The Hope Festival is entirely youth-led as we strive to involve young leaders in the community as much as possible while planning this event. Our leadership team consists of local Washington high schoolers acting as directors, department leads, and day-of volunteers.
The Hope Festival was founded in 2014 by then-Eastlake High School freshman Tyler Zangaglia and friends after volunteering at an event that revealed the extent of Seattle’s poverty and homelessness crisis. Since then, there have been:
10 Hope Festivals
Over 10,000 individuals served
Over 3,500 volunteers involved
More than 300 partner organizations
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HopeFest 25 Team!
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