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4 | March 22, 2018 | The winnetka Current news<br />
winnetkacurrent.com<br />
Bringing in the green<br />
FHC parents<br />
fundraise for<br />
school at annual<br />
Blarney Bash<br />
Hilary Anderson<br />
Freelance Reporter<br />
It was a perfect St. Patrick’s<br />
Day.<br />
The sun shined, the<br />
weather cooperated and the<br />
parents and friends of Winnetka’s<br />
Saints Faith, Hope<br />
and Charity Catholic Parish<br />
showed their support of the<br />
parish school at its annual<br />
Blarney Bash on Saturday,<br />
March 17.<br />
The event is the school’s<br />
main source of funding for<br />
teacher bonuses and the<br />
supplementing of school<br />
programs throughout the<br />
year.<br />
Physical education teacher Paul Keenan purchases<br />
raffle tickets from student volunteers Avery McBreen<br />
(left) and Mary Largay.<br />
“Our dedicated faculty<br />
and staff go above and beyond<br />
for our children every<br />
day,” said Meghan Halleron,<br />
Blarney Bash co-chair.<br />
“Yet, they receive far less<br />
compensation than their<br />
public school counterparts.”<br />
“By way of comparison,<br />
the starting salary for<br />
a teacher at Faith Hope<br />
is approximately 33 percent<br />
less than the starting<br />
salary of a teacher at the<br />
Winnetka public elementary<br />
schools,” said Meghan<br />
Winnetka’s Saints Faith, Hope and Charity Catholic Parish celebrates its annual<br />
Blarney Bash fundraiser Saturday, March 17. The event helps fund teacher bonuses<br />
and finance various student programs. photos by rHONDA HOLCOMB/22ND CENTURY MEDIA<br />
Khanna, the other Blarney<br />
Bash co-char. “To offset the<br />
sacrifice our talented teachers<br />
make in order to devote<br />
their careers to Catholic<br />
education, it is important<br />
that we supplement their<br />
salaries with a year-end bonus.”<br />
Blarney Bash began with<br />
a 5 p.m. Mass celebrated<br />
by the church’s pastor, Rev.<br />
Martin O’Donovan. Children<br />
from the parish school<br />
participated in the Mass,<br />
with fifth-grade students<br />
serving as ushers, students<br />
in the children’s choir singing<br />
during the service and<br />
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