Washington County Fairgrounds, October 17th. Jackie Hampton and Tina Bodaghi of Western Family Foods and Laurie Reser of Reser’s Fine Foods were among the Meals on Wheels supporters who raised more than $37,000 in just one hour to provide hot meals to seniors in the Washington County area. It was the organization’s first annual Harvest Breakfast presented by Key Bank. (Photo credit, Julie Piper Finley)
Jason McCleskey, Vice President and Washington County Retail Leader for Key Bank
The capacity crowd of business leaders and volunteers gathered in the Cloverleaf Building at the Washington County Fairgrounds to hear volunteers Laurie Reser, Reser’s Fine Foods, and Tina Bodaghi and Jackie Hampton, Western Family Foods, share their experiences of delivering Meals on Wheels to local seniors. All three are long-time volunteers for the organization. The event received a broad base of support from the business community within Washington County and generated both much-needed funds as well as new volunteers.
Laurie Reser of Reser’s Fine Foods
Key Bank was the event presenting sponsor. Other sponsors included: Frontier Communications, Regence BlueCross BlueShield, Liberty Northwest Insurance, Avamere, Providence St. Vincent Hospital, Ron Tonkin Family of Dealerships and Western Family Foods.
About Meals on Wheels People:Since 1970 the Meals on Wheels People has provided a nutritional and social lifeline for seniors through 35 meal sites in Multnomah, Washington and Clark counties and Meals on Wheels delivery to homebound seniors. With the help of nearly 10,000 volunteers, the nonprofit organization now serves 5,000 meals daily and 1.2 million meals each year. Visit: www.mealsonwheelspeople.org.
Portland, September 29th. Two hundred supporters attended Write Around Portland’s annual fundraiser: XY&Z. Heidi Bazille and Kara Pierce tried their hand at the “Word Salad” activity board. The party raised $44,000 to help fund Write Around Portland’s creative writing workshops held at places like the Oregon Burn Center, The Sexual Assault Resource Center, Portland Youth Builders, Coffee Creek Correctional Facility, and Helensview High School.
Allison Bick and Kara Bader
Event Chairs Kari Easton, Georgia Hussey, Kate Rood and Alexandra Walford credited generous donors for their success. They also thanked venue hosts, “Design Within Reach” saying the modern furniture studio was the perfect setting for vintage typewriters and a cocktail party atmosphere that made XY&Z special.
Jenni Leasia, Steve Leasia and Anne Scott enjoy XY&Z, Write Around Portland’s Annual Fundraiser.
Stephanie Barr is excited to offer her support at XY&Z.
From Write Around Portland:
Write Around Portland transforms lives and our communities through the power of writing. The organization brings free 10-week creative writing workshops to nearly 500 adults and youth each year in hospitals, schools, homeless youth shelters, senior centers, low income apartments, prisons, social service agencies and treatment facilities. Workshops culminate in community readings and three beautifully designed books annually. Write Around Portland also offers writing workshops for the general public. They offer regular workshops at Powell’s Books and HOTLIPS Pizza. For more information, visit www.writearound.org.
Sherwood, October 16th. The Cat Adoption Team is thrilled to announce that Petco Foundation is supporting the repair work done to the Sherwood shelter with a $38,000 grant. CAT is putting the final touches on the cat-only shelter after flooding from a broken pipe caused damage to over 60 percent of the building in April.
Much of the repairs were covered by insurance; however, CAT made some much needed improvements to the facility while the contractors were there at the shelter. This included removing all the carpet from the shelter, even in unaffected areas; removing a wall in the on-site veterinary hospital to add more work space; adding another sink and work station in the hospital; and freshening the paint throughout the building.
These enhancements have made a huge difference for the shelter—improving the cleanliness, work flow, and efficiency. Thanks to Petco Foundation’s support, in conjunction with the local Petco store, funds donated to CAT for the care of cats will not be diverted towards these needed improvements.
“CAT has a wonderful relationship with our local Tualatin Petco store. They host about 8 of our cats for adoption inside their store in a beautiful room and are always looking for more ways to be engaged with our organization,” said Kristi Brooks, CAT Operations Manager.
