Portland, Or. Holt International held its Dinner & Auction at the Hilton Hotel in downtown Portland on October 1st. More than 150 people attended the event, raising over $80,000 for the organization. Guests enjoyed a champagne reception, live auction, and dessert dash. Leonard Bernhardt and Susan Cox supported the event which included an appeal from Mike Dennehy, father of 13 including ten adopted children with special needs. Founded in 1956 as an international adoption agency, Holt International has expanded its care for orphaned and vulnerable children as well as family strengthening services including education, safe housing, nourishing food, community advocacy, and job skills training that help empower parents with the tools and resources they need to independently care for their children. (Photo credit, by Brian Campbell)
Glenda Gordon, Leonard Bernhardt, Debbie Francis.
Holt International strives to keep families together in times of poverty, war, illness, political instability, and more. Through donations and sponsors, Holt is able to provide programs such as education, job skills training, safe housing, hygiene, medical care, etc. These programs give families the empowerment and support to become self-sufficient. Holt also provides the highest level of care for children who have been orphaned, abandoned, or separated from their families. They have experts available that provide medical, nutritional, educational, and psychosocial services that are tailored to fit every child’s individual needs. In 2018 alone, Holt has helped over 255,024 children to thrive in the care of their families, gave life-changing care to 13,981 orphans and children without families, and helped over 602 children join families through adoption.
Here is an adoption story from Holt International:
More about Holt International:
Holt International seeks a world where every child has a loving and secure home. Since Holt’s founding in 1956, the organization has worked towards its vision through programs that strengthen and preserve families that are at risk of separation; by providing critical care and support to orphaned and vulnerable children; and by leading the global community in finding families for children who need them and providing the pre-and post-adoption support and resources they need to thrive. Always, Holt focuses on each child’s unique needs —keeping the child’s best interest at the forefront of every decision. For more information visit www.holtinternational.org
Portland, OR. With hubs around the city instead of just around OMSI, thousands more people are taking in the 3rd Annual Portland Winter Light Festival than in past years. One eye-catching display called FORM was outside the WeWork Custom House at 220 NW 8th Ave. More than 100 illuminated installations, artists, performers and events brightened the Portland cityscape. The festival is an activity of local nonprofit The Willamette Light Brigade.
The free, all-ages festival February 1-3 expanded to its largest footprint yet, featuring illuminated art installations, live performances, and interactive activities designed to unite the community during the darkest time of the year. (Cosmic Space Worm by Tyler FuQua at Hub B.)
* All events are free!
* Limited parking at most Hubs. Ride the Portland Streetcar for FREE after 5pm Feb 1-3, 2018, or enjoy complimentary rides on the Portland Spirit River Cruises. Boat rides are about 45 minutes; walking between Hub A and B is about 20 minutes.
The 2018 Portland Winter Light Festival is presented by Portland General Electric (PGE) and powered by PGE renewable energy.
Drawing interest and recognition from across the region, the expanded 2018 artist roster showcases talent almost exclusively from the Pacific Northwest. In just its third year, the festival has already established itself as a regional attraction for artists and visitors due to the dazzling and unique installations and family friendly atmosphere.
Highlighted new offerings for 2018:
Significant expansion to sites throughout Portland, including dedicated festival hubs
at OMSI, PGE Headquarters/World Trade Center (downtown), the North Park Blocks including PNCA, and Cathedral Park (St. Johns)
Artworks such as Tyler FuQua’s Cosmic Space Worm (30-foot-long segmented aluminum worm
built on 5 adult tricycles), Tron Pong blacklight ping-pong by James “JT” Thompson, and Light Gardening/A Robot at Play by Richard Miner (a large robot tending a fiber-optic garden)
Stories Around the Fire, presented by former Live Wire host Courtenay Hameister around a fire sculpture
Light Showcase performing arts programming at the World Trade Center Plaza featuring
BodyVox dance company and others
Tesla coil demonstrations at the Oregon Rail Heritage Center
“The Portland Winter Light Festival has already become a favorite wintertime destination for the Portland community,” Chris Herring, Artistic Director of Portland Winter Light Festival said. “Nothing showcases that more than our ability to bring in artists and performers from around the region and expand the footprint of this year’s festival to neighborhoods well beyond anything we’ve been able to do before.”
Popular festival events returning in 2018:
Artworks such as Flamethrower Chandelier by Ryan Ramage, and a 50-foot-tall steel dragon that shoots flames titled Homage to Trogdor by Ivan McLean
Complimentary rides on the Portland Spirit and Sternwheeler, with performances by the
Portland Opera and others
Light Science Talks educational series
Silent Disco headphones dance party
Details for the 3rd Annual Portland Winter Light Festival:
Where: OMSI, PGE Headquarters/World Trade Center, PNCA, Cathedral Park, and more. See citywide festival map for exact locations.
