Portland, May 17th. The Willamette Valley Development Officers’ 4th Annual Regional Conference was held at The Governor Hotel. Nonprofit professionals took time to honor their best and brightest. (Photo Credit, Andie Petkus)
Leve Board Members were honored with the Community Hero Award. Board Members include: Raleigh Stamm, Anne Lawrence, Michelle Markoga, Kiernan Doherty, Megan Dobsen, Maddie Andrews, Nell Loomis, Courtney Francis and Kendall Murphy.
WVDO Executive Director, Agnes Zach, Chief Executive Officer of the Meyer Memorial Trust, Doug Stamm and Anthony Petchel, Banking Officer from Bank of the Cascades and Board President of WVDO
Anthony Petchel presented Benna Gottfried, from Girls Inc. of NW Oregon, with the Starbright Award
The 100-year-old fused glass artist, Frank Springer, creates his pieces at the "Geezer Gallery" in Multnomah Village. The former Portland Police officer made all of the one-of-a-kind glass platter awards.
Kaleen Deatherage from Mt. Hood Kiwanis Camp was honored with the Executive Leadership Award
Barbara Stallcup Miller was on hand to help present the award which bears her name.
Jim Lillis received the Barbara Stallcup Miller Professional Achievement Award for his outstanding fundraising work at organizations such as YMCA, Jesuit High School, Special Olympics and currently, Friends of Children.
The conference explored emerging trends in fund development and featured speakers who discussed “best practices” for nonprofits. It offered professionals networking opportunities for development officers from around the region.
Phoebe Krueger and Stephanie Hooper from Pacific Continental Bank
Mark Bates, Co-Founder and Chief Operations Officer of the software company, Good Works Now
Blair Feehan, Project and Marketing Coordinator for the nonprofit consulting business: Collins Group
Michelle Holman represented "Greater Giving" a company delivering technology and credit card processing services to nonprofits.
Cat Monaghan from Idealist Consulting talks with an attendee.
WVDO empowers its members to develop resources and fundraising excellence. We learn together. We support one another. We improve non-profits and the communities they serve.
Portland, May 5th. The theme for the JDRF,Oregon/SW Washington Chapter gala was, The Greatest Cause on Earth. One highlight of the evening was the “Living and Giving Award” presention to Wayne and Julie Drinkward. Gala co-chairs Larry & Suzanne Mackin and JDRF Chapter Board President Scott Burgess congratulated Julie & Wayne Drinkward. (Photo Credit, Duell Fisher for TPNW)
The gala at the Governor Hotel drew 540 people and, thanks to sponsors, had sold-out by the time the invitations were sent in February. Three moving “Fund A Cure” testimonials by Sarah Powell, Kevin Farleigh, and Rick Schultz spotlighted the purpose of the event: to raise money to find a cure for Type 1 diabetes.
Rick Schultz, Sarah Powell, Kevin Farleigh were the "Fund Cure" Speakers
The 2012 Hope Award was presented to DuPont Refinish and PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers). The vintage circus theme was carried throughout the venue. Music was provided by The New Iberians and dinner entertainment was by Pendulum Aerial Arts.
The Mission of JDRF is: to find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research and also provide support for those living with type 1 diabetes and their families. It is reported that 50% of diagnoses of type 1diabetes are now adults and 50% are children. JDRF funds more diabetes research than any other organization in the world. Over $2.9 million in grants have been funded in the past years to researchers in Oregon.
Portland, May 3rd. Supporters and volunteers of Loaves & Fishes Centers donated $463,000 in just one hour to provide hot meals to seniors in the greater metropolitan area at the organization’s annual Spring Luncheon presented by Safeway. Ed Whitehurst, Worth Caldwell, Jr., recipient of the Compassion for Seniors Award Gayle Whitehurst, incoming Prime Minister of the Royal Rosarians supported the event. Leadership gifts from the Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund and several private individuals challenged donors to make this event the most successful to date. The event is Loaves & Fishes Centers’ single largest fundraising event of the year.
Loaves & Fishes Centers Executive Director Joan Smith and Safeway Director of Public and Government Affairs Dan Floyd.
More than 1,000 area business leaders and volunteers gathered in the Oregon Convention Center on to hear Tony Leineweber, of the PSU Foundation, deliver a keynote address. Tony is long-time Meals-On-Wheels volunteer and past board president of Loaves & Fishes Centers.
Staff of Alpenrose, a silver sponsor of the event.
Dr. John and Jean Thorpe. Dr. Thorpe received the Compassion for Seniors Award.
Dr. John Thorpe and Worth Caldwell, Jr. received the Compassion for Seniors Award. Dr. Thorpe was instrumental in the capital campaign to build Loaves & Fishes Centers administrative offices and central kitchen that opened in 2003 and has been a volunteer at the Elm Court Loaves & Fishes Center for more than 20 years. Worth Caldwell, Jr. joined the Loaves & Fishes Centers board of directors in the 1990 to help build board leadership and capacity. He was a key member of the capital campaign committee and has volunteered at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for more than two decades. Both are past board presidents.
Safeway was the event presenting sponsor. Other sponsors included: Food Services of America, Wells Fargo, Alpenrose, Chevron, Clark Foundation, DeJarnett Sales, Enterprise Fleet Management, The Greenbrier Companies, Hoffman Construction Company, the Lampros Family, Legacy Health Systems, O’Donnell Clark & Crew, Unified Grocers, Walter E. Nelson Company, Western Family Foods, American Nutrition, Brownstein Rask, Columbia Distributing, Endeavour Capital, Gramor Development, Neil Kelly, OSU Foundation and the OSU School of Business, Trailblazer Foods and U.S. Bank.