The Cat Adoption Team (CAT) is the Pacific Northwest’s largest non-profit, feline-only adoption guarantee shelter. CAT was the first animal shelter in Oregon with its own full service veterinary hospital on site (2002). CAT was also the first shelter in the Portland-metro area to open an organized pet food bank (2008). The Cat Food Bank hands out over 3,000 pounds of donated food monthly. CAT’s mission is to work with the community to save the lives of unwanted, homeless, sick, and injured cats and kittens by offering shelter, adoption, foster, low-cost spay/neuter, and veterinary services to end needless feline euthanasia. CAT will find homes for over 2,700 felines this year. As a 501(c)(3) publicly-supported charity, CAT relies on the generous support of the public and volunteers.
PORTLAND, Ore. (October 16, 2012) – The Umpqua Bank Challenge today announced that the 2012 tournament raised $100,000 for non-profit partners “I Have a Dream” Foundation – Oregon and Randall Children’s Hospital at Legacy Emanuel.
“These two hard-working and well-deserving non-profit organizations provide remarkable services to Portland-area children and their families,” said Tournament Host Peter Jacobsen. “They have also been tremendous partners to this event over the past two years.”
Funds raised by the 2012 Umpqua Bank Challenge helped “I Have a Dream” Foundation – Oregon support the hire of a Middle School Program Manager, who will follow 180 Dreamers from Alder Elementary into two Reynolds District Middle Schools. Funds contributed to Randall Children’s Hospital will be used in continued support of a Family Conference & Resource Room on the 3rd floor of their new state-of-the-art facility, which opened February 2012.
Tournament Plans Hiatus Tournament organizers also announced that the Umpqua Bank Challenge will not take place in 2013 so they can reevaluate the market conditions and overall event viability.
“I’m incredibly proud of both the 2011 and 2012 Umpqua Bank Challenge and Regence Pro-Am events,” said Jacobsen. “The FedExCup Playoffs have changed the dynamic of getting top young PGA TOUR pros to Portland in August, so I would like to take some time to reevaluate and determine what type of event, if any, we could have here.”
The 2011 and 2012 Umpqua Bank Challenge events were played in between the first and second FedExCup Playoff tournaments, both held on the East Coast.
About The Umpqua Bank Challenge The Umpqua Bank Challenge, <http://www.umpquabankchallenge.com>, is a three-day exhibition-style golf tournament that was played August 26-28, 2012 at The Reserve Vineyards and Golf Club in Aloha, Ore. The Umpqua Bank Challenge included The Regence Pro-am on Sunday and the main field competition on Monday and Tuesday, where PGA TOUR, Champions Tour and LPGA Tour professionals played a best-ball format while paired into two-person teams. Hosted by PGA TOUR professional and Portland-native Peter Jacobsen, proceeds from The Umpqua Bank Challenge benefit the tournament’s two partner charities; Randall Children’s Hospital at Legacy Emanuel and the “I Have a Dream” Foundation – Oregon.
About Peter Jacobsen SPORTS Founded in 1988, Peter Jacobsen SPORTS, LLC, <http://www.peterjacobsensports.com>, is a full-service sports and entertainment marketing firm that specializes in event sales, management and operations, sponsorship consulting and player/talent relations. The company is independently owned and has more than 20 full-time employees across two offices in Portland, Ore. and Providence, R.I. Since its inception, PJS has managed more than 250 events around the United States. About Umpqua Bank Umpqua Bank, <http://www.umpquabank.com, headquartered in Roseburg, Ore., is a subsidiary of Umpqua Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: UMPQ) and has locations between San Francisco and Seattle, along the Oregon and Northern California Coast, and in Central Oregon and Northern Nevada. Umpqua Bank has been recognized for its innovative customer experience and banking strategy by national publications including TheWall Street Journal, The New York Times, BusinessWeek, Fast Company and CNBC. The company has been recognized for the past five years in a row on FORTUNE magazine’slist of the country’s “100 Best Companies To Work For.” Umpqua Holdings also owns a retail brokerage subsidiary, Umpqua Investments Inc., which offers services through Umpqua Bank stores and in dedicated offices throughout Oregon. Umpqua’s Private Bank Division serves high net worth individuals and non-profits providing customized financial solutions and offerings. Umpqua Holdings Corporation is headquartered in Portland, Ore. For more information, visit http://www.umpquabank.com. ###
Information contributed by Amy Biery
Director of Communications
Peter Jacobsen SPORTS
Portland, September 27th. Pacific University’s annual President’s Dinner is a tradition to celebrate and thank Pacific University’s generous donors, and to induct the newest members into the university’s Heart of Oak Society and the President’s Circle (Lesley M. Hallick, Ph.D. is the President). Pacific University Board of Trustees chair Mindy Cameron ’65 and fellow trustee Ken McGill had a chance to visit with student and program speaker Marissa Muraoka ’15 and Bill Berg. (Photo credit, Parrish Evans – Pacific University)
Pacific University trustee Tim Schauermann ’61, trustee emeritus Ken Lewis and Nancy Schauermann visit at the university’s annual President’s Dinner, held Sept. 27 in The Atrium at Montgomery Park.
