ShowHouse raises $36.5K in school aid

The interior design extravaganza, ShowHouse Santa Fe 2017, was one of the most successful events in its five-year long history. In total the event raised $36,500 for Dollars4Schools, an initiative at the Santa Fe Community Foundation. The event featured over 20 of Santa Fe’s top interior designers as they collectively transformed an estate into an enchanting experience, themed “West of Contemporary — A Journey in Black and White.”

ShowHouse Santa Fe premiered in 2013 with a mission to raise funds to support public education in Santa Fe, via their partner Dollars4Schools. Each year, ShowHouse partners with a local estate owner to host the event and a handful of interior designers who are assigned a room to add their unique touch. Guests then pay to visit the home, and the money raised supports Santa Fe’s publicschool students and teachers.

The event has raised a total of $140,000 since 2013, allowing Dollars4Schools to fund nearly 300 classroom programs in 29 Santa Fe schools and impacting hundreds of teachers and thousands of students.

Dollars4Schools’ Program Director Ona Johnson said, “I am honored to be part of such an amazing team of individuals who work tirelessly every year to bring ShowHouse Santa Fe to life. It’s been an amazing five years, and a true joy to see how the work has enriched the lives of so many Santa Fe students and teachers. Dollars4Schools is so grateful for the continued support of ShowHouse Santa Fe and honored to have such an incredible partner as we work together in support of public education.”

Money raised at ShowHouse 2017 has already allowed Dollars4Schools to support classroom programs in the following Santa Fe schools this school year: Academy for Technology and the Classics; Monte del Sol Charter School; Aspen Community Magnet School; Nava Elementary School; Atalaya Elementary School; Nina Otero Community School; Capital High School; Ortiz Middle School; Carlos Gilbert Elementary School; Piñon Elementary School; Cesar Chavez Elementary School; Santa Fe High School; E.J. Martinez Elementary School; Sweeney Elementary School; El Camino Real Academy; Tesuque Elementary School; Gonzales Community School; Wood Gormley Elementary School; and Milagro Middle School.