When: 6pm-11pm, February 1-3, 2018 (Thursday through Saturday nights). Cost: Free.
How to get there: Free transportation available to most sites. The Portland Streetcar will once again offer free rides on all routes after 5pm on every night of the event. All installations along TriMet bus routes and limited parking available near all hubs.
**For complete artist listings, programming, and schedules, visit www.pdxwlf.com.
About the Portland Winter Light Festival
The Portland Winter Light Festival (PDXWLF) is Portland’s premier outdoor winter arts event that transforms, illuminates and animates Portland’s nighttime urban landscape. Inspired by light festivals around the world, PDXWLF showcases unique light-based art, community installations and performance, engaging Portland’s diverse communities and creating opportunities for artists, designers, creatives and makers to collectively expand the boundaries of art, performance and technology in our region. The third year of the festival will take place at sites around Portland, Oregon from February 1-3, 2018.
Portland, OR. More than 100 illuminated installations, artists, performers and events will brighten the Portland cityscape this February during the 2018 Portland Winter Light Festival presented by Portland General Electric (PGE) and powered by PGE renewable energy. The free, all-ages festival February 1-3 will expand to its largest footprint yet, featuring illuminated art installations, live performances, and interactive activities designed to unite the community during the darkest time of the year. The festival is an activity of local nonprofit The Willamette Light Brigade.
The Portland Winter Light Festival has had all kinds of attractions over the past two years.
The Portland Spirit Lights were created by Mark LaPierre.
This community-wide festival & celebration illuminates the city’s public spaces with installations by premier light artists and designers.
The festival is presented by and powered by PGE renewable energy.
Drawing interest and recognition from across the region, the expanded 2018 artist roster showcases talent almost exclusively from the Pacific Northwest. In just its third year, the festival has already established itself as a regional attraction for artists and visitors due to the dazzling and unique installations and family friendly atmosphere. The Portland Winter Light Festival is hosted by OMSI and the Portland Spirit as an activity of the Willamette Light Brigade.
Growing beyond the festival’s original central footprint at OMSI, this year the over 100 artists, performers, and creators will have work presented at four creative art hubs throughout the entire city.
Highlighted new offerings for 2018:
Significant expansion to sites throughout Portland, including dedicated festival hubs
at OMSI, PGE Headquarters/World Trade Center (downtown), the North Park Blocks including PNCA, and Cathedral Park (St. Johns)
Artworks such as Tyler FuQua’s Cosmic Space Worm (30-foot-long segmented aluminum worm
built on 5 adult tricycles), Tron Pong blacklight ping-pong by James “JT” Thompson, and Light Gardening/A Robot at Play by Richard Miner (a large robot tending a fiber-optic garden)
Stories Around the Fire, presented by former Live Wire host Courtenay Hameister around a fire sculpture
Light Showcase performing arts programming at the World Trade Center Plaza featuring
BodyVox dance company and others
Tesla coil demonstrations at the Oregon Rail Heritage Center
“The Portland Winter Light Festival has already become a favorite wintertime destination for the Portland community,” Chris Herring, Artistic Director of Portland Winter Light Festival said. “Nothing showcases that more than our ability to bring in artists and performers from around the region and expand the footprint of this year’s festival to neighborhoods well beyond anything we’ve been able to do before.”
Popular festival events returning in 2018:
Artworks such as Flamethrower Chandelier by Ryan Ramage, and a 50-foot-tall steel dragon that shoots flames titled Homage to Trogdor by Ivan McLean
Complimentary rides on the Portland Spirit and Sternwheeler, with performances by the
Portland Opera and others
Light Science Talks educational series
Silent Disco headphones dance party
Details for the 3rd Annual Portland Winter Light Festival:
Where: OMSI, PGE Headquarters/World Trade Center, PNCA, Cathedral Park, and more. See citywide festival map for exact locations.
When: 6pm-11pm, February 1-3, 2018 (Thursday through Saturday nights). Cost: Free.
How to get there: Free transportation available to most sites. The Portland Streetcar will once again offer free rides on all routes after 5pm on every night of the event. All installations along TriMet bus routes and limited parking available near all hubs.
**For complete artist listings, programming, and schedules, visit www.pdxwlf.com.
About the Portland Winter Light Festival
The Portland Winter Light Festival (PDXWLF) is Portland’s premier outdoor winter arts event that transforms, illuminates and animates Portland’s nighttime urban landscape. Inspired by light festivals around the world, PDXWLF showcases unique light-based art, community installations and performance, engaging Portland’s diverse communities and creating opportunities for artists, designers, creatives and makers to collectively expand the boundaries of art, performance and technology in our region. The third year of the festival will take place at sites around Portland, Oregon from February 1-3, 2018.
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