Auction Canceled
Sadly we have had to cancel this year’s HFB auction. Stay tuned for updates. Thank you for all your support.
It’s Time For Our Annual Alumnae Picnic
Please join the teachers, HFB Board, and any and all alums and their friends and family to renew connections, to reminisce, inspire, and catch up on Tuesday July 16 at 4pm at Maple Leaf Park. We will provide burgers, veggie burgers and hot dogs. Please bring a side to share. Looking forward to seeing all…
Endings and Beginnings-Save The Date
Save the date to welcome the new HFB cohort. The evening of June 18. Details coming soon.
Annual HFB Alumni Summer BBQ July 12, 4-7pm
Our annual summer picnic will be on Wednesday July 12th from 4-7pm at the Maple Leaf Reservoir Park. All current HFB students and family AND all HFB alumni and family are invited. Join us for some “craic”, a bit of twisting and shouting and of course leaning on me! Reunite with old friends, meet…
Beginnings and Endings Ceremony
Please join us to bid farewell, in person, to the HFB Class of 2023 and to welcome the HFB Class of 2024. The HFB Year End Celebration includes student performances, song, dance, tasty desserts, and the opportunity to engage with HFB past, present, and future. We hope you can join us! When: Starting at 7…
Reading and watching list for this year’s program
We thought you might be interested in what this year’s class at Roosevelt HS is reading and watching in their HFB class. Novels, memoirs, plays, histories: From I Never Thought of it That Way, by Mónica Guzmán From Born a Crime, Trevor Noah Mother to Mother, Sindiwe Magona Beyond Guilt Trips: Mindful Travel in an…
2022 Auction — Save the date
The annual HFB auction is back!!! Please save the date for Saturday evening, November 5, 2022. Please join us for a fun evening filled with fantastic auction items, hors d’oeuvres, refreshments and entertainment. This is not your standard sit-down auction, but a lively social event with opportunities to mingle, bid on hundreds of items, and…
The End and The Beginning
Please join us to bid farewell, in person, to the HFB Class of 2022 and to welcome the HFB Class of 2023. The HFB Year End Celebration includes student performances, song, dance, tasty desserts, and the opportunity to engage with HFB past, present, and future. We hope you can join us! When: Starting at 6:30…
Celebrating our 15 year bond with Oakgrove
Fifteen years ago in 2007, so the story goes, John Harkin at Oakgrove Integrated College in Derry/Londonderry, received an email from Douglas Holwerda in Seattle requesting permission to visit, and since that time, an unbreakable bond was formed. Apparently, Mr. Harkin didn’t realize initially what this meant – a group of American students and teachers…
HFB Applications process now open for the class of ’22-’23
Are you a current Roosevelt 10th or 11th grader who would be a great candidate for Hands for a Bridge? We are currently accepting applications for the 2022-2023 school year. Applications are due Monday March 21, 2022. Detailed information as well as the student and parent questions, and commitment forms may be accessed here. Spread…
Applications coming soon for HFB Class of 2022-2023
Do you know a current Roosevelt 10th or 11th grader who would be a great candidate for Hands for a Bridge? We will soon be accepting applications for the 2022-2023 school year. Detailed information as well as the student and parent questions, and commitment forms will be posted here shortly. Spread the word!