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2025 A Night of Pure Imagination
Saturday, March 1, 2025

6:00 PM - 12:00 AM The Ostreum Fort Worth 108 South Fwy #130, Fort Worth, TX 76104 Pay close attention to the directions if coming form I-30...if you aren't careful, you will find yourself back on I-30 instead of heading to venue. 

There are two entrances for guests. Sponsors at $3,500 and above will enter the first door on the left and begin your VIP Guest Experience. General Admission guests and $2,500 sponsors will enter through the 2nd door on the right and begin the night looking at Auction items, enjoying appetizers and cocktails. To experience all the fun we have planned, we are recommending that all guests arrive no later than 7:00 PM.

EVENING PROGRAM

6:00 p.m. Check-in Opens, Passed Appetizers, Cocktails, Online Auction, Entertainment by Sky Quartet
6:45 p.m. Doors Open to Big Room and Food Stations Open
7:45 p.m. Multi-Sale Packages Close (Big Spender, Tuition Raffle, Heads or Tails, Jewelry Raffle)
8:00pm Show begins...Find Your Seat, Live Auction begins after the show, Food Stations Close
9:30 p.m. Dance the Night Away with Brad Thompson and his band
10:00 p.m. Silent/Online Auction Closes
All auction items close for bidding tonight.
10:15 p.m. Check-out Begins
12:00 a.m. Evening Ends and Check-out Closes

 

Menu

APPETIZERS
Savory Lollipop
Mini Caprese Skewers: Cherry Tomatoes, Mozzarella,
Basil, Balsamic Drizzle Chocolate River Mole Empanadas
Braised Mole Chicken, topped with Pickled Pepper and Cotija Cheese
Wonka’s Whimsical Slider
Caramelized Onion and Beet Bun with Sliced Beef
Tenderloin and Arugula
Oompa Loompa Popcorn Chicken
Bite Size Parmesan Chicken tossed in Herbs and topped with Basil Aioli

VIP EXPERIENCE APPETIZERS
“Golden Goose” Deviled Egg - Deviled Egg, topped with Caviar, Creme Fraiche and Edible Gold Leaf
“Gold” Candied Bacon Skewer - Candied Bacon brushed with Edible Gold Leaf
Foi Gras Crostinis - Foi Gras Crostini with Blueberry Jam
Grazing Table

A bright and colorful selection of Artisan-Aged Cheeses, Soft Cheeses,
Salami, Prosciutto, Calabrese, Manzanilla Olives, Cornichons, Persian
Cucumbers, Assorted Fresh Fruit, Berries, Dried Fruit, Marcona Almonds, Local Honey and Jams

MAIN DINING
Pre-Set Salad for VIP Sponsors - Spinach Strawberry & Blueberry Salad with Honey Goat Cheese and
Piña Colada Pecans tossed in a Champagne Vinaigrette


STATIONS

Smoked Picanha - Served with Lemon Fiddlehead Ferns and Mushroom Glaze
Brisket Bao Bun - with Tequila Slaw and Pickled Okra
Parmesan Wheel Cacio e Pepe Gallo, Peas, and Prosciutto
Chicken & Waffle - Fried Chicken with Hot Honey on a Hibiscus Waffle

DESSERT

Chocolate Fountain and Candy Bar

Thank You Sponsors

The Golden Ticket - $15,000
Hoffman Family

Dreamer of Dreams $10,000
Exclusive VIP Guest Experience 
Sargent Family

Exclusive Tuition Raffle
Frost Bank


In-Kind Donors
Audio/Visual 
Showtech Productions
Angela and Parker Walters

Car Lease Raffle
BMW of Arlington

Cocktail Hour Quartet 
Marum Family 



Wonka Wonders Sponsors - $6,000

Band

Entertainment
Talon Industries, Inc. - Najjar Family
Texas Bearing of DallasInc. - Olusanya Family


Wonka Wonders Sponsors - $5,000

Appetizer
 
Hart Family

Jewelry 
Boyd Bone Dry Commercial Roofing



Special Effects 
Broadus Family and Haddock Family

Table Decor 


Carencia
Keirschen and Jesse Tucker

Valet 
Rachel and JMac Richardson

Wonka Wonders $3,500

Big Spender Game 

Queenan Law Firm
Dana and Kevin Queenan

Candy Bar 
Jenn and Omar Hernandez

Dessert
Anita and Michael Heiskell

Heads and Tails Game 
Ortiz Law Firm
Giana Ortiz and Jacob Fain

Live Auction 
Worthington Family

Online Auction 
Rif Con, LLC
Carla and Mike Riffel 

Photo Booth 
Leah Elizondo and Imtiaz Yakub

Photography 
Jackson, James, Kraft, McGee, Minhinnette Families

Premier Auction 
Lawrence Family

Printing 
Pierson Family

 

Everlasting Gobstoppers - $2,500
Arredondo, Hey, Jones, Karazissis, McGraw, Peterson Families
Eden Family
Kundysek Family
LaRovere Family
Bird, Blacketer, Holliday, Marum, Polit Families 
Nangrani and Shah Family