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February 16, 2024

Seattle Schools Scholarship Fund

The Seattle Schools Scholarship Fund (SSSF) has received a high-impact gift of $5 million from the estate of the late C. David Hughbanks, a Ballard High School alumnus from the class of 1954. The gift is the largest donation to the Seattle Public Schools student post-secondary scholarship fund and the largest private donation of any kind to Seattle Public Schools. Every year, SSSF provides $5,000 scholarships to students from each of Seattle's 17 public high schools to attend any institution of higher learning. In the 2022-23 school year, the fund provided 51 scholarships to Seattle Public Schools scholars. Thanks to this gift, SSSF will be able to increase the number of scholarships awarded to 68 and increase the amount of each scholarship to $7500. The gift along with other donations, will allow SSSF to continue offering half a million dollars in opportunities for the next ten years. The gift will be celebrated at the 50th Anniversary Awards Ceremony of SSSF on May 9, 2024. Hughbanks volunteered his service to over 50 boards in his lifetime. He played a major role in coordinating several Seattle cultural events including the 1962 Seattle World's Fair, the first Bumbershoot, the first NW Folklife Festival, and the 1976 Bicentennial 4th of July celebration.




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