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Doernbecher Freestyle Raises $3.1 Million For Kids

Michael Doherty, Nike’s Sr. Creative Director of Global Brand Presentations and Doernbecher Foundation Board Member, poses with Jim and Cathy Rudd, and Doernbecher patient and 2014 Freestyle designer Missy Miller.

Portland, November 7th, 2014. Over 600 guests joined Doernbecher Children’s Hospital Foundation at the Portland Art Museum for the Doernbecher Freestyle . Michael Doherty, Nike’s Sr. Creative Director of Global Brand Presentations and Doernbecher Foundation Board Member, poses with Jim and Cathy Rudd, and Doernbecher patient and 2014 Freestyle designer Missy Miller. The program is a collaboration between Nike and OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital that each year empowers Doernbecher patients to become more than their illness through designing their own limited edition Nike collection.

Nike’s Elliot Hill presents OHSU President Joseph Robertson Jr., M.D. M.B.A. with a $2.77M check from the proceeds of the 2013 Doernbecher Freestyle collection.

Doernbecher Foundation Board Member Todd Stucky poses with Doernbecher Physician-in-Chief Stacy
Nicholson, M.D., M.P.H and Terry Porter.

Nike’s Creative Director of Special Projects, Mark Smith, delighted the crowd when he revealed his own
special contribution to this year’s event, a one-of-a-kind Golf Chuck.

Guests enjoyed a cocktail reception and 3-D vignette uniquely inspired by each designer before heading upstairs for the unveiling of the 2014 Doernbecher Freestyle Collection. After each of this year’s six young designers took the stage, their unique shoe and apparel lines were auctioned off to the highest bidder. This year marked the 11th anniversary of this ground-breaking partnership that has raised $11 million for the hospital. This year’s event raised $3.1 million including the $2.7 million gift Nike presented Doernbecher that night from the sales of the 2013 Doernbecher Freestyle Collection.

Nike’s Lee Banks asks Doernbecher patient and 2014 Freestyle designer Chase Crouch about his design
inspiration.

The 2014 Doernbecher Freestyle designers pose with Boston Red Sox outfielder Shane Victorino. Left to Right: Missy Miller, Caden Lampert, Alejandro Munoz, Shane Victorino, Tim Haarmann, Chase Crouch and Addie Peterson.

Doernbecher Foundation Executive Director Jim Ervin (second in from left) with wife Brooke Ervin, Michael Suh, and Doernbecher Foundation Board President Roger Mills.

The 2014 Doernbecher Freestyle Collection is available for purchase online and at select Nike retailers across the country. To see more photos from the event, visit our Facebook page.

Elisa Klein

I’ve been a professional journalist and writer since 1987, (and long-time reporter for KOIN-TV.) As a nationally published reporter, with a Master’s Degree in Journalism, I love to report positive news and information. Journalism has also connected me with another non-profit where I served as a leader; the Northwest’s biggest writer’s organization: The Willamette Writers.