You support of Community Giving at the ISDenver gala allows us to Say Yes to many of the things that really make the ISDenver experience - such as the Peacekeeper/STEAM renovation, and the Dragon’s Den last year (which will open this spring!). This year, we will support:

• Providing the design budget for a to-be-revealed Middle Years Programme design project that will involve our students designing an up-cycled, outdoor play and learning space for our students to enjoy!
   
• Expanding our Creative Play Structures and Spaces
   
• Outdoor Drinking Fountains
   
• Financial Assistance and Faculty Investment Funds: expanded financial assistance for our families (10% more next year!); enhanced professional development opportunities for our faculty (Customized, hand-on training in addition to numerous conferences and trainings); and other and extras for teachers - like welcome back and holiday parties.

Ignite the light for ISDenver! We raise money through:

• Raffle ticket sales
  • You do not need to attend the gala in order to enter the Raffle - winners will be announced that night but any non-attendees will be contacted to pick up their prize the following week. We usually sell less than 100 tickets, so your odds are great!
     
  • Raffle tickets will be available the entire week of March 9 on campus (1 for $100, 3 for $250). Tickets will also be for sale at Gala. 
     
• 'Instant buy’ opportunities to purchase individual tickets to unique outings

  • Instead of a silent auction, we offer a couple of unique culinary experiences (fixed price, space limited) and a handful of reserved parking spaces (highest bid wins), as well as the one-of-a-kind packages offered in the live auction. 

  • Instant buys are available now until  7:45 p.m. the Saturday of Gala, suspended until 9 p.m., then open for a half hour from 9 - 9:30 p.m. And you can still bid from home! 

• An incredible live auction featuring you-can’t-just-buy-this-yourself experiences

• And it all culminates in a paddle raise frenzy of epic generosity
  • We invite everyone to glow crazy in the raffle and the paddle raise -- even if you cannot attend!

Want more inspiration? Check out this Pinterest board!

Glow hard or glow home … tickets can be purchased here!

Prices are listed below; prices increase one week prior to the event to reflect the increased cost for additional food and beverage. 

• Reserved tables can be purchased by groups of 10; one person can buy the entire table outright, or guests can purchase their tickets individually.
• Gala is entirely mobile - no paper tickets will be issued!
• Please register prior to the event (you get a text when you buy your ticket) -- that will make check-in a breeze and you’ll be enjoying the cocktail hour in no time.

• If you would like to purchase a full table (includes 10 admissions to Global Gala with a reserved table, plus pre-set cocktails at the table), head to our ticket site and click the 'Radiant Reserved Table - 10 seats." Please list the names of the other attendees during the purchase process. If possible, please provide your guests' email addresses, so that they can be contacted to register on our site for auction bidding. 

If you don't yet know who all will be sitting at your table, you can enter these names later (or email keegan.oneil@isdenver.org to have us enter them in for you).  

• If you are hosting a table but having your guests purchase their tickets individually, please come up with a name for your table, and ask that your guests enter this name under the 'Company or Group Name' field when buying their ticket on our site, so we can ensure all guests are seated correctly. (Be sure to buy your own seat as well using the 'Radiant Reserved Table - 1 seat' option!)
   
• If you are buying an individual ticket at someone else's table, please head to our ticket site and purchase a 'Radiant Reserved Table - 1 seat.' Please be sure to enter your table's name (contact your table host) under the 'Company or Group Name' field, and our system will automatically group you with the correct table.

ISDenver partners annually with generous supporters to help present the most memorable moments of our fundraising gala. This year we are pleased to share exclusive opportunities that make a bold statement of your belief in premier international education and bilingualism as a path to global citizenship. 

Interested in being a sponsor at Gala?
OPPORTUNITIES STILL AVAILABLE! 
Download our packet here for all the information you need! 

• Cocktails (5:30 to 7:00 PM) with a focus on fun: DJ, open bar, apps, and a photo booth
   
• Seated dinner and wine service with concurrent program (7:30 PM). The program is where we shine, including: faculty, staff, and sponsor recognition; live auction, video premier, paddle raise; and raffle drawing.
   
• After Party aka … it’s glow time! (9:00 to 11:30 p.m.), which includes dessert (and coffee!), DJ, dancing, the bars are still open, we add a late night snack, and you can keep hitting up the photo booth (so you can splash it on social immediately)!

EXDO has one parking lot behind the building with room for approximately 100 vehicles; aside from this, parking is limited in the surrounding neighborhood. We encourage all of our guests to use Lyft, Uber, or the LightRail for the event. Please do not drink and drive.

Yes, we can help! Take a night off by hiring a sitter from Nanno! which provides on-demand, background checked childcare. If you’re not already a member of Nanno, sign up (for FREE) here. Then, get 20% off on your booking, using discount code ISDenverGala20. (Nanno charges $20/hr for up to 2 kids, and $25/hr for up to 4 kids.)

We invite everyone to sponsor a teacher to attend, participate in the raffle (need not be present to win), purchase an instant-buy culinary experience, bid on the parking spaces, and make a donation via our mobile bidding site. If you have your heart set on one of our amazing live auction packages, contact Keegan O’Neil to discuss appointing a ghost bidder or bidding by phone!

P.S. Did you know? Gifts of $500 or more qualify for a 50% tax credit back to you!