Portland, February 14th, 2014. It was the most successful Valentine’s Day fundraiser for the Children’s Cancer Association (CCA) with $670,000 pledged and counting. Donations will help seriously ill kids, teens, and their families. CCA organizers say, “We are honored and humbled by this outpouring of generosity and love.” KPTV FOX12 Oregon’s Amy Troy, CCA Founder and CEO, Regina Ellis, and KPTV’s Shauna Parsons bonded in the studio during the Valentine-A-Thon.
CCA staff members Angela Long, Christina Heesacker, Meg Byrtek, Nicole MacDonald, Jenny O’Brian, Sierra Smith, Regina Ellis, Katy Moore (The BUZZ), Dave Schaeffer, Kacy Smerke, Cheryl Kanekoa, and Willow Bacon. Top row: CCA staff members Greg Pokarney, Nonda Hanneman, The BUZZ’s Mitch, KPTV’s Mark Nelsen and Corey Hansen, The Buzz’s Daria, KPTV’s Shauna Parsons and Amy Troy, The BUZZ’s Ted, Brian, and Kent, and CCA’s Diana Szymczak.
Director of Marketing at Dick Hannah Dealerships, Kent Van Arnam, Ryland, Caden (who picked the winning raffle ticket), and Blake, and KPTV’s Mark Nelsen.
KPTV’s Pete Ferryman, Tony Martinez, Andy Carson, CCA’s Regina Ellis, KPTV’s Kimberly Maus, and CCA Board Chair, Andy Lytle, Division Vice President, Estates – West, Jackson Family Wines.
Nike’s Vice President for Design and Special Projects, Tinker Hatfield and CCA Board Member, Andrea Corradini, Nike Senior Merchandising Director, Emerging Markets, Running, captained a man vs. woman donation challenge for CCA raising more than $110,000! They are pictured here flanking KPTV’s Amy Troy.
Many friends came together to donate their time and talent to create this milestone:Daria, Mitch, Ted, and the rest of the crew at 105.1 The BUZZ
Melissa Maag and CCA Ambassador Board Member, Allison Clarke, President, Allison Clarke Consulting, rally the phone bank volunteers.
CCA Ambassador Board Members Sabrina Snow, Vice President, Washington Trust Bank, and Jenifer Nelles, National Accounts Consultant, Standard Insurance Company
WayneGarciaFox12 KPTV’s Wayne Garcia encouges viewers to become a King or Queen of Hearts by making a $1,000 donation to CCA.
Melissa Maag and CCA Ambassador Board Member, Allison Clarke, President, Allison Clarke Consulting, rally the phone bank volunteers.
ThompsonsKingAndQueen (left to right) Former CCA-served parents and long-time CCA supporters Mike and Wendy Thompson manned the phone bank, taking donations from the community. Mike’s stack of five hats represents a $5,000 donation!
Portland, February 21st, 2014. Nearly 2,000 people joined in an annual two-day celebration to benefit local Boys & Girls Clubs. Thursday’s gala was “The Standard Presents: A Night of Stars” featuring the Winemakers Private Reserve Dinner. It was held at Portland’s Art Museum and included an appearance and concert by Javier Colon, the season one champion of “The Voice.” Friday’s Showcase of Wine & Cheese was held at the Portland Convention Center and featured tastings of hundreds of wines accompanied by a wide assortment of cheese and other treats. (Photo credit: Antonio Harris Photography)
Dan Ryan, CEO of All Hands Raised; Carmen Rubio, executive director of the Latino Network; Tracy Curtis, Wells Fargo Regional President for Oregon and SW Washington and husband, Rick Nagore
Guests head about the programs of Boys & Girls Clubs of Portland Metropolitan Area
Vocalist Javier Colon performs with Boys & Girls Club youth
Ed & Cyndy Maletis
From the Boys & Girls Clubs of Portland: Our mission is to enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.
Portland, February 23rd, 2014. Portland Children’s Museum is launching the first in a new series of in-house exhibits. This one is called Cycle City: A Spin on Bikes. Supporters enjoyed a VIP Party on Thursday, January 30th. Cycle City uniquely reflects Portland through an exploration of the creative potential of bikes beyond transportation. Visitors are invited to look at bicycles in surprising new ways as they make their way through interactive exhibit components.
