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 helping to coordinate 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.