Fundraising is a crucial part of the success we have at St. Mary School. These events help keep tuition low, pay for additional academic courses like music, physical education, and S.T.E.M., help fund school field trips, support extracurricular activities like sports and clubs and purchase updated equipment for teachers and students. ​

Lancer Legacy Ball

The Lancer Legacy Ball is the largest fundraiser St. Mary Catholic School DeKalb has each year. We raised over $70,000 from the support of the community, St. Mary School and Church families and friends. This money is a critical piece for us to close the tuition gap and allows us to offer a high-quality academic curriculum to all students from pre-k to 8th grade.

This event also provides a unique marketing opportunity for local businesses. The ball is an adult-only dinner dance that includes a live auction, silent auction and raffles. We invite community members as well as our school and church families with over 225 people who participate each year making this event an excellent way to advertise your business. 

We look forward to your continued support. Donations may be tax-deductible and our tax ID number is 36-2277373.

Donations may be sent to:
St. Mary School
Attn: Lancer Legacy Ball Donation
210 Gurler Rd.
Dekalb, IL 60115

365 Day Raffle

All families are required to participate in the 365 Day Raffle by selling raffle tickets. 

​Tickets are sold from October 1 through December.  The cost of any tickets not sold by the family is added to the cost of tuition on January 1.

We do a drawing each day & your ticket is put back in so the purchased ticket has 365 chances to win! 
Lancer Links
Lancer Links is our annual school Golf Outing. 
​Visit lancerlinks.givesmart.com to learn more.

Lucky Lancers Poker Night

Lucky Lancers is our bi-annual poker night held at Fatty's Pub and Grille.  Watch for more information in our Lancer Ledger. 

Home and School and
​Family Events

Our home and school committee has various fundraisers and events throughout the year like laundry soap, plants, family bingo, daddy daughter / mother son date night and more activities to keep you engaged and having fun while raising money for our school.

You can see most of our events on our shopify site here: https://st-mary-home-school-fundraisers.myshopify.com/
Spirit Wear
We partner with S.O.A.S. locally in DeKalb to create our spirit wear designs.
You can shop online anytime at  
​ https://stmarydekalblancers.itemorder.com/sale
​Orders close at the end of each month and take about 2 weeks to deliver.

Laps for Lancers

​Laps for Lancers is our school walk-a-thon. This takes place during school hours. 

A walk-athon is a healthy and educational fundraising alternative that promotes positive character qualities, healthy habits, and teamwork, all while supporting our school!

Students participate by walking (or running) laps around the school circle drive and fundraising for donations.

in 2022, we raised over $25,000!

Raise Right

It’s easy—and it works. By using gift cards to pay for everyday (and not-so-everyday) expenses, you can earn money to go directly towards your tuition payments.

You pay $50 for a $50 gift card. Use to
pay for your purchases or give as a gift.
For every gift card purchased, you receive earnings up to 20%. The earnings come from the gift card brand you are purchasing—their way of supporting organizations and
communities like ours.

Sign up at www.raiseright.com
Use enrollment code: E69AC59B39719