Katy ISD Education Foundation Announces Fireflies & Foodtrucks

Tickets on Sale Now for Legendary Back to School Bash 

(Katy, TX) – The Katy ISD Education Foundation announces the return of its annual Fireflies & Foodtrucks fundraising event on Thursday, October 18, 5:30 – 8:30 P.M. at Katy’s own No Label Brewery.  The event will benefit the foundation and its Inspiring Imagination teacher grant program.  The Katy ISD Education Foundation celebrated a spectacular milestone this year with $1,300,000 awarded in its first six years of Inspiring Imagination teacher grants. Fireflies & Foodtrucks and its proceeds played a key role in reaching that milestone and will continue to garner much-needed support as the foundation’s grant program expands. The foundation’s seventh grant cycle begins this fall, awarding grants to teachers in May 2019.

Admission for the event is $50 per person, paid in advance, and covers food and beverage costs.  For an additional $25 per person, guests can also purchase exclusive VIP Bar Experience tickets featuring access to exclusive No Label brews.  Groups of 8 can purchase a Party Pak for $500, which includes this year’s Fireflies & Foodtrucks shirt.  Both VIP Bar Experience and Party Pak admission sales are limited availability.

Early event sponsors include Hargrove Engineering + Construction; Keller Williams Premier Realty; Phillips 66; PBK, Inc.; VLK Architects; Thompson & Horton, LLP; Members Choice Credit Union; Cane Island; Cross Creek Ranch; Rogers, Morris & Grover, LLP; Stantec; Anslow Bryant Construction; IBI Group Architects; Ken and Tracy Janda; Matt Schomburg State Farm; Memorial Hermann Katy; Durotech, Inc.; LJA Engineering; Allen Boone Humphries Robinson, LLP; MS Mysteries, Pieper Houston Electric, L.P.; Terra Associates, Inc.; Fred and Patti Shafer. Additional sponsorship opportunities are available and include incentives commensurate with the sponsorship level.

Returning as features of the event are The Earl Sanders Jr Band, wine garden area, variety of food trucks, valet parking and more, with an added opportunity to contribute to the foundation’s teacher grant initiative. Early ticket and sponsorship purchases are both encouraged. Find more information and register at tinyurl.com/fft2018 or www.katyisdeducationfoundation.org or contact the Katy ISD Education Foundation at 281-396-6031, foundation@katyisd.org.

About the Katy ISD Education Foundation – The Katy ISD Education Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that unites people and companies with big hearts and a big belief in Katy ISD children and teachers to provide unprecedented opportunities for both. To join us, visit www.katyisdeducationfoundation.org.