Spring Fling 2025
Get ready to Cruise for a Cause at this year’s Spring Fling Block Party and Fundraiser on May 31st! Our final fundraiser of the year, this annual tradition includes Class Art and Bucket auctions, tickets for hosted parties, and more to raise $75,000 at this year’s event to support essential staff and services at Whittier Elementary.
Details
- Date: Saturday, May 31 – 5:00-9:00pm
- Location: Whittier Elementary Block Party (13th Ave NW)
- Theme: Cruise for a Cause!
- Dress: Come as you are (and feel free to wear your favorite boating hat/shoes/whatever!)
- Auction: Silent, class-made art, and themed art auctions; tickets for staff- and community-hosted events
- Reminder: This is a kid-free event, so get your babysitter booked!
- Tickets go on sale on April 1st (no joke!)
How to Help
Class Bucket Volunteers
We are looking for one volunteer from the following classroom to coordinate a themed bucket to be auctioned off at the Spring Fling:
- Shellenberger
The volunteer will pick the theme and recruit other parents from the classroom to contribute items and/or money. Ideas for buckets could be anything! (ex: Family Game Night, The Art of Lego, Ballard Beer, Backyard Pizza Night.) We are also happy to provide ideas for buckets that have worked well in the past.
Sign up to coordinate a class bucket!
Mendy Minjarez & Rebecca Grandin, Class Buckets Coordinators (mendy.boettcher@gmail.com, rebeccakf@gmail.com)
Be a Part of the Spring Fling Committee
The Spring Fling committee is still seeking volunteers for two important roles!
- Online Auction Coordinator:
- Brainstorm and implement unique auction ideas
- Oversee online auction catalog (includes some data entry)
- Work w/marketing and comms team to promote auction items and coordinate early auction events
- Merchandise auction items (online and physical display)
- Time commitment: 2 hrs/month Feb-April, 1-2 hrs/week in May, 2-4 hrs day of event
- Live Event Coordinator:
- Secure MC and coordinate MC talking points
- Manage live band and music
- Organize A/V needs
- Create and oversee run-of-show
- Time Commitment: 1-2 hrs/month Feb-April, 1-2 hrs/week in last 2 weeks leading up to event, 4-6 hrs day of event
Donate Items for Our Auction!
- Donate a silent auction item:
- Do you have an amazing vacation rental, sports or entertainment tickets, or connection to some fabulous merchandise? Please consider donating a weekend or weeklong stay, game or concert tickets, or a fabulous gift basket to the Spring Fling auction. Sign up to donate here!
- All donations are tax deductible to the extent allowable by law.
- Volunteer to organize a hosted party:
- Grab a friend and put together a group experience that Whittier families can sign up to join. This could be a grade level caregiver happy hour, a gourmet home cooked meal, a wine or whiskey tasting, a Nerf battle on the blacktop, guided hike – the possibilities are endless! Adult-only, kid-only, and family events are all welcome. If you need help with figuring out event space, reach out and we can help! Sign up to host here!
These donations are vital to achieve this event’s $75,000 fundraising goal!
Coming Soon: Event Updates!
Stay tuned for ticket availability, day of volunteer jobs, activities to expect, and more!
Thank you!
Thank you to our incredible Class Art volunteers–we’ve got every classroom covered! If you’d like to find out how you can support your classroom’s art, please reach out to Laura Zingg-Wadsack & Emily Schweiger, Class Art Coordinators (elzingg@gmail.com, emily.schweiger@gmail.com).