Koala Auction 2025

KOALA AUCTION ~ MARCH 22, 2025

Here's how it works!

Purchase a sweepstakes ticket for $100 with a chance to win $30,000.* Only 750 tickets will be offered. Winning ticket will be drawn at the Koala Sweepstakes & Auction Cocktail Party on March 22. Winner need not be present!

Purchase 5 or more sweepstakes tickets and receive complimentary admission for 2 guests to the event.

Attend the festive Koala Sweepstakes & Auction Cocktail Party

on March 22 from 6:00 - 8:00 PM for $50 per person. 

Enjoy delicious passed hors d'oeuvres, beer, wine, and exciting Live Auction and Silent Auction items. Enjoy mingling with other Ursuline parents, alumnae, parents of alumnae, faculty and staff, trustees, and Ursuline friends.

All proceeds from the Koala Sweepstakes & Auction benefit today's Ursuline students by supporting the academic and extracurricular programs that make Ursuline such an exceptional school.

*If fewer than 600 tickets are sold, the sweepstakes prize will be limited to a cash prize equal to 50% of ticket sales proceeds.

Join us in honoring Joyce Tiangco Biolsi '77 P '08 '13

 Pictured left to right: Co-President Sebastiana Bulfamante P'27, Co-President Bonnie Gordon P'26, Joyce Tiangco Biolsi, '77 P'08 '13 and current Koala Chair Jennifer Graziano '98 P'29. 

As we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Koala Sweepstakes & Auction, we are thrilled to honor the extraordinary woman who created this treasured event at Ursuline! Joyce Tiangco Biolsi has been devoted to Ursuline since she started as a student at the school in second grade. When asked about her years at Ursuline, Joyce always shares that, "I was free to be me!" Joyce and her husband Rob's two daughters; Jules '08 and Lauren '13, both came to Ursuline as 6th graders where they also flourished.

As a Koala mom, Joyce was a dedicated member of the Mothers' Auxiliary; working tirelessly on events to build community and raise funds to benefit Ursuline students. While she chaired countless events during her time as a parent at the school, it is the annual Koala Sweepstakes & Auction, now in its 20th year, that she is arguably most known for. "Chairing the event all of the years that my daughters were students and being an active member of the Mothers' Auxiliary allowed me to meet mothers from all different grades. It was always wonderful to share information and stories about our daughters," says Joyce. Since its inception in 2005, approximately $2 million has been raised at the annual spring event affectionately called "The Koala."

Join us in honoring Joyce Tiangco Biolsi by purchasing an E-Journal Ad. You can find the different sponsorship levels under the "Buy Tickets" button. 

Mothers' Auxiliary Co-Presidents

Bonnie Gordon P '26

Sebastiana Bulfamante P '27

Koala Sweepstakes Chair

Jennifer Graziano '98 P '29