Grace Heffernan Arnold Guild

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.

The mission of the Arnold Guild is to assist the fundraising efforts of Fred Hutch 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 Hutch and its goal to eliminate cancer and related diseases as causes of human suffering and death.

History

Grace Heffernan Arnold was born in Port Townsend, Wash., and moved to Seattle in the early 1900s. After her marriage to Lawrence M. Arnold, she became a philanthropist in the Seattle community. Among her many interests, she was a founder of the Pacific Northwest Research Foundation, an organization dedicated to medical research and a predecessor of Fred Hutch. After her death, her husband and her son, Robert M. Arnold, donated a library to the Hutch in memory of her and her other son, Lawrence H. Arnold, who also died of cancer.

Activities

The Grace Heffernan Arnold Guild spends numerous hours planning and executing the annual Hutch Holiday Gala. This year’s Gala will be held Saturday, December 6, 2014. More than 800 business and community leaders will attend this dinner, auction, and dance. To date, the event has raised gross proceeds of more than $90.8 million to benefit cancer research at Fred Hutch.

Meetings

Arnold Guild members pay annual dues, attend monthly meetings, serve as active committee members, set-up on the day of the event, and attend or volunteer at the Gala.

Contact

For more information, contact:
hutchgala@fhcrc.org
(206) 667-6252