Dear Spring Street Community,
Cherry blossoms, forsythia, and daffodils are in full bloom, and just a few days ago I was wishing I had shorts and flip-flops. It must mean that Spring is here at Spring Street! Spring is when all of us get very busy: midterms, parent-student-teacher conferences, AP exams, and a 3-week Mayterm full of independent projects and expeditions are all just around the corner – as is our Spring Auction Scholarship Dinner Fundraiser.
I invite you all to join us on Saturday, May 11th from 5-9pm at the San Juan Island Yacht Club for our annual spring auction scholarship dinner.
I invite you to come to enjoy the food, wine, and waterview. I invite you to hear from current students what your support means to them. I invite you to enjoy connecting because we don’t do enough of that these days. And, I invite you to come because your support of our scholarship funds touches so many lives in so many ways. Your support makes dreams come true. Your support helps kids find their voices on the stage, explore their creativity in the art studio, and put words to their thoughts in creative writing. Your support nurtures budding mathematicians, scientists, writers, and educators. It does take a village to raise kids to be thoughtful and to be kind, to take risks while pushing their intellectual and physical edge, to take care of themselves and others.
Our alumni are now out in the world as teachers, engineers, researchers, and writers. Our alumni are fighting to protect orcas, are fighting to help refugees, and are fighting for peace. Every donation to our scholarship fundraiser helps support our students to walk in the steps our alumni have carved out, and to make new paths of their own.
As a father, I do everything I can to help support my two kids. Nothing is more precious for us parents than our children's safety, happiness, and well-being. Our scholarship fundraiser helps us extend that love and support further, to include all of our current and future students who need a hand – so that their dreams can come true too.
On May 11th, we will gather over beautiful food and wine with friends, parents, alumni, board members, and teachers to celebrate and raise scholarship funds so that any student who needs a Spring Street education has the opportunity for one.
All proceeds of the annual auction go to our scholarship fund, which supports Spring Street families with tuition. Each year over $500,000 in tuition assistance is provided for local families, and close to 40% of families at Spring Street count on this support.
Below you will find a list of ways you can participate in this year’s fundraiser.
My deepest thanks for your wonderful support of our community and school. I hope to see you at the auction!
Louis Prussack
Head of School
lprussack@springstreet.org
Ways You Can Support the 2024 Annual Auction
Attend the Gala
What better way to celebrate both the school and our entire community by coming together for an evening of festivities and good food masterfully created by Spring Street alumna, the talented chef Natalia Swan! Invite your friends to join us as well and reconnect while also supporting the students of Spring Street. The evening will also include a silent and live auction. Our professional auctioneer is a Spring Street International School alumna from the class of 2000! You can RSVP and buy your tickets by clicking here.
Donate or Procure Auction Items
Help us fill the live and silent auctions with items that our community can bid on to raise funds. Click here to donate an auction item.
Raise Your Paddle
Bidding on silent and live auction items is a great way to support the school and enjoy something special for yourself. In addition, you can raise your paddle during the Fund-A-Need paddle call to make a straight financial donation to support scholarships for students to attend Spring Street During the event, you can raise your paddle when the auctioneer calls out the dollar amount you are comfortable giving. Your donation to the scholarship fund is fully tax-deductible!
Make a Donation to Support Student Scholarships
If you are unable to attend the event but would like to support the school, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to the scholarship fund-a-need by clicking here.
Become a Sponsor
Spring Street International School values the businesses of San Juan County that help sustain our community each and every day and wishes to offer you the opportunity to showcase your business at our auction through a sponsorship of the auction event. See sponsorship options and secure your sponsorship by clicking here.
Questions? Please reach out to Auction Coordinator, Elena Porten at eporten@springstreet.org for any questions or more information.
Thank you for your consideration of supporting the programs, faculty, and students of Spring Street International School!
Louis Prussack, Head of School
Spring Street International School
505 Spring Street, Friday Harbor, WA 98250
Tel: (360) 378-6393 ext. 4; Fax: (360) 378-4220
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