CDH Gala Celebrates Community

November 14, 2018

Brett and Geralyn Nelson, and Erin and Nick Schneeman, Co-Chairs of 2018 CDH Gala.

More than 325 alumni, parents, families, friends, and faculty of Cretin-Derham Hall attended the ninth annual CDH Gala.

This year's Gala was held at the University of St. Thomas. The honorary hosts for the evening were the Traxler family. The Traxler legacy is a long one. In the Traxler family alone, nine siblings all graduated from either Cretin or Derham Hall. In addition, 11 of their children have also graduated from Cretin-Derham Hall. Many were able to be in attendance at the Gala.

The entertaining program was emceed by Jane Leyden Cavanaugh ’81 and Jim Cunningham ’79 and featured members of the CDH Theater Department, including students Will Dusek, Hunter Hansen, Emma Schuld, Karissa Tschida, Annie Stang, and Elliot Fobbe.

An Incredible Success

A sincere thank you to everyone who made this year's Gala a great success. The Gala raised nearly $180,000! Thanks to the generosity of our donors, the live auction at the event featured several priceless items that resulted in spirited bidding. Plus, this year's fund-a-need provided funding for tuition assistance. All money raised at the Gala was included in the GiveCDH campaign total of $1,075,260.

This support is critical to our mission and enables CDH to continue to provide affordable excellence for our students and families. The generosity of our donors is making a tremendous impact on our students today.

Thank you to the co-chairs of this year's event, Brett & Geralyn Nelson and Nick & Erin Schneeman.

GiveCDH Day: Early Giving Begins Today

GiveCDH Day is Cretin-Derham Hall’s biggest fundraising event of the year and this year GiveCDH Day is a convenient way to participate in the Campaign for Raider Excellence as well as providing vital tuition assistance and merit scholarships for our students.