Take a spin through Cycle City, a unique exhibit that uniquely reflects Portland through an exploration of the creative potential of bikes beyond transportation.
Light up an electrical tower and create circuits through stationary bikes at “Pedal Power.”
The exhibit is as Portland as it gets—created with materials donated by from local bicycle shops, designers, mechanics, and riders, this exhibit will inspire the next generation of PDX “bicycle buffs.” At Cycle City: A Spin on Bikes visitors will be invited to look at bicycles in surprising new ways as they make their way through interactive exhibit components, including: The Bike Shop: A variety of interchangeable PVC and wood parts and accessories to create an original bikes. Splashguard: Hand- and foot-driven spin art stations made out of bike parts will be grouped at varying heights. Crisscross: A progressing group art project using multiple visitors. Using hand pedals, one guest will control of the Y axis, while another will control the X axis. Bike PDX: Visitors pedal along with birds-eye videos of local rides and answer prompts along the way.
Pedal Power: Visitor-powered stations will power the tower, expelling energy through lights, sounds, Jacobs’s ladders, machinery, and more. Other exhibit components include Tire Tracks (a bicycle music box), Light Rider (shadow play), and a cycle-powered Gravitram sculpture. Cycle City will also feature bike sculptures and automations along with bike-based artwork from local artists throughout the run of the show.
Ride along with local cyclist in “Bike PDX” through first-person guided videos.
ABOUT PORTLAND CHILDREN’S MUSEUM Portland Children’s Museum is the museum that doesn’t act like a museum. You won’t find any velvet ropes inside, and playing with and touching our exhibits is strongly encouraged. Our main exhibit is the imagination of the children who play here. Every environment and activity is designed to encourage children to play and wonder while they learn about themselves and the world around them. LOCATION In Washington Park across from Oregon Zoo; 4015 SW Canyon Road, Portland, 97221 HOURS Mon-Sun • 9am-5pm; Target Free First Friday (first Friday every month, 4-8pm) ADMISSION Museum members: Free • Under age 1: Free; Ages 1-54: $10 • Over 55 & military:$9 CONTACT Phone 503-223-6500 • Online portlandcm.org • Like facebook.com/portlandcm
Portland, February 22nd, 2014. The Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center is kicking off its 25th Anniversary with the new exhibit “Capturing a Generation through the Eye of a Lens: The Photographs of Frank C. Hirahara, 1948 – 1954.” On display are vintage photos taken by Hirahara.
Frank C. Hirahara’s photo of the Portland Rose Festival Portland Realty Board float from the 1950’s .
This collection of post‐war photographs feature the Japanese and Chinese American communities in Portland, activities of the Oregon Camera Club and the Portland Photographic Society, the Portland Rose Festival, the Epworth Methodist Church, and the Oregon Buddhist Temple.
Portland Rose Festival Float in the 1950’s Oregon Nikkei Endowment
One of Frank C. Hirahara’s award winning portraits was of Oregon’s own Patti Throop, who was a Portland Rose Festival Princess, Miss Portland, Miss Oregon, and a semi‐finalist in Miss America in 1954, which is prominently shown in the exhibit.
The photographic exhibit is at the Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center, located at 121 NW 2nd Avenue. The Center was created to preserve, educate, and honor the history and culture of Japanese Americans in the Pacific Northwest and to advocate for the protection and civil rights for all. This collection of over 1,000 images was donated to the Oregon Nikkei Endowment, by Frank’s daughter Patti Hirahara of Anaheim, California, and these newly discovered images have helped to provide a pictorial record of this time in history.
After Frank C. Hirahara’s graduation from Washington State University in 1948, Frank was hired by the Department of Interior’s Bonneville Power Administration as an Electrical Engineer in Portland and he worked there till 1954 before moving to California to enter into the new aerospace boom in Southern California. This serious amateur photographer’s work has surprised visitors during advance previews with his attention to composition and detail.
