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The HPA Benefit

HPA Benefit 2025: Mardi Gras

Get ready to celebrate the Hockaday Community in the “Big Easy” style with live music, dancing, jazz, creole cuisine, cocktails, silent and live auctions, games, and the Sewell Luxury Automobile Raffle on March 8, 2025.
 
Look for benefit merchandise and highly coveted special occasions at the HPA tables during the Back-to-School days. Special occasions sales will open on August 17. Spaces are limited for each of these events, so get your krewe together to purchase them before they are gone!
 
Join the Benefit Krewe and help create this amazing event by volunteering and exploring underwriting opportunities.
 
This year’s proceeds will benefit the Ela Hockaday Fund for Faculty Excellence. The Ela Hockaday Fund for Faculty Excellence endow Hockaday with additional resources that allows the School to attract and retain the best and brightest faculty. The Fund supports professional development, graduate studies, faculty salaries, and other enrichment opportunities for our faculty.
 
Laizzes Les Bons Temps Roulet!
Julie Ahmed
Lauren Lapeyre Brown
HPA Benefit Co-Chairs, 2024-2025

Special Occasions 2024 – 2025

These events have limited spaces and will sell out quickly. 
Click Here to make your purchase today!

Special Occasion Chairs
Abby Hoak Morton '05
Chandler Rice Winslow '02

Special Occasions 2024 – 2025 Event Sales will are open through each event date.
Click on the link above or use the link in the right column to purchase events.

Benefit 2025 Leadership Team

Benefit Chairs
Julie Ahmed
Lauren Lapeyre Brown
 
Benefit Krewe Leads
Robin Gelinas Berkley ‘93
Christie Rentzel Blazevich
Lauryn Bloom
Emily Somerville Cabrera 
Ellie Campion
Andrea Epstein
Caroline Flanigan
JoJo Fleiss
Malia Mitchell
Abby Hoak Morton ‘05
Rachel Osburn
Anisha Patel
Amanda Reilly
Jonna Seline
Jody Stein
Chandler Rice Winslow ‘02

Benefit Krewe
Lu Chen
Devon Conrad
Kristen Davis
Katie Doherty
Christina Crews Goldberg ‘02
Courtney Harris
Porschla Kidd
Michelle Monteiro
Chris Moseley
Raha Pouladi
Lupe Prado
Christen Levering Redlich ‘03
Josie Sewell
Purva Gopal Singal
Purva Jain Vaidya
Erin Vautrin
Meredith Verska
Emily Wisniewski
Erin Wood
Your generosity is the key to bringing this celebration to life! Through the countless hours of many volunteers and the businesses and individuals in our community, we look forward to bringing a fun night of music, laughter, and memories for Hockaday families, faculty, and staff.

Please consider purchasing Underwriting for Benefit 2025, Mardi Gras which will be available in the coming months. To obtain information, please contact Julie Ahmed or Lauren Lapeyre Brown.

Benefit Contacts

Julie Ahmed
Benefit Co-Chair
jcovino@gmail.com
 
Lauren Lapeyre Brown
Benefit Co-Chair
mrs.LaurenLBrown@gmail.com
 
Lori Baker
HPA and Benefit Liaison
LJbaker@hockaday.org
214.360.6581

Volunteers Needed

Click here to Join the Krewe!

Make friends, enjoy behind-the-scenes sneak peeks for the event itself on March 8, and have fun as we raise money for the School. There’s a job for everyone, from letter-signing and envelope-packing, to set-up and clean-up roles.

Merchandise

All Benefit Merchandise is available in the Hockaday Bookstore! Come in and see the Mardi Gras styles fit for men, women, and children.

Visit the Merchandise Pop-Up Sale at Spirit Night! October 22, 4:30 PM, Cornerstone Plaza

For merchandise questions, contact Jonna Seline.

Sewell Vehicle Raffle

Sewell Luxury Vehicle Raffle Tickets will be available for sale in January!
Please contact Malia Mitchell for more information.

Big Board and Silent Auctions

Auction Items Needed
Help us round up items from your favorite shops and restaurants. Donating an item or service is a great way for businesses to advertise to the Hockaday community. 
 
Auction Chairs
Andrea Epstein
Ellie Campion
Rachel Osburn
Anisha Patel

Auction Contribution Form
Within the private school community, The Hockaday School is an independent college-preparatory day school for girls from grades PK–12 located in Dallas, Texas. Students realize their limitless potential through challenging academic curricula, arts, athletics, and extracurricular programs so that they are inspired to lead lives of purpose and impact.