Business Leadership Organized for Catholic Schools (BLOCS) will hold its Annual Gala on

Monday, May 12, 2003
Dinner 7:00 p.m.
Park Hyatt Philadelphia at The Bellevue
Broad and Walnut Streets
Philadelphia

Attending the Gala will beAnthony Cardinal Bevilacqua, Archbishop of Philadelphia, Chairman J. William Mills, III, president of PNC Bank, Co-Chairs Gerry Lenfest, President and CEO of The Lenfest Group, and Pat Ciarrocchi, news anchor at KYW-TV and business leaders from throughout the greater Philadelphia area.

Entertainment will be provided by Our Lady of the Rosary Children's Choir from West Philadelphia, the Archdiocesan High School All-Catholic Jazz Band and theater presentations by students from Archbishop Carroll and Cardinal O'Hara High Schools, both in Delaware County.

BLOCS is committed to the ideal that all parents who wish to provide their children with a values-centered, Catholic education should be able to do so. The organization relies upon the support of Catholic and non-Catholic business leaders, foundations and individuals to financially assist families in need regardless of race, color, creed, national or ethnic origin.

BLOCS has raised $8 million for the Catholic Schools since 1998. In the past five years, BLOCS has helped make Catholic schools available to more than 8,000 children.


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Contact
Marie Kelly
Associate Director
215-587-3747