BUY TICKETS NOW FOR THE 2024 SWSF ANNUAL GALA ON FRIDAY, MAY 3
It’s time to purchase your tickets to attend the fabulous Schools Foundation Gala Dinner on Friday, May 3. This year’s venue is Useless Bay Golf & Country Club off State Highway 525.
Last year’s event sold out, so please purchase your tickets early.
The theme of this year’s gala is “Igniting A Love of Learning” and features SW Elementary Principal Susie Richards as keynote speaker. She brings a unique perspective gained from a variety of roles over the decades as a South Whidbey Schools alumna, a parent, volunteer, teacher, SWS Foundation Board member, and principal. She will share her observations from each of these roles and how schools are addressing ever-growing educational needs.
The event begins at 5:30 p.m. with a social hour, music from South Whidbey Middle School Jazz Band students, songs by the SWHS Show Choir, and recaps of the Foundation’s classroom grants.
After a sit-down dinner featuring flank steak, roasted salmon and pasta primavera, the ever-popular ‘dessert dash’ will once again be held.
SWHS teacher Justin Silva will emcee a spirited live auction, followed by a ‘raise the paddle’ to support specific academic areas. Silva was last year’s recipient of the Foundation’s Mentorship Award for Excellence in Teaching and is the Schools Foundation’s newest Board member.
This event is for everyone who wishes to help fund innovative, teacher-requested classroom grants that promote educational excellence. Tickets are $100 and include two tickets for the wine bar.
Table sponsorships are available for $700 (seating 8 people) and are a great way to show your support of our public schools.
We thank Heritage/Whidbey Island Bank, Convergence Business Partners, and Trinity Lutheran Church for being Falcon Level sponsors, and Lisa Leonard of Keller Williams Realty, for being a Cougar Level sponsor.
Check Out Our Live Auction Items
Spend a week on Maui at an oceanfront resort!
Do you get tired of the rain, rain, rain?
Your winning bid gets you 7 nights in an oceanfront 500 sq ft apartment with a king-size bed, kitchenette, washer/dryer, pools and massive sandy beach.
The owner will work with you to get available reservations to fit your schedule.
See more at Marriott.com (Westin Ka’anapali Ocean Resort Villas).
Minimum bid $1500.
Come fly with Fred, Come Fly, Come Fly Away…
in a half-hour flight over South Whidbey in a Cessna 150 plane with flight instructor Fred Lundahl.
Minimum bid: $100
Step back in time with a guided tour
of the era of South Whidbey Fishing Resorts…
Did you know that from the late 1920s to the early 1960s South Whidbey had more than 30 fishing resorts?
Author and President of the South Whidbey Historical Society Bill Haroldson will serve as an afternoon tour guide in your vehicle for your family and friends.
You’ll visit sites where fishing resorts once flourished on South Whidbey and hear some good ole fish tales.
You’ll also receive a signed copy of Bill’s book “The Era of South Whidbey Fishing Resorts” and a color map.
Minimum bid: $250
An hour-long ride-along with Langley Police Chief Tavier Wasser
Cruise the green streets of Langley with Police Chief Tavier Wilson in a police cruiser.
Learn about what it takes to keep the peace in our Village by the Sea.
Minimum bid: $100
Two Groupings of Six Assorted Red Wines
Sip and savor some of Washington’s most delightful red wines. Perfect for when you have special company over, or when you want a special evening to last.
Each grouping has a minimum bid of $200.
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 PayPal on your phone.
Read our 2022/2023 School Year Annual Report…
Hometown Heroes, Volume 2 makes a great gift!
Learn what makes South Whidbey such a special place in this beautiful, full-color, 283-page book featuring South Whidbey’s Hometown Heroes, lovingly written about over the years by Susan Knickerbocker for the South Whidbey Record.
When you purchase the book on our website or a special event we are selling at, 100% of the proceeds benefit the South Whidbey Schools Foundation so that we can provide more classroom grant funds for innovative classroom projects and field trips that will inspire a love of lifelong learning.
Just click here to go to our order page.
View a few of the projects we funded this past year.
Pollinator Garden Project
Celebrating Milestones
Food Forest
Mr. Leonard Good’s Crazy, Fun Science
High School Shop Foundations Garden Shed
K-6 Fiber Arts Handwork Coordination & Creativity
First Grade Online Readers
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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