Junior League of Portland’s 2nd Annual Charity Ball Kicks off 2016

Portland, January 1st, 2016. The Gerding Theater at the Armory was crowded with merrymakers ready to make 2016 a year to remember. Members of Junior League and their friends and family flocked to the renovated community space in Portland’s Pearl District to celebrate the new year (photo credit, Phototainment).

The two-tiered lobby was the location for the New Year countdown.

The two-tiered lobby was the location for the New Years countdown.

With Michael Burns, Sarah Burns, Kate Carmack and Scott Carmack at The Gerding Theatre at the Armory.

Tina Dossett Tunney, Leslie Ramsey Nevius, KaDo Gorman and Bonnie J. Stewart at The Gerding Theatre at the Armory.

From the Junior League of Portland:

The Junior League of Portland is an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women, and improving communities through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable.

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.