Portland, OR. Mount Hood Medical Center raised nearly $40,000 at its annual Denim & Diamonds event to support the expansion of the cardiac services at the hospital. This year’s event included an online auction and virtual livestream program on May 7th. Legacy Mount Hood is expanding its cardiology services, including the construction of two cardiac catheterization suites for emergency care. To complement these new services, they have nearly completed a three-year, $600,000 campaign to fund the expansion of their cardiac education and rehabilitation programs available to the community.
Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center.
Mount Hood Medical Center.
Money raised from the Denim & Diamonds virtual event will support community education, nutrition counseling, new exercise equipment, and financial aid for patients with limited resources.
From Mount Hood Medical Center:
Mount Hood Medical Center is East Multnomah County’s full-service community hospital and part of Legacy Health – a nonprofit health system driven by a mission to improve the health of those around us.
Portland, OR. De La Salle North Catholic’s 16th annual Changing Destinies Luncheon was held on April 22nd. The virtual luncheon raised funds for the school’s financial aid program; it supports 92% of the students who attend. The event raised $323,600. The fundraiser is important because one goal for De La Salle North Catholic is that no student be turned because of an inability to pay.
Guests were treated to a virtual tour of the school, hosted by Owen O’Brien, DLSNC Class of 2018.
Here’s a link to the video:
The virtual program included a greeting from school President Oscar Leong and Joseph McIntosh (DLSNC Class of 2022) explained the unique Corporate Work-Study education. A’Chy’Gei Motley, a graduating senior, spoke about exciting college plans. Other seniors highlighted the school’s diverse and inclusive community.
Leaders also shared a sneak peek of the new campus currently under construction and offered an invitation for guests to join them in their new gym next year. The new campus will open this coming fall and Owen and James Broadous, Vice Principal of Student Life, were excited to show the construction progress with guests.
Organizers thanks the generous event sponsors their support, including Wieden + Kennedy, the Mike & Joan Concannon, the Clark Foundation, Coast Products, Guardian Real Estate Services, Deloitte, OnPoint Community Credit Union, Reliable Credit Association, Swagelok, SSOE, and Walsh Construction. In addition, the school is very thankful for the support from its matching gift sponsors Mary & Tim Boyle, Cyndy & Ed Maletis, and Barb & Steve Spence.
Seattle, WA. Bill and Melinda Gates have announced that they are ending their twenty-seven-year marriage but will continue to serve as co-chairs of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. “We continue to share a belief in that mission and will continue our work together at the foundation, but we no longer believe we can grow together as a couple in this next phase of our lives,” the couple tweeted from their respective Twitter accounts on Monday. The foundation has given grants to many Oregon nonprofits including OHSU, local high schools, OMSI and many more.
In 2010, Bill and Melinda Gates join Warren Buffett to create the Giving Pledge, an effort to encourage America’s wealthiest families to donate the majority of their wealth to philanthropic causes and charities. By 2020, the Giving Pledge includes more than 200 of the world’s wealthiest individuals, couples, and families across 23 countries.
“Bill and Melinda will remain co-chairs and trustees of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,” the foundation said in a statement. “No changes to their roles or the organization are planned. They will continue to work together to shape and approve foundation strategies, advocate for the foundation’s issues, and set the organization’s overall direction.” Established in 2000, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) is today the world’s largest private foundation, with an endowment of $49.8 billion as of the end of 2019 and an annual grant-making budget of approximately $5 billion.
Married in 1994, Bill and Melinda Gates quickly set about giving to nonprofits. They launched the Gates Library Foundation in 1997.
Building on the belief that the power of personal computing can provide a link to knowledge and productivity for everyone, Bill and Melinda launch the Gates Library Foundation to help all U.S. public libraries offer free internet access. The Gates Library Foundation later became the Gates Learning Foundation which morphed into the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. In 2010, the couple, together with Warren Buffett — who pledged in 2006 to give the lion’s share of his fortune to the Gates Foundation — created the Giving Pledge, a campaign to persuade billionaires to publicly commit to giving the majority of their wealth to philanthropy.
In 2015, Melinda Gates launched Pivotal Ventures, an investment and incubation company focused on advancing gender equity, while Bill Gates has had his own investment vehicle, Gates Ventures, since 2008.
The petition for dissolution of marriage filed by Melinda Gates and posted by Yahoo! Finance shows that while the couple did not have a prenuptial agreement when they married in 1994, they do have a separation agreement that sets forth how their possessions, assets, and/or business interests will be divided. The 2021 Forbes World’s Billionaire’s List estimates Bill Gates’s net worth at $133 billion. Bill Gates transferred nearly $2.4 billion worth of stock to Melinda on the day they announced their divorce. According to the New York Times, Melinda Gates is likely to set up a new foundation or directly support the causes she supports if receives a portion of her husband’s Microsoft holdings. MacKenzie Scott, who received shares of Amazon stock worth $36 billion in her divorce from Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, has given nearly $6 billion to philanthropic causes since 2019.
