On Tuesday, April 28, The Goddard School held an art show for its students-but this was not just any ordinary art show. With an under-the-sea theme composed of starfish, turtles and fish, there was an auction open to the parents for murals created by the children.
The murals auctioned off were replicas of famous influential artist’s pieces such as Monet, Van Gogh, Motifs, and Warhol. Jenny Repko, Director of The Goddard School for the past three years, explained that aside from the larger murals being auctioned off, were smaller individual pieces created by the students available to be purchased for $10 by the parents. Each class created two murals, and the infant room created one. The event ended with a raffle for baskets composed of donations from parents and teachers.
The purpose of the selling of these pieces of art work was all in good heart. Being heavily involved with Boyertown’s Relay for Life and even having their own team, the Goddard Go-Getters, the school made it a priority to help out a good cause. The Goddard School all of the proceeds raised from the auction and raffle as a donation to Boyertown’s Relay for Life. As a way to celebrate this good cause, the Goddard School had their long-time friend and nine year cancer survivor, Bob Olock, to host the auction. This was Olock’s second year hosting, and he made sure to make the most out of the evening.
Putting together the even this year was teacher, Lauren Bookwalter. She explained that all of the decorations for the art show were created by the students, even the babies. To get help with the baskets for the raffle, she explained, “We sent out notes to the parents asking for donations for the baskets, and even some of the teachers contributed.” With the assistance, they were able to present 12 creatively crafted baskets by the time the event had arrived.
Olock, Repko, Bookwalter and the other teachers most definitely did a great job with the action, considering the amount of success at the end of it. Out of the many murals sold for no less than $20, there were two pieces that sold for $100, and one Monet replica that sold for a whopping $250.
Olock and the other teachers had the audience getting into good spirits with their positive vibes. Parents left and right were more than willing the bid on the murals, and even a few of the children were getting involved! It was an inspiring evening filled with laughs and smiles all around.