The Frank C. Hirahara photo collection will become a part of DENSHO’s online digital collection which received funding from the National Park Service’s Japanese American Confinement Sites Grants Program. Frank Hirahara honed his skills as a photographer while as a high school student at Heart Mountain High School, where he was a photo editor and photographer of the school’s “Tempo” annual. He and his father George took and processed over 2,000 photos of the Heart Mountain Japanese Relocation Camp in Wyoming from 1943‐1945 and this collection is considered to be the largest private collection of photos taken there. This Heart Mountain collection was donated to Frank’s alma mater of Washington State University and WSU’s Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections has collaborated with the Oregon Nikkei Endowment for this exhibit in showing photo panels and artifacts from their George and Frank C. Hirahara Collection.
George Hirahara and his family, including Frank ’48, had their lives in Yakima disrupted in 1942 when they were forced to relocate with about 10,000 other Japanese Americans to Heart Mountain, Wyoming.
16 Time Emmy award winner David Ono, co‐anchor for ABC7’s Eyewitness News in Los Angeles, utilized the Hirahara Heart Mountain photos in his documentary “WITNESS – The Legacy of Heart Mountain” and a preview of the documentary is being shown with the Heart Mountain section of this exhibit. Frank Hirahara’s daughter Patti Hirahara, will be coming to Portland to show this new hour long version of the Heart Mountain documentary at the Hollywood Theatre on March 5th.
The exhibit also incorporates photos and historic documents of the “Hirahara Story – 100 Years and Four Generations” from the Hirahara Family Collections at the City of Anaheim Libraries Heritage Center, the Oregon Historical Society, and the Yakima Valley Museum in Yakima, Washington and is a sanctioned event of the Portland Rose Festival. The exhibit is open through– June 15, 2014. The Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center is located at 121 NW 2nd Avenue, Portland, Oregon and the exhibit will be open from Tue‐Sat 11AM‐3 PM and Sun 12‐3 PM. Admission is $5, $3 seniors (62+) /students, children under 12 free, and free to members of the Oregon Nikkei Endowment. Updates on affiliated exhibit events can be found on the organization’s website at www.oregonnikkei.org. For information about the exhibit and Heart Mountain screening, call (503) 224‐1458.
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About the Oregon Nikkei Endowment
The mission of the Oregon Nikkei Endowment is to preserve and honor the history and culture of Japanese Americans in the Pacific Northwest, to educate the public about the Japanese American experience during World War II, and to advocate for the protection of civil rights for all Americans. Our two projects include the Japanese American Historical Plaza in Waterfront Park, designed by landscape architect Robert Murase, and the Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center, a place to explore the culture and history of Japanese Americans, located in Portland’s historic Old Town neighborhood.
Portland, February, 15th, 2014. A diverse group of local business owners, parents, parishioners, teachers, staff, and community members gathered to support Holy Redeemer Catholic School at its annual benefit. Organizers expect to gross $200,000 from the event. Holy Redeemer School’s current enrollment is 313 students in preschool, prekindergarten and kindergarten through eighth grade. Administrators explain that the school is, “The most ethnically diverse Catholic school in Oregon. 72% of our students are Catholic. We welcome students from other Faiths. 96% of our students graduate from high school, compared to 76% neighborhood rate. 32% come from homes at or below the federal poverty levels and qualify for free or reduced lunch.”
Fr. John Dougherty, Congregation of Holy Cross Priest and Pastor at Holy Redeemer, catches up with old friends.
The Holy Redeemer Dinner and Auction theme was “A Night in Paris.” Guests arrived at The Holiday Inn at the Portland Airport to find a photo booth, the Heads or Tails game during the live auction, the French-themed dinner Live auction. The biggest moment of the night, and most anticipated each year by guests, is the Bids4Kids Paddle Raiser. Guests hear from parent and student speakers about Holy Redeemer students’ overwhelming need for scholarship assistance and then enjoy a video showcasing the students of the school. Guests this year also learned that an anonymous donor had challenged the audience to match a $25,000 donation. The audience rose to the occasion, making the Bids4Kids total just over $50,000.
Perhaps the most heart-warming story of this year’s Bids4Kids was that of Serapiya.
