Bright Futures
Inspired by Compassion
Increasing Opportunities
Creating Equitable Access
Building Safe Spaces
A Bright Futures Special Request
Bright Futures works as a team of staff members and parents to connect donated resources to students most in need. We need your help! Our goal is to raise $50,000 for the Bright Futures annual budget. Your donation will ensure this critical resource is fully funded in the year ahead.
How can you can help:
Join us May 16th for a Bright Futures fundraiser! Buy a ticket. A fun night out for a good cause!
Donate directly to Bright Futures.
Keep Scrolling! Learn about all the important ways Bright Futures supports over 200 Ingraham students who are food and housing insecure.
Share with friends and family who are looking for ways to support those in our community who need support.
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Video from the 2020 Friends of Ingraham auction.
Bright Futures Fundraiser
Join the Ramily for a fun night out for a good cause!
Friday May 16th 6pm-9:30pm at Old Stove Brewing Company
Gardens location: 1550 NW 49th St, Seattle, WA 98107
Enjoy a fantastic beer selection from Old Stove Brewery at their Ballard Gardens location off Leary Way near the Ballard Bridge. It's a fun venue and this event offers an opportunity to share the stories of how a group of parents and staff work together to connect students to essential resources.
Ticket price ($50 per person) includes a light dinner and a drink ticket. Hang out with other Ingraham supporters as we raise funds for Bright Futures. Anyone (over 21) is welcome to attend this event.
Questions? e-mail foibrightfutures@gmail.com
Donate to Bright Futures
Help us raise $50,000 to ensure we have the resources to meet the needs of over 200 students who are food and housing insecure in the year ahead. 100% of your donation will be used for Bright Futures student support. Academic supplies, basic clothing and hygiene needs, winter break support and an occasional fun thing like tickets to a school dance or an Ingraham hoodie. Every dollar helps!
Launched in 2016-2017, as a program of Friends of Ingraham (FOI), Bright Futures works to create opportunities and reduce barriers for Ingraham High School students who are experiencing poverty or housing insecurity. Bright Futures streamlines access to resources that help the IHS staff more comprehensively support our most vulnerable students. Our goal is to help all students equitably access their education and inclusively participate in the Ingraham community.
WHAT WE DO
HOW YOU CAN HELP
Financial Support
Bright Futures is 100% funded by donations from Friends of Ingraham, our community, local businesses and grants. 100% of the money raised goes to our students. There are no administrative fees. Currently, we operate an annual budget of $50,000. Donate here to contribute to directly to Bright Futures.
100% of your donation goes towards supporting students.
The Pride Closet
The Pride Closet is a room in the school where the Bright Futures team provides essential needs, such as clothing, toiletries, coats, academic supplies. This is a welcome and inviting space that our students regularly rely on.
You can help replenish most needed items via the Pride Closet Wish List and choose Ingraham High School as delivery location. Alternatively, shop at your favorite store and drop off a donation at the main office.
Supplemental Weekend Food Program
This national federally funded program through Feeding America, partners local food banks with schools to provide supplemental food for students during weekends and school breaks.
In community partnership with University District Food Bank, and the Bridges Program, we distribute supplemental food backpacks every week for upwards of 200 students.
Volunteer to pick up food from the U-District Food Bank and deliver to Ingraham. We need drivers every Thursday! Sign up here.
Seasonal Supply Drive
Please visit the following link for the current Wish List.
Join our Committee
The Bright Futures committee is always looking for additional community members. If you would like to be a part of our team, Bright Futures meetings are held at Ingraham on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 10am. For a zoom link or more information, contact Aleka Brown at foibrightfutures@gmail.com.
QUICK LINKS!
RAMily
All the services Bright Futures provides are offered with diversity, equity and inclusion in mind. Our mutual wish is that graduation is within reach of every student who attends Ingraham and that each of these young people are well prepared for life after high school. It takes a village to build these resources. Your continued support and generosity is making a direct impact in the lives of our Ingraham students. Thank you RAMily!
For more information, contact Aleka Brown at foibrightfutures@gmail.com