Tony Ventrella, media host for the Seattle Seahawks and Seattle Sounders FC, will present the keynote address May 23 at the The Lake Washington Schools Foundation’s “A Legacy for Learning Luncheon.”

Ventrella will be joined by former KIRO 7 news anchor Monica Hart and Puget Sound Energy Vice President Andy Wappler at the newly renovated Lake Washington High School in Kirkland.

This year, the luncheon theme is “Growing Tomorrow’s Great Minds Today, One Child at a Time.”

Ventrella, a former sports anchor for KING 5 and KIRO 7 will engage the audience with a speech entitled, “The Eternal Flame,” explaining that, every child has a spark of brilliance and it’s our obligation to find it and bring it out.

The event is LWSF’s major fundraiser and an opportunity for the Foundation to share its successes with its supportive community.Since it was founded in 2005, LWSF has awarded nearly $1 million to support academic excellence and success for students in the school district.

Programs that the Foundation supports include: science enrichment grants, classroom and school enrichment grants, the LINKS mentoring program, Access, a program which assists low-income secondary students with school expenses, and core academic summer school.

Registration begins at 11 a.m. and the event ends promptly at 12:45 p.m. Lunch is complimentary, but there is a suggested minimum donation of $150. To register, or for more information, visit www.lwsf.org or call 425-936-1414.