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Marion Oliver McCaw Hall

Seattle Center Foundation (now known as Seattle Center Fund) successfully led the campaign to raise approximately $72 million in private funds for Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, Seattle Center’s premier performance hall. McCaw Hall was still getting rave reviews as the campaign drew to a close at the end of 2006. To find out more about McCaw Hall, click here.

In partnership with Pacific Northwest Ballet and Seattle Opera

Seattle Center Fund

It is estimated that Seattle Center serves over 12 million visitors each year. They range from the local resident who comes daily for coffee to the tourist who makes Seattle Center the first stop. It takes funds to serve all of these people with the quality and care that everyone has come to expect from Seattle Center. Seattle Center Fund serves a vital role in supporting Seattle Center, ensuring that the region has a safe, fun, beautiful place to call its own. Seattle Center Fund accepts Annual Fund gifts as well as donations designated for programs such as Festál, Senior Dances, Seattle Center Academy, Sharing Gift Box and Winterfest.

Festál

Seattle Center Fund strives to preserve cultural traditions with its support of Festál, a series of cultural festivals held every year at Seattle Center. Through music, dance, ceremonies and food, each festival showcases the fabric of our region’s rich and diverse cultures, promoting understanding and cultural kinship among the 200,000 people who attend annually. To find out more about Festál, click here.

Senior Dances

Every week, senior citizens gather in Center House to tango, waltz and swing to live big band music. The dancers gather for exercise, friendship and fun while the younger crowds stop to watch and tap their toes. Seattle Center Fund has been proud to support this popular event, giving older audiences a reason to continue returning to Seattle Center and providing another method for different generations to interact with each other.

Seattle Center Academy

Every summer, middle school students from around King County come to Seattle Center to study together under some of the region’s best artists. For two weeks, they select classes from a wide range of options including dancing, fencing, singing, drawing, fashion design, writing and photography. While learning art forms, the students also experience valuable lessons about diversity, friendship and self-confidence. To learn more about Seattle Center Academy, click here.

Sharing Gift Box

Every holiday season, Seattle Center Fund teams with Seattle Center to fulfill the wishes and needs of local children, teens and senior citizens. Past gifts have ranged from a sweat suit for a senior citizen to a bus ticket for a homeless teen to visit his grandmother. To learn more about Sharing Gift Box, click here.

Winterfest

Seattle Center Fund helps bring the magic alive during the darkest part of the year as Seattle Center annually glows with the lights and excitement of Winterfest. From the Holiday Ice Rink to various local performers who fill Center House with music to the model trains that chug past delighted children, Winterfest brings joy and warmth to all who visit Seattle Center in December.