It was a sell-out event: The Oak Park Education Foundation's 2007 William C. Staszak Award Dinner honoring Dr. Susan Bridge and featuring Peter Sagal.

The April 14 event celebrates a community member who has demonstrated outstanding dedication to our children. Dr. Bridge, the retiring superintendent and principal of Oak Park & River Forest High School, told the crowd how OPEF's enrichment programs make a difference in the education and the future of Oak Park kids.

Peter Sagal, host of NPR's "Wait...Wait...Don't Tell Me!" entertained the crowd and whipped it into a bidding frenzy as live auction host. Click here to see newspaper photos.

The event raised a record $40,000+ to support programs that bring experts in science, technology, architecture and art into District 97 classrooms to work with students and teachers.

Click here to read about middle schoolers experimenting with architecture