A Joyous Celebration of Hope - Stone Soup 2026
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✨We'd love to hear about your experience at Stone Soup 2026 in order to make next year's event even better! A link to our event survey can be found at the end of this article.✨
It’s no secret that nonprofits are struggling across the county, Housing Hope included. At every turn over the past year, we've been met with federal funding cuts, rising costs & inflation, economic & job stability uncertainties, and a whole host of additional hurdles that are making our mission of providing housing, job training, and childcare services increasingly exponentially trickier from each day to the next. This is the point where many would look to disengage from the turmoil and look for peaceful pastures elsewhere, but not you. No, when many were stepping back, you stepped up and made a record-breaking impact for Snohomish County.
This is why nights like Stone Soup are so important. Not only do they bring in much needed funding, but they also bring this incredible community together and reinvigorate us all through a common purpose. As individuals, our impact is limited, but collectively we can move mountains. Only together can we all keep hope alive in Snohomish County, and last Friday proved just that as we raised vital funding for programs, support services, and housing.
Thank you to the over 600 attendees that packed the Orca Ballroom. Thank you to everyone that donated, bought raffle tickets, or even just spread the word about the event. Thank you to Francisco Gonzales Robles for taking the time to come speak about the lasting negative impacts that homelessness can have on children and their education journey. Thank you to Latisha Williams, Aidan FitzGerald, Elijah Bergman, Madalyn Bryant, Meadow Wasserman, and Roan Clarke for helping bring to life the struggles hundreds of children are facing daily across Snohomish County alone. Thank you to our award winners for everything that you do and bring to our mission on a daily basis. Thank you to all staff and board members that were a part of this year's event program.
And finally, thank you to our corporate and private event sponsors that made this year's event a record breaker and an almost 20% increase from 2025. Alaska Airlines, Alera Group, Amazon, Anderson Hunter Law Firm, ARC Architects, Banner Bank, Beacon Development Group, BECU, Beneficial State Bank, Blackfish Capital LLC, Coastal Community Bank, Designs Northwest Architects, Dykeman Architects, Enterprise, Community Investment, Fortive, Gaffney Contruction Inc., GGLO, Heritage Bank, KeyBank, Landau Inc., Lenz Enterprises Inc., LISC Puget Sound, Mayumi and Richard Smith, Mountain Pacific Bank, National Equity Fund (NEF), Northwest Plus Credit Union, Northwest Studio, Optum, Pacific Crest Bank, Rodland Toyota, Shelter Holdings LLC, Sound Credit Union, Stewardship Development LLC, The Boeing Company, Tim Halladay, Tulalip Tribes, UBS Financial Services, Inc., Walsh Construction Co.
From all of us at Housing Hope to all of you, thank you. Have an amazing summer, and we hope to see you all again at Stone Soup 2027!
📸Looking for our photobooth album from Stone Soup 2026? You can view and download all photos online by clicking here!
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