Established in 1975, the Arnold Guild was one of the first guilds to raise funds for Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. The Arnold Guild is named for and honors civic leader Grace Heffernan Arnold, a tireless philanthropist in the Seattle community who died of cancer in 1960 at the age of 62. One of her many interests was the Pacific Northwest Research Foundation, a predecessor of the Hutchinson Center.
The mission of the Arnold Guild is to assist the fundraising efforts of the Hutchinson Center by coordinating the successful Hutch Holiday Gala. The goals of the Arnold Guild are to have fun, meet the financial goals of the guild, and to promote awareness of the Hutchinson Center and its goal to eliminate cancer and related diseases as causes of human suffering and death.
The Grace Heffernan Arnold Guild spends numerous hours planning and executing the annual Hutch Holiday Gala. To be held Saturday, December 6, 2008 more than 850 business and community leaders will attend this dinner, auction, and dance. To date, the event has raised more than $58 million to benefit cancer research at the Hutchinson Center.
Funds raised at the annual event benefit the following research initiatives, and patient and family programs at the Hutchinson Center: childhood cancers, early detection and intervention, fundamental research, global health, the Hutch School, and tumor research.
Arnold Guild members pay annual dues, attend monthly meetings, serve as active committee members, participate in a letter-writing campaign, set-up on the day of the event, and attend or volunteer at the Gala.
If you would like more information about the Arnold Guild or the Hutch Holiday Gala, please contact Kevin Parker at (206) 667-5423 or ksparker@fhcrc.org, or visit www.fhcrc.org/gala.
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