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The Washington Center’s annual gala, which is our organization’s largest and most important fundraising event, was held on Monday, October 1, 2012, at the National Building Museum. Proceeds from this event will help fund more than two million dollars in scholarships and financial aid to 80 percent of our students annually at The Washington Center. Last year, gala proceeds provided $1,000 in scholarships to 250 participants in TWC’s programs.

Honoring Our Partners & Mission

The annual gala was also a celebration of both TWC’s partners and our mission. We honored remarkable individuals who:

• Supported our academic internship and seminar programs
• Made it possible for us to bring more than 2,000 college students each year to Washington, D.C.
• Exemplified TWC’s three pillars: professional achievement, leadership, and civic engagement

Our Many Diverse Constituent Groups

More than 450 guests attended this celebratory event, which highlighted our critical network of partners. They came from our many diverse constituent groups:

• Members of our affiliated universities
• Some of our more than 50,000 alumni
• Board members
• Corporate and foundation sponsors
• Congressional leaders
• Internship organizations

Gala 2012

This year, TWC was pleased to present Gala 2012: Celebrating 50,000 Alumni.

We highlighted the shared qualities of the students that have participated in our internship and seminar programs, and the ways these experiences have transformed their classroom learning into practice, their potential into achievement, and their ambitions into purpose.