THANK YOU to 200 generous guests and amazing volunteers who made our BFF 2013 benefit party a great success!  

You gave more than $130,000 as donors and sponsors and countless hours as event volunteers! Thanks to the families of our volunteers for your patience.  We wish to thank all the wonderfully optimistic, hardworking volunteers who gave so generously of their creative energy and time!  

Together, we accomplished our shared goals to have fun and to give generously, including support of our teachers through professional training and curriculum collaboration, and for our kids through Fund-a-Dream for Financial Aid. Our BFF event planning group worked diligently to keep expenses low while providing a great party experience for our guests at the Neptune Theatre.  We appreciated the performers who entertained us, sharing their talents as jugglers, acrobats and musicians!

Thank you BFF 2013 volunteers from our school and the wider community--especially those listed below:

Our Dynamic Duo Co-Chairs  Laurie McCoy (Kyri 2012 and Kali 2014) and Julie Santos (Zachery 2014)

Auction Procurement Chair  Lynn Kertell (Brynn 2015) and the procurement team:  Terri Blair-Parkhurst (Thomas 2015), Sarah Brands (Fraser 2015), Shoshana Driver (Will 2013) and Marlyn Twitchell (Sam 2014)

Volunteer Recruiter and Coordinator  Terri Blair-Parkhurst (Thomas 2015)

Variety Show Stage Manager  Melanie White (Jordan 2015)

Silent Auction Coordinators  Sharlane Chase (Anna 2015) and Amy Norton (Gus 2013)

Decor and Lighting  Jacqui Cohen (Sydney 2014)

Handy Women  Lisa Dietrich (Jake 2013), Sara Nickerson (Simon 2013) and Paula Wesley (Arthur 2013).

Roadies Crew of Billings Parents and Honey Do Crew  David Anthony Lewis (Anna 2015), Andrew Murphy (Brendan 2014 & Cillian 2010), Danny Reed (Merrick 2015) and the Chang-Stucki family (William 2013).

Announcer and Auctioneer  David Silverman.

Neptune Theatre and Seattle Theatre Group Staff  Owen, Jacque, mark, Ricky, Debra Heesch and Brian Layton

Video Producers Play Fish Media  Jillian Suleski, Nick Nelson, and Greg Westhoff

Video Soundtrack  Vocal students of Sabrina Brazier (Ali'I 2003) and 6th grade spanish students of Felipe Canete

Video Storytellers  Paula Clements, Director of Admissions (Forest 2009), Linda Cooper, Teacher, Pam Goddard (Kea 2013 and Cooper 2012), Lisa Petke (Rory 2013), Sullivan Shaw, Dean of Students, and Jenica Tyler (Justice 2014)

Advancement office Team  Meredith Easton Brown, Helen Karsten, and Jan Satterthwaite

Business Office Team  Kristin Knopf and Jennifer Grisham

Facilities Director  Brian Hanners

Party Volunteers - Giddens School  Palmira Figueroa, Jessica Ravetz, Jenn Stewart and Jessica Young.

Party Volunteers - Meridian School  Laura Osterbrock and Lisa Smith.

From our community of friends  Marijana Pavlich, Rosa Vissers, and Heather Williams

Thank you for leading by example and demonstrating your commitment to billings--to our kids and the caring adults on campus--both teachers and school administrators.  Your 'voluntary action for the common good' defines philanthropy, and our event volunteers and Board of Trustees lead by example!

THANK YOU from the bottom of our hearts to our event sponsors:

The Bedside Trust, Schreiber, Starline and Lane Architects, Mithun, Interface Technologies Northwest, Talon Enterprise, and in-kind service gifts from Herrick Design and Pacific Office Automation, as well as Gianfranco D'Aniello (Giorgia 2013) for the imported Italian wine selections and Brent Norton (Gus 2013) for the Elliott Bay Brewing Company Beer!