Pacific University is a private undergraduate liberal arts institution with graduate and professional programs in education, optometry and the health professions. Located about 25 miles west of Portland, the college occupies 55 acres in downtown Forest Grove, Ore.
The school was founded in 1849 by Congregational pioneers as the Tualatin Academy and, in 1854, became Pacific University. In 1863, the first baccalaureate degree was presented to Harvey W. Scott, who later became editor of The Oregonian, the state’s largest newspaper.
Today, Pacific University enrolls 3,291 students, who represent all 50 states and 23 foreign countries. The University strives to provide an education of exceptional quality in liberal arts and sciences and selected professional programs, in preparing students for service to a changing community, nation, and world.
Happy Valley, September 29th. The Aerie at Eagle Landing was the spot for a Harvest Celebration hosted by Exceed Enterprises, Inc. and this year, the nonprofit raised $41,000 with the benefit. All proceeds will support their innovative vocational and personal development programs for adults with developmental disabilities. (Photo credit, Jamie Smith of Heartfelt Productions)
Guests enjoying the Garden Party (sponsored by Bob’s Red Mill) at Aerie at Eagle Landing.
Waiting for guests to arrive. Larry King, Executive Assistant; Pirate Dani Stephany, Work Futures Assistant; and Shanna Moro, Community Integration Specialist.
The band, Northwest Panman, played Caribbean tunes for guests to enjoy.
The most popular, sought-after raffle prize was artwork created by Exceed’s Activities Toward Enrichment program participants.
From Exceed Enterprises, Inc.
Established in 1968, Exceed Enterprises is a non-profit organization that excels in providing vocational and personal development services for people with disabilities. Exceed serves the Portland metropolitan area offering a variety of options and opportunities through rehabilitation services, community-based & on-site business environments, personal services and community activities.Our community and business partnerships enable people with disabilities to contribute to society through meaningful employment and increased independence, self-confidence, and dignity.
VISION: Cultivating a world of success for people with disabilities.
MISSION: Invest in the success of persons with disabilities through the creation of service and business ventures that return both social and financial dividends.
Portland, October 15th. Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) is pleased to welcome Gillian D. Floren to the newly created position of Director of Executive Operations and Chief of Staff in the President’s Office. Floren brings top-level management experience and broad connections in the regional business community to PNCA as the College undertakes a $34 million project to expand campus to Portland’s North Park Blocks. PNCA is poised to begin transforming the former Federal building at 511 N.W. Broadway into the Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Center for Art and Design. A $15 million capital campaign, Creativity Works Here, is underway. New position supports President and Board on Creativity Works Here capital campaign and other key initiatives.
“Having Gillian Floren join our team enhances the College’s ability to achieve PNCA’s goals of growth and transformation,” says President Tom Manley. “Her business leadership, communications expertise, and clear thinking are of tremendous benefit as we build the partnerships essential to moving this work forward successfully.”
Floren most recently served as CEO of Greater Portland Inc. (GPI), an economic development organization for the Portland-Vancouver metropolitan area. GPI was formed through a public-private merger that Floren guided through completion. Floren previously served as editor and as publisher of Oregon Business magazine. She has served on boards including those of the Oregon Council for the Humanities, Oregon Independent Colleges Foundation, and YWCA of Greater Portland. She is an American Leadership Forum fellow.
ABOUT PACIFIC NORTHWEST COLLEGE OF ART As Oregon’s flagship college of art and design since 1909, Pacific Northwest College of Art has helped shape Oregon’s visual arts landscape for more than a century. PNCA students study with award-winning faculty in small classes. In the last seven years, PNCA has doubled both the student body and full-time faculty, quadrupled the endowment, and added innovative undergraduate and graduate programs. PNCA is now embarking on its boldest venture yet by establishing the Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Center for Art and Design as an anchor for the College’s vision of a new campus home on Portland’s North Park Blocks. Focusing on the transformative power of creativity, the capital campaign, Creativity Works Here, was launched in June 2012 with a lead gift from The Harold & Arlene Schnitzer CARE Foundation of $5 million. PNCA’s new home will be a bustling hub for creativity and entrepreneurship, reflecting the influential role of art and design in our 21st century economy – both in Portland and beyond. For more information, visit pnca.edu.
