{"id":246019,"date":"2026-04-01T02:06:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T02:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/246019\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T02:06:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T02:06:08","slug":"pef-announces-highlights-of-spring-fling-026-license-to-give","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/246019\/","title":{"rendered":"PEF announces highlights of Spring Fling 026: License to Give"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Piedmont Education Foundation\u2019s annual Spring Fling gala is always a special evening, but this year\u2019s May 1 event at Bloc 15 in Oakland promises to be unforgettable. Spring Fling co-chairs Zeena Fakoury, Caroline Gershwin, and Jenny Miller invite elementary parents to join them for a 007-inspired evening of dancing, dining, and bidding on one-of-a-kind auction items.<\/p>\n<p>Gala guests will also have the opportunity to bid on returning favorites, such as a Piedmont Police Ride-along, Epicure\u2019s Trifecta (experiences at The Wolf, Wood Tavern, and Southie), fishing with Gatherer Outfitters, and vacation homes in Tahoe and Montana.<\/p>\n<p>The auction will also offer several new, unique, and unforgettable experiences. Ella Rossanis won the Great Australian Bakeoff in 2022 with her \u201cGateau Chateau\u201d castle dreamhouse. Since moving to Piedmont, Rossanis has expanded her \u201cedible magic\u201d repertoire. She is not only baking for the cake auction, she will be leading an exclusive cake decorating experience.<\/p>\n<p>Fresh off his solo exhibition at the Maybaum Gallery, Oakland artist and Beach dad Ian Micheal is creating an original painting for the Spring Fling auction. Micheal is pleased with his child\u2019s school experience so far, and says he\u2019s grateful for the, \u201cpeople working so hard to put [Spring Fling] on, and I want to help them as much as I can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Also on the docket are premium Valkyries tickets, a VIP visit to the SFO air traffic control tower, and more surprises.<\/p>\n<p>Proceeds from the evening directly support vital programs for our students, including elementary counseling, structured play, and field trip transportation. <\/p>\n<p>Tickets and sponsorships are available at <a href=\"https:\/\/pef.schoolauction.net\/springfling2026\/homepages\/show\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PiedmontSpringFling.org<\/a>. We can\u2019t wait to see you there \u2014 shaken, not stirred!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Piedmont Education Foundation\u2019s annual Spring Fling gala is always a special evening, but this year\u2019s May 1 event&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246020,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":["post-246019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246019\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}