Serapiya’s family of 9 was brought to the United States 7 years ago by the Holy Redeemer community. They had been living in a refugee camp in Africa for the entirety of Serapiya’s life. When she came to Portland, she and her family did not know any English. With dedicated support of Holy Redeemer community members, Serapiya’s family adapted and flourished. Serapiya is now the first of her family to graduate 8th grade, which would never have been possible without the scholarship assistance she received from Holy Redeemer. She now is going on to high school, a promising young woman who studies hard, volunteers, and helps her younger siblings each night with homework. She has big dreams and is willing to work hard. As she told the audience, “I want to thank my parents, my teachers, and Holy Redeemer for showing me that not only is it important to dream big, as high as the stars, but that it is the work, the reach for the stars, that makes life full for you and all those around you.”
Guests start to make their way through the silent auction.
Portland, February 7th, 2014. It’s time for The Northwest Film Center’s 37th annual showcase of new world cinema. The festival will feature 128 films—104 features and 24 shorts. According to organizers, “The Portland International Film Festival explores not only the art of film but also the world around us. The cultural diversity, the extraordinary range of subjects, genres, and experiences explored—for all ages and from matinee to midnight—invite exploration and discovery, movie-lover or not.” Jessica Lyness and Northwest Film Center Director Bill Foster enjoyed the evening. The Festival is also being extended through 2/26. Here is a link with those details: http://festivals.nwfilm.org/piff37/updates/
Northwest Film Center volunteer Jill Murphy-Long and her husband Greg Long enjoy the opening night festivities on a snowy night.
Russ Repp (middle) and colleagues from OMSI take a moment to enjoy PIFF opening night.
Filmgoers enjoy the warmth of the fireplace at OMSI’s Theory Eatery on opening night.
OMSI’s Theory Eatery filled with filmgoers.
The 37th Portland International Film Festival hosts screenings at the Film Center’s Whitsell Auditorium inside the Portland Art Museum (1219 SW Park Avenue), the Empirical Theater at OMSI (1945 SE Water Avenue), Cinema 21 (616 NW 21st Avenue), Cinemagic (2021 SE Hawthorne Boulevard), World Trade Center (121 SW Salmon Street, 1st Street, Building 2), and Regal Fox Tower (846 SW Park Avenue).
Over the last 37 years, the Festival has populated its schedule with diverse and innovative films for an audience of more than 38,000 annually from throughout the Northwest. As Oregon’s largest, most culturally diverse film event, the Portland International Film Festival pulls together a multi-faceted experience with 128 films and special events presenting a full spectrum of features, documentaries, shorts, and visiting artists – and featuring submissions for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar and works by both returning masters and emerging talents.
This year’s Festival includes the return of the popular PIFF After Dark program, showcasing midnight movies like Ti West’s (THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL) THE SACRAMENT and Ari Folman’s (WALTZ WITH BASHIR) THE CONGRESS for adventurous festival attendees. Contained within the PIFF 37 lineup is a sizable animation block with seven animated features on offer, including THE APOSTLE, MY MOMMY IS IN AMERICA AND SHE MET BUFFALO BILL, and the latest film by Portland-born animator Bill Plympton, CHEATIN’.
Other highlights of PIFF 37 include screenings of Tsai Ming-Liang’s (WHAT TIME IS IT OVER THERE?) STRAY DOGS, Rithy Panh’s THE MISSING PICTURE, Doug Pray’s (HYPE!) LEVITATED MASS, François Ozon’s (SWIMMING POOL) YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL, Jillian Schlesinger’s MAIDENTRIP, Alain Guiraudie’s STRANGER BY THE LAKE, Anthony Chen’s ILO ILO and Claude Lanzmann’s (SHOAH) THE LAST OF THE UNJUST.
FULL SCHEDULE The full PIFF 37 Program is available to the public online January 24 at nwfilm.org. Press screenings begin on January 27.
ADVANCE TICKET OUTLET Mark Building, Portland Art Museum, 1119 SW Park Avenue
Daily from 12-6 p.m.
Advance tickets by phone at (503) 276-4310
Advance tickets online at http://festivals.nwfilm.org/piff37/.
