Advance tickets are available for $20 or $25 at the door. There will be food, a cash bar, entertainment, a silent auction, 50/50 raffles, and a doubloon contest. The fun starts at 3:30 and goes until 9 p.m.

If you are interested in being a Mardi Gras sponsor, and/or donating to the silent auction donation forms for both are available online at www.dearbornedfoundation.org. There are various levels of sponsorship opportunities starting at $250 up to $5,000.

The Dearborn Education Foundation is a licensed 501c3 non-profit organization that helps enhance the education that students receive from Dearborn Public Schools through grants to fund technology, equipment and innovative programs not funded by the school district's budget.