The 2025 SWSF Gala has now sold out! It’s going to be a great evening on Saturday, April 26 at the Useless Bay Golf & Country Club.

We want to thank our gala sponsors for their generous support of our annual fundraiser:

Falcon level sponsors: Jim Forsyth’s Freeland Office of Commonwealth & Convergence Financial Partners, Trinity Lutheran Church, and Whidbey Island Bank.

And Cougar level sponsors: Restoration 1 of Oak Harbor, and Beynon- a Tarkett Sports Company, plus Orca level sponsor: Waterman Self Storage.

Attention Gala Attendees:

Get ready to bid on live auction items such as

a 7-night stay at the

Hilton Grand Vacations Club Whistler, Canada

Sept. 1 through Dec. 31 / Valued at $2,200

Living room, one bedroom, luxury bath,

full kitchen, roomy deck for morning coffee and afternoon drinks in the trees…

a half hour flight with Fred Lundahl in his Cessna 150…

a two-hour tour of Fishing Resort sites of yesteryear with SW Historical Society Board President Bill Haroldson, plus a signed book on the resorts…

A variety of six red wines, and a set of three white a d three red wines, most locally donated…

a handmade Pakistani runner, perfect for your home…

plus a variety of silent auction items ranging from a crazy cat lady quilt to a round of golf for four at UBGCC to one month memberships at Island Athletic Club… a Whidbey Distillery tasting for 4 people… Star Store $100 gift certificates… to a pottery class at Greenbank Cidery… a Biercuterie Cheese Platter… and much more!

View our 2023/2024 SWSF Annual Report

SWSF Hosts Informational Luncheon

The South Whidbey Schools Foundation hosted an informal luncheon for district staff at the High School Commons on Wednesday, Oct. 2.

The ‘meet and greet’ enabled SWSF Board members to engage with educators about the ease of the grant process and to solicit ideas on how the Foundation might help enhance education in their classrooms.

About 40 teachers and Foundation Board members enjoyed a delicious catered lunch from Fare Market in Freeland and cookies from Pickles Deli.

The Foundation is off to a good start with awarding seven teacher-requested grants so far for this school year.

Click on the secure link above, or, write a check today

and mail it to SWSF / PO Box 24 / Freeland, WA 98249

…Or use your cell phone’s camera to make a payment via your phone.

View a few of the projects we funded this past year.

Pollinator Garden Project

Celebrating Milestones

Food Forest

Come join us! We’re looking to add members to our South Whidbey Schools Foundation Board.

If you would like to help support our local public schools, we invite you to learn more about us. We usually meet once a month on a Saturday morning at the South Whidbey Community Center.

Board members serve three-year terms and help plan and produce two to three community outreach events a year. We laugh a lot, love being positively productive, and take satisfaction in rolling up our sleeves and getting a task done. Best of all, we make a difference in the lives of students in the South Whidbey School District. Contact Shelly Ackerman, our Board President at [email protected] for more information.

Thank you to Whidbey Telecom for providing a discount for the Schools Foundation’s voicemail services. We appreciate the support!

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Mail a donation to:

SWSF / PO Box 24 / Freeland, WA 98249

Phone: 360-221-1405