Admission Prices: $11 General; $10 Portland Art Museum Members, Students, Seniors; $8 Silver Screen Club Friends, Children
Opening Night: $25 general; $20 Silver Screen Friend and Portland Art Museum and OMSI Members
The Portland International Film Festival is sponsored by The Oregonian, Regal Cinemas, LAIKA, The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, Alaska Airlines, Wieden+Kennedy, Delta Airlines, James F. Marion Miller Foundation, and many others.
The Northwest Film Center is a regional media arts organization offering a variety of exhibition, education programs, and artist services throughout the region. The Center presents a program of foreign, classic, experimental, and independent works year-round at the Whitsell Auditorium, located in the Portland Art Museum. For more information, visit www.nwfilm.org.
Portland, February 11th, 2014. Multnomah Athletic Club elected lifelong member Darcy Henderson to serve as president for 2014. The club announced Henderson’s election at its Annual Meeting. She serves one year in the position of president.
Darcy Henderson
MAC Annual Meeting — at Multnomah Athletic Club
Henderson, 50, is a freelance photo stylist and Portland native, though her work and education have taken her around the world. After graduating from Colorado College, she lived in New York and Chicago before returning to Portland in 1993. Henderson has also worked in commercial banking, advertising and public relations. She has served on MAC’s Membership, Nominating and Ad Hoc Survey committees, and has chaired the Communications and Family Events committees. Henderson lives in southwest Portland with her husband, Mike Urness, and children Jack, 8, and daughter Laney, 7, students at Ainsworth Elementary School.
“As a lifelong member of MAC, I know what a wonderful club this is, and I am honored to have been selected as President. Through the past 50 years, I have seen the Club evolve to meet the changing needs of members while continuing a tradition of excellence in the MAC’s social offerings, facilities, and athletics,” Henderson said. “I plan to continue this tradition and the work of trustees who have served before me.”
Joining Henderson are Vice President Dwight Terry, owner of Terry Family Funeral Home in North Portland; Treasurer Ann Blume, a senior associate with commercial real estate company CBRE; and Secretary David DeBlasio, attorney and managing partner at Harrington, Anderson & DeBlasio,
Henderson replaces past President Carl Burnham III, managing partner at Deschutes Wealth Management. The Board’s other outgoing officers include Vice President Jim Cleary, Treasurer Craig Iverson and Secretary Gwen Farnham, managing director at Intel Capital.
The 2014 officers were elected Monday, Feb. 11 by the club’s 12-member Board of Trustees, and announced to the general membership at the 123rd Annual Meeting, held Tuesday, Feb. 11. Each four-member class of trustees serves three years, serving as officers in their final year.
Second-year trustees are Doug Dawley, interventional cardiologist with Northwest Cardiovascular Institute; David Horstkotte, engineer and full-time father; Robert W. Nunn, attorney with Sussman Shank LLP; and Scott Sakamoto, internet marketing specialist and owner of Ronin Studios.
Newly elected trustees include Linda Higgons, a retired partner with Turtledove Clemens marketing communications firm; retired commercial property manager Janice Marquis; entrepreneur Scott Stevens; and Mike Wells, Managing Director and Local Market Area Leader for commercial real estate firm CBRE. This incoming class of trustees was selected by a special nominating committee led by past President Darwin Green, and elected as Trustees during the Annual Meeting.
The Multnomah Athletic Club’s mission is to enrich lives, foster friendships and build upon our traditions of excellence in athletic, social and educational programs.
Founded in 1891, the Multnomah Athletic Club is a family-oriented club that offers a variety of activities to its 19,900 members. Located at 1849 S.W. Salmon Street in Portland, Oregon, the club occupies two buildings totaling 550,00 square feet. The eight-level main clubhouse overlooks the 30,000-seat JELD-WEN Field and is within walking distance of downtown Portland. Covered parking is provided in the club’s garage located across the street from the main clubhouse.
MAC’s membership includes national and world champions. More than 40 MAC athletes and coaches have participated in Olympic Games, winning a total 28 medals through the years. Honors include Dan Kelly’s world records in the 100-yard dash and the 220-yard dash; Louise Kuehn’s first United States Olympic diving gold medal; swimmer Nancy Merki’s 27-second margin in her 1,500-meter freestyle record; and Jim Grelle’s 21 sub-four-minute miles.