Portland, September 29th. Taking a page from P Diddy’s playbook, parents and community members converged on the newly-build home of Sheila Hamilton and Colin Maclean to raise money for their students. (Photo credit, Brian Black) The Riverdale School District Parent Teacher Club helped organize the party and white attire was a must. Host families included: The Cains, Cohens, Fords, Hinsvark/Hillmans, Millers, and Moone/Scotts.
Riverdale’s first annual White Party 2012 benefited from the terrific fall weather.
Sheila Hamilton and Colin Maclean
Jillian Cain and Amber Hinsvark
Laura and Andy Ford
Stuart and Barbara Cohen with Allison and Martin Kehoe
Organizers are hoping to recreate the magic again next year.
The Riverdale School District serves over 600 families living in a residential, wooded area seven miles south of downtown Portland, Oregon and adjacent to the city of Lake Oswego. Both Riverdale Grade School and Riverdale High School are accepting applications for the 2012-2013 school year on a rolling basis.
Portland, October 9th, 2012. More than 1,700 people attended the Portland State University (PSU) event which raised more than $1 million – a new record. It was the 13th annual Simon Benson Awards Dinner Tuesday at the Oregon Convention Center. The event is held every fall to honor local philanthropists and this year featured Keynote speaker was Diane Keaton. Pictured are: Co-chairs Ken Thrasher, Honorees Irving Levin and Stephanie Fowler, PSU President Win Wiewel, Keynote speaker Diane Keeton, Honoree Jordan Schnitzer, Sally Hopper, Honoree Travis Knight, Donna Knight and Co-chair Kimberley Cooper.
Tuesday’s event raised 20 percent more than last year, and nearly double what was raised two years ago. Funds raised will go to the Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund scholarship challenge grant and the Fund for PSU, which supports scholarships, faculty research, and new programs throughout the University
This year’s Simon Benson Award recipients were Arlene Schnitzer and Jordan Schnitzer, and Irving Levin and Stephanie Fowler. Together, the two families have given millions of dollars to a wide array of causes in the Portland area and beyond.
In addition to the two Simon Benson Awards, PSU gave its first-ever Alumni Achievement Award to Travis Knight, president and CEO of LAIKA, the Hillsboro, Ore., animation studio that produced the Academy Award-nominated film “Coraline” and this year’s “ParaNorman.” Knight earned a bachelor’s degree in social science from PSU in 1998. His wife, Donna, is also a PSU alum.
Diane Keaton, award-winning actress, director, producer and screenwriter, was the keynote speaker. Her appearance along with Knight put a spotlight on Portland as a popular location for television and movie production. PSU is the only public university in the Pacific Northwest to offer a degree in film, which is one of the fastest-growing majors on campus with 273 students.
Arlene, Jordan and the late Harold Schnitzer have been major philanthropic forces in Oregon for decades.
The Harold Schnitzer family has supported virtually every cultural, educational and social service agency in our region, including the Portland Center for the Performing Arts, which renamed its theater the “Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.” Other organizations supported by the Schnitzer family include the Portland Art Museum, Oregon Health & Science University, Oregon Public Broadcasting, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Lewis & Clark College Northwestern School of Law, University of Oregon, and the Oregon Symphony, as well as provided more than $1.6 million in contributions to PSU since 1998.
Arlene and her late husband Harold received honorary doctorates from PSU in 2004. Contributions from the Harold and Arlene Schnitzer CARE Foundation made it possible for PSU to hire its first tenured faculty member in Judaic Studies. The family also supported PSU’s School of Fine and Performing Arts with a leadership gift to create the DePreist Professorship to advance diversity in the arts.
Jordan Schnitzer has received numerous honors and awards, including the PSU President’s Award for Outstanding Philanthropy in 2002. He serves on PSU’s Judaic Studies Steering Committee and is a strong supporter of PSU’s Center for Real Estate.
Jordan has also received the State of Oregon’s Governor Arts Award in 2003, the Association of Fundraising Professionals’ Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser Award in 2009 and the Lewis & Clark College Northwestern School of Law’s Distinguished Business Law Graduate Award in 2011, among others. He has served on more than 30 nonprofit boards and organizations, strengthening their presence in the community.