Spring Luncheon committee members included Jim Bock, Clancy Cashion, Steve Cerri, Kathy Cheng-York, David Drinkward, Jenny Grim, Ron King, Ric Larsen, Tawnie Nelson, Gail Pemble, Kim Silva Dubose, Rhoni Wiswall and June Yoshida.
About Loaves & Fishes Centers: Since 1970 Loaves & Fishes Centers has provided a nutritional and social lifeline for seniors through 36 meal sites in Multnomah, Washington and Clark counties and Meals-On-Wheels delivery to homebound seniors. With the help of more than 9,500 volunteers, the nonprofit, secular organization now serves 5,000 meals daily and 1.2 million meals each year. Visit: www.FeedSeniors.org.
Here’s a photo to put you into the mood for Memorial Day weekend, it’s from a 1950’s beauty contest at Jantzen Beach. The photo, from our friends at the Oregon Historical Society, shows contestants Anne Lustavka, Kathleen Kinder, Jane Hoberg and Gloria Albertson. It’s typical of events held during the heyday of Jantzen Beach, on Hayden Island, when the location was an amusement park and and tourist destination (before it was the site of a shopping mall).
The Jantzen Beach of that era was named for one of the parks investors, Carl Jantzen of Jantzen swimsuit fame. On opening day, Saturday May 26, 1928, 15,000 people paid the 10-cent admission. The amusement park included a merry-go-round, fun house, Big Dipper roller coaster, Golden Canopy Ballroom, and four swimming pools. The park’s popularity peaked during the 1940s. Jantzen Beach park closed on Labor Day, 1970. The C.W. Parker Carousel is now at the Jantzen Beach SuperCenter.
The Jantzen swimsuit company actively promoted the physicality of swimming, and from the early 20s began using the tagline ‘The Suit That Changed Bathing to Swimming’, complete with the Red Diving Girl logo.
Just a note about Jantzen Swimwear:
In 1910, Portland Knitting Company began in downtown Portland with a few hand-knitting machines above a tiny retail store. Little did founders Carl Jantzen, Roy and John Zehntbauer know that they would achieve both fame and controversy as swimwear pioneers. Producing a wool suit for a rowing team they began offering “bathing suits” in their catalog. Knit on sweater cuff machines, the suits became popular with swimmers. The demand increased for those “Jantzens” and the company name was changed in 1918 to Jantzen Knitting Mills. The suits were made of 100% pure virgin wool. Matching stockings and stocking cap completed the costume of the day. After seventy years of successful opperation, In 1980, Jantzen was purchased by Blue Bell, and Blue Bell was acquired by Vanity Fair Corporation in 1986. In 2002, the Jantzen trademark was purchased by Perry Ellis International, Inc. This included the licenses of Nike and Jag Swimwear.
You can explore the amazing history of our beautiful state at the Oregon Historical Society in downtown Portland at 1200 SW Park Avenue. OHS has more than 2.5 million photographs in its collection! We’re excited to collaborate with OHS to bring some of those wonderful photos to you.
As the steward of Oregon’s history, the Oregon Historical Society educates, informs, and engages the public through collecting, preserving, and interpreting the past . . . in other words, Oregon history matters.
Through the generosity of Oregon’s citizens and friends, the Oregon Historical Society Research Library has gathered one of the most comprehensive collections of local, state, and regional history in the country, with holdings that chronicle the history of the Oregon Country from early exploration to the present day. Although the Oregon Historical Society is a private, non-profit institution, its resources are held in trust for the State of Oregon, and it functions as the state historical society. Collection strengths include: European discovery, exploration, and settlement; Native Americans; local history, family history, and genealogy; the fur trade; agriculture, timber, mining, and fisheries; performing arts; business; architecture and building history; politics and government; religion; and transportation. The Research Library houses more than 32,000 books, 25,000 maps, 12,500 linear feet of manuscripts, 4,000 serials titles, 6,000 vertical files, 18,000 reels of newspaper microfilm, 8.5 million feet of film and videotape, 10,000 oral history tapes, and more than 2.5 million photographs.
Portland, May 12th. The Northwest Film Center’s 40th Anniversary Gala, “Lights! Camera! Action!” drew over 400 guests to the Portland Art Museum, including Board Chair Jim Winkler, Susan Winkler and Kim and John Bradley. The event was co-chaired by Oscar nominated director Gus Van Sant (who had a last minute scheduling issue) and Oregon Consular Corps Executive Assistant Michou Jardini. It raised $100,000 for Film Center exhibition and education programs.
Don and Mary Blair at the Red Carpet arrivals.
Gaylyn and Mahmood Sher-Jen with Steve Smith and Kim DeMent
Pink Martini’s China Forbes was headlining a big band orchestra.
Amber Hinsvark, Henry Hillman, Courtney Singer and Will Vinton
Mary Chomenko Hinckley, Pat Wall, Harry Peterson-Nedry, Didi Nowers, and Olga Kiena.
Ted Wheeler and his wife Katrina Wheeler
Vintage images had supporters in the mood.
Projectionist, Jonathan Dick, shows a 16mm print of "My Man Godfrey," over the audience onto a floating screen above the party.
Trudi Morrison and Bob Warren with Mark and Brenda Whitlow
Established in 1971, the Northwest Film Center is a regional media arts resource and service organization founded to encourage the study, appreciation, and utilization of the moving image arts, foster their artistic and professional excellence, and to help create a climate in which they may flourish. The Center provides a variety of film and video exhibition, education, and information programs primarily directed to the residents of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Alaska.
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