Beaverton, January 25th, 2014. Over 150 supporters kicked up their heels as Northwest Chinese Academy (NWCA) held its annual auction, the Hong Bao Gala – Year of the Horse. KGW’s Emcee, Drew Carney, Event Co-chairs, Joel Simon and Lisa Snyder and Auctioneer, Kelly Russell enjoyed the evening. The benefit celebrated Chinese New Year and the tradition of giving money in red envelopes, Hong Bao, to wish people good luck in the new year.
Pre-Kindergarten Teacher, Donna Laoshi, speaking to guests about her experiences at NWCA
Event guests included Sate Representative Dennis Richardson, City of Forest Grove and North Plains city officials, community members, parents, family and friends. Guests celebrated special student achievements, exquisite student art projects and bid on a variety of silent and live auction items. The school is thankful for the overwhelming support of donors that helped raise $85,000 to maintain Northwest Chinese Academy’s high educational standards. The proceeds allow NWCA to deliver an outstanding Mandarin immersion education unlike any other in the Portland Metro area.
Auction Co-chairs, Lisa Snyder and Joel Simon
Lisa Snyder and Joel Simon Co-Chairs – extended caption: Auction Co-chairs, Lisa Snyder and Joel Simon
NWCA’s 4th Grade, Preschool and 3rd Grade Chinese Teachers
Portland, February 8th, 2013. It was Portland’s biggest February snow storm since 1993 and kids around the city took advantage of the opportunity to go slip-sliding around. Portlanders in the Dunthorpe neighborhood took the street on foot to admire the layer of white stuff, at least 6-inches in some areas. Here are a few photos from out and about:
Kids headed to Mary Failing Drive, a favorite spot for sledding.
Lewis and Clark College under a blanket of snow.
Riverdale Grade School was a gathering place for friends.
Fresh tracks were quickly covered by a new layer coming down.
Walking the dog on Breyman.
And the mailman upheld the cred, “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their … Rain or shine, snow or sleet, we deliver your mail!”
PORTLAND, OR – January 15, 2014: CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) for Children of Multnomah and Washington County announced the addition of Bill Gardner to its Board of Directors. CASA for Children is a non-profit organization whose volunteers serve the best interests of foster children in the courts and in the community.
Bill Gardner
Bill Gardner is the Director of Sales and Relationship Management at Morley Financial where he has responsibility for marketing and managing the firm’s stable value client relationships. Mr. Gardner joined Morley in 2011. He has twenty seven years of financial service experience, including more than twenty three years in the stable value industry.
Prior to joining Morley Financial, Mr. Gardner was a Senior Vice President with Dwight Asset Management, where he provided client service and investment support to stable value and fixed income clients. Clients included commingled trusts, defined contribution and defined benefit plans. Mr. Gardner is also a past chairman of the Stable Value Investment Association. Mr. Gardner attended the University of Oregon where he received both his B.S. and M.B.A.
“I was moved to participate in CASA due to the organization’s mission of protecting and aiding those children in our community without the help and support necessary to navigate life-altering decisions,” explained Mr. Gardner. “My wife and I have participated in and supported a range of organizations targeting at-risk children and we believe in the transformative impact that a CASA can have in a child’s life.” CASA for Children is the only organization in Oregon that advocates on behalf of the rights of abused and neglected children who are under the protection of the Court.
CASA volunteers are community citizens who are deeply committed to helping abused and neglected children. All CASA volunteers receive more than 30 hours of in-depth training, plus an additional 12 hours of continuing education per year through in-services, lectures, videos and books. Upon completion of the initial training, CASA volunteers then become sworn officers of the court. In 2012 – 2013, 403 CASA volunteers advocated for 946 children in Multnomah and Washington Counties.
CASA conducts many volunteer orientations and training sessions per year. Potential volunteers must be 21 years of age or older, and possess no criminal record. CASA welcomes volunteers from all cultures, professions, and ethnic and educational backgrounds. For additional information about CASA or to volunteer, please call 503-988-5115, or visit www.casahelpskids.org.
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