The Archbishop Walsh’s Annual St. Patrick’s Day Fundraiser is this Saturday Night March 24th from 7pm to 11pm. The event will take place at the Archbishop Walsh Academy and Southern Tier Catholic School gym and cafeteria. There will be food, drinks, raffles, and Irish music with $34,000 dollars in cash prizes being given away. Joe Sempoliniski is Director of Development for the Southern Tier Catholic School and Archbishop Walsh Academy. He spoke about about this years St. Patrick’s Day Fundraiser.
Last year the charity event had a record attendance reaching nearly 1,000 people. This is the biggest fundraiser for the two Catholic schools. If you would like to purchase a ticket for Saturday night’s St. Patrick’s Day Fundraiser event, you can buy one at the Worth W. Smith Company or the Sports Locker in Olean. Monies raised from the event will go to support sports programs and other educational programs at the Catholic schools.