“The Gates Foundation is the most important and influential philanthropic entity in the world today,” Rob Reich, a professor of political science at Stanford University, told the Times. “The divorce may have huge repercussions for the foundation and for its work across the globe.”
Portland, OR. The theme for this year’s festival is ‘Hope Reigns’ and organizers are encouraging local businesses to decorate their buildings and storefronts. It’s the second year with modified activities. In 2020 some aspects of the festival were similar to the past, like the crowning of Queen Anya Anand seen above, but organizers explain, “Oregon isn’t quite ready yet for big outdoor events, and the health and safety of our community is still our top priority. The Rose Festival has been here for more than a century despite many challenges and will be here when Oregon is ready for big outdoor events again as we start down the runway to the traditional Rose Festival in 2022.”
Click here for a link to a festival website event list. Programming like the Court and Porch Parade will continue this May & June 2021. This year, with Portland businesses hit especially hard from the pandemic and social unrest, the Festival is reaching back to the time when all of Portland turned out with Rose Festival-themed floral decorations. Businesses are once again being encouraged to decorate a front door, window or even building face. The Portland Rose Festival will produce an online map with the locations, so the public can walk, bike, or drive around, and share in the celebration.
The Rose Festival Porch Parade celebration runs from May 31 through June 13, 2021. (Registration is now open at this website on the Porch Parade page.) The Rose Festival Porch Parade celebration runs from May 31 through June 13, 2021. (Registration is now open at this website on the Porch Parade page.)
The Rose Festival’s Parading in Place concept wasn’t only popular in Portland, festivals across the country picked up the idea in: San Antonio, Detroit, New Orleans, Mobile, Alabama, and Washington D.C. to name just a few.
Themes for the 2021 Rose Festival Porch Parade honoring the Rose Festival’s three traditional parades include The Grand Floral, the Starlight, and the Junior parades. Porch designers are encouraged to pull out their seasonal Christmas lights and create a multi-themed concept with a Grand Floral Parade or Junior Parade in daylight hours, and a Starlight Parade theme by night. Porch Parade designers are not limited to Rose Festival themes and are encouraged to create their own family-friendly fun ideas to share with the greater Festival community.
In 2020, the Porch Parade encouraged people to decorate outside their homes.
Last year, dignitaries formed a procession to tour selected homes.
From The Rose Festival:
The Portland Rose Festival Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that serves families and individuals with programs and events that promote the arts, education and volunteerism. We value environmental responsibility, diversity, patriotism and our historic & floral heritage.
Portland, OR. The Puparazzi Photo Contest raised funds for Guide Dogs for the Blind. Fans submitted photos and supporters voted by donating money which went to the nonprofit; it was $1/vote. The winning photo entry for the K-9 Buddies category was Nessa. She had the photo above snapped during her first day on the job with Hannah and Emma. This is the eighth year of the contest and its most successful yet with nearly $40,000 raised.
Winners of the Guide Dog Puppies category, littermates Molly, Marv, and Madras, at their favorite restaurant.
Winner of the Working GDB Guide Dog category, Jagger, is pictured with his handler Tony. He and Jagger are enjoying some gorgeous spring flowers.
Waffle and Cabot were the GDB Breeder Dog category winners! They are pictured here relaxing on a nice day by the water.
The winners of the GDB Career Change Dogs category, Jamar and Jambo, are pictured striking a pose in the garden.
This year, the contest raised nearly $40,000 as the participants campaigned to raise money by rallying their friends and family to vote for their photo. An impressive 233 photos were submitted. The winners from the five GDB organizational categories have a chance of being featured in the 2021-2022 Guide Dogs for the Blind calendar, which will be distributed to over 100,000 households in the US and Canada.
This photo contest is one of the major fundraisers for the nonprofit, and provides a creative and interactive platform to donate funds to a life-changing cause. Guide Dogs for the Blind does not receive any government funding and depends on the generous support of its community and donors.
From Guide Dogs for the Blind:
Interested in supporting and learning about Guide Dogs for the Blind? GDB has another upcoming fundraising event that is open to the public and is free: It’s annual Canine Heroes Gala. The gala will be virtual this year, so attendees have the opportunity to experience cute puppies in training, meet dashing guide dogs, and hear from some amazing GDB clients, all from the comfort of your own home. There will also be a puppy delivery! Join GDB for the event on Sunday, June 6th at 5pm PT. Read more about this fundraising event at https://www.guidedogs.com/events/canine-heroes-gala.
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