By Sara Ballenger

St. Simon School of Los Altos is donating 10 percent of the proceeds from their biannual auction to Casa Guadalupe, a battered women and children’s shelter in Redwood City.

This year’s event, “St. Simon Safari Adventure,” held in February, raised $16,000.

“The money is going to go towards extra rooms that they didn’t have funds to go forward with,” said auction co-chairwoman Holly Curley.

“There was a lot of enthusiasm in the crowd for both the silent and live auctions,” Curley said of the more than 400 people who attended.

An additional $8,000 raised through the auction will be going to the newly established teacher’s fund.

“The teacher’s fund is to support teachers and rally behind them,” Curley said. “It’s to reimburse them for the educational expenses they incur over the year.”

For more information about the auction or donations, call 968-9952.