100% funded

Thanks to you, we’ve raised $14,810 toward our 2023 goal of $12,500 and still counting!

13th Annual Spartan300

For a small donation we provide live music, open beer & wine and the best barbecue in the state provided by Chef Vinnie.

Event Details & registration

application for assistance

The Charity of Spartan300 supports West Springfield High School alumni, faculty, staff and relatives who have illness or financial hardships.

the charity spartan300 application

In Memory

We are always saddened to learn of the passing of our WSHS Alumni. Please provide information on any deceased classmates not listed.

memorial submission

Welcome Spartans!

This is your site as a member of the greater WSHS community. Please take a minute to register so we can keep you informed of opportunities and activities that support our community.

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Welcome Spartans!

This is your site as a member of the greater WSHS community. Please take a minute to register so we can keep you informed of opportunities and activities that support our community.

Click here to join

Make a Donation

how you can help

The Spartan300 Charity is 100% volunteer, and we can always use support. Let us know if you can assist with the annual fundraising event (donation to the silent auction, setup, tear down, work the door for an hour, etc.). As people donate silent auction items, sometimes we need assistance picking them up. Other opportunities include email response and social media outreach.

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Our Mission

The Charity was founded and is operated by former students of WSHS to create a community of giving back and assisting those in need from the WSHS community at large. When we hear of a community member in need, we come together to support them however we can.

We also give back to current students of WSHS with community service opportunities, through equipment/instrument donations and with annual scholarship endowments for graduating seniors who have shown their strength in overcoming obstacles in their lives.

To achieve our goals, we rely on personal and corporate donations and on an annual fundraising event/all-class reunion "The Spartan300."

Charitable Giving

Here are a few of the most recent examples of how we have been able to help WSHS alumni. Click the "more impact" button below for more examples.

One $1,500 endowment to a graduating Senior of WSHS who demonstrated via a thoughtful essay great hardships as they made it through high school and prepare to go to college. The endowments are to offset continuing education expenses.

$1,500 in assistance to an alumnus who was homeless due to unemployment for a time. The assistance was used to cover car insurance and rent as they got back on their feet.

$2,000 in assistance to a family of a retired teacher at WSHS with a baby suffering from Congenital Heart Disease. The assistance is for medical and transportation expenses.

Provided a wheelchair to an alumnus suffering from severe arthritis.

More Impact

John Jaworski

I wanted to say THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

You folks have been so generous! I can’t tell you how wonderful you make me feel. This gives me so much REAL hope in getting out of this place and finding a wonderful place that starts my life off again!

I’ve been surprised, you’ve given me goosebumps, you’ve given me hope in moving into another wonderful life!