Irving Levin is a serial entrepreneur, angel investor and mentor. He and his wife Stephanie Fowler co-founded The Renaissance Foundation in 2000 to benefit a wide range of philanthropic interests, especially education. Levin is currently executive chairman of Genesis Financial Solutions and chairman of Digital Divide Data, an international social enterprise operating in several developing countries. He serves on the boards of several private companies and non-profits, and previously was on the boards of the PSU Foundation, Providence St. Vincent Medical Foundation, SMART and the Children’s Institute, among others.
Fowler is an award-winning journalist and a psychotherapist. She was an associate editor and member of the editorial board of The Oregonian, and for nine years hosted Oregon Public Broadcasting’s news and public affairs program “Seven Days.” For many years prior, she was the political reporter/analyst at KGW-TV, then KOIN-TV. She serves on the Oregon Board of the Nature Conservancy, the World Affairs Council advisory board and as a Trustee of Lewis and Clark College.
Levin and Fowler created a scholarship at PSU for undergraduate students who are the first in their family to attend college. More than 60 students have benefited from the scholarship. They also recently created a new scholarship for 30 or more students in the Graduate School of Education who were the first in their family to attend college and now are working toward a teaching career. Levin and Fowler also developed the concept and provided seed funding for PSU’s entrepreneurial leadership program in partnership with Mercy Corps and Digital Divide Data. More than 250 local business managers and students from 35 countries have completed the six-week certificate program.
Named after one of Oregon’s first philanthropists, the Simon Benson Award was created by PSU in 1999 to honor the region’s contemporary pioneers in philanthropy. Recipients are community leaders who have generously given time and resources to improve the lives of generations of Oregonians. A key objective of the event is to highlight the impact and raise the profile of philanthropy throughout Oregon.
Bank of America was the presenting sponsor of this year’s event. It also received the support of the following lead sponsors:
Principal Level Sponsors
Fred Meyer Stores, Howard S. Wright Constructors, Peter W. Stott Foundation, The Harold & Arlene Schnitzer CARE Foundation, The Hedinger Family Foundation, The Renaissance Foundation.
Leadership Sponsors
Chase Bank, Key Bank, Portland Monthly Magazine, Pete and Chris Nickerson, Gordon D. Sondland and Katherine J. Durant Foundation, Umpqua Bank, The Greenbrier Companies.
About Portland State University (PSU)
Located in Portland, Oregon, PSU has about 30,000 undergraduate and graduate students. PSU’s motto is “Let Knowledge Serve the City,” and we provide every student with opportunities to work with businesses, schools and organizations on real-world projects. Our downtown campus exhibits PSU’s commitment to sustainability with green buildings, while sustainability is incorporated into much of the curriculum.
Portland, September 20th. Wild Splendor is the annual fundraising event where sponsors, donors and friends get together to support the mission of Columbia Land Trust. Richard and Sarah Melching, David DiCesare and Jane Jacobsen raise a glass in celebration. (Photo Credit, Andie Petkus) The event was at Pure Space.
Wild Splendor’s Video Sponsor Funnelbox joins Columbia Land Trust to support conservation of land. Steve Crocker, Kalina Torino, Matt Roberts, and Sean Saul from their team celebrate together.
Phillip Hillaire, Paul Lumley, and Executive Director Glenn Lamb enjoy the evening.
Since 1990, the private nonprofit Columbia Land Trust has been working in the greater Columbia River region to conserve signature landscapes and vital habitats.
Around the same time, the private nonprofit Three Rivers Land Conservancy began work to preserve lands around the Portland Metro area. They began acquiring lands around Lake Oswego and continued to identify 11 other local watersheds where land conservation would be beneficial. After growing to nearly 1000 members, they merged with Columbia Land Trust in 2010.
Together we work exclusively with Washington and Oregon landowners committed to voluntarily preserving their land forever.
Our organization prides itself on maintaining neutrality in the interests of the common good. We succeed because we are resourceful, versatile and pragmatic in working to achieve our goals while remaining true to our long-term vision.
Through the generous actions of our nearly 1,800 members, and by working collaboratively with landowners, local residents, government entities and other nonprofit organizations, the Columbia Land Trust has conserved more than 18,000 acres from the east side of the Cascade Mountains to the Pacific Ocean in Oregon and Washington.
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