend Spring Spirits but would still like to donate to the Saint Mary’s Chicago East Endowed Scholarship fund, you can do so here.