The theme for the 2024 Bird Bash is "Raising Student Voices-In Song and In Stage". The proceeds from the event will be used to enhance our secondary vocal music and theater programs through commissioned music, flexible theater rehearsal tools as well as access to live performances. Research has shown the arts boost confidence and strengthen STEM and social skills. These programs will help amplify all of these skills.
For a list of companies and individuals sponsoring our silent auction, please click here.
What is the Bird Bash?
The Bird Bash gala is an annual fundraiser supporting the Seven Dreams Education Foundation, to benefit students of the Robbinsdale Area Schools.
Put on your party attire and enjoy a served dinner, entertainment, live and silent auction, and fun! There will be games and live music during the reception - and the “Heads and Tails” played during the program. Hundreds of members of our community come together to celebrate, and fund, our school district! The first Bird Bash was in 2014. In recent years we’ve been able to fund large district-wide initiatives that cost $50,000 or more.
From 2014-2023, we raised over $595,000 from the proceeds of the Bird Bash for initiatives in our school district—read about them below and here!
What Does the Bird Bash Fund?
Fund-a-Need Project
At the Bird Bash, after a live auction (for big ticket items like concerts, trips and fun experiences), the evening culminates in an important “giving moment” called a “Fund-a-Need” where we ask our generous supporters to pledge a specific amount of money for a district-wide initiative by raising bid cards. We show a video describing the initiative and then the fun begins. A professional auctioneer livens up the crowd and people start raising their bid numbers to make their donation.
To learn about past Bird Bash initiatives that Seven Dreams has funded, scroll down to the bottom and click on the year to see a description and video about the project.
Check out all of the district-wide initiatives that we have funded through Bird Bash proceeds since 2014:
Click on the links below to see a video and learn more about each initiative
2023 Beneficiary |Middle School Wellness Centers
The 10th annual Bird Bash project allowed each district middle school to have wellness centers with spaces with students and staff including comfortable furniture and calming tools.
2022 Beneficiary | Reinvigorating Band & Orchestra: Spreading the Joy of Music to ALL Students
2021 Beneficiary | Telling Everyone's Story with Multicultural Books (adding 2,500 books to the middle and high school media centers).
2020 Beneficiary | Mental Health Initiative: Social/Emotional Life Skills
2019 Beneficiary | Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Expedition Labs in all Robbinsdale Area Schools.
2018 Beneficiary | Middle School Media Center Transformation for FAIR - Crystal, Plymouth, Robbinsdale, and Sandburg Middle Schools.
2017 Beneficiary | Windows and Mirrors: Literacy & Cultural Diversity program for all 3rd graders in Robbinsdale Area Schools.
2016 Beneficiary | Flexible Learning Spaces at Armstrong and Cooper High School.
2015 Beneficiary | Engineering is Elementary, a STEM program for all 4th graders in the Robbinsdale Area Schools.
2014 Middle School STEM Equipment | Science and technology program at the middle school level.