Portland, November 16th. Hundreds of supporters came to toast the 25th Anniversary of CARES Northwest with a festive gala at Leftbank Annex. CARES Northwest is a medically-based child abuse assessment and intervention program which served 4792 children in 2011. (Photo credit, Andie Petkus) Each year, thousands of children in Oregon face physical and sexual abuse, neglect and/or domestic violence. Before CARES was founded, if children were physically or sexually abused they had to tell their painful story again and again and again. CARES brings together all agencies involved for one evaluation.
CARES Board Member Randi Reiten helped organize the event, Patrick Reiten is president and CEO of major sponsor Pacific Power at PacifiCorp. Kevin Dowling is the CARES Northwest Program Manager.
George J. Brown, MD, Chief Executive Officer of Legacy, Dr. Molly Burchell, David Fuller, Carla Harris and Barbara Young
The night included a tribute to Michael D. Schrunk, Multnomah County District Attorney since 1981 and was instrumental in the development of CARES Northwest. Michael D. Schrunk was honored by Rod Underhill who will replace him as District Attorney when Schrunk retires at the end of the year.
For the past 25 years, CARES Northwest has served as a community-based medical program for the assessment, treatment and prevention of child abuse. The program combines the collaborative forces of four of the region’s leading health systems—Kaiser Permanente, OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, Providence Health & Services and Randall Children’s Hospital at Legacy Emanuel.
“Since opening our doors in 1987, we have served nearly 30,000 children in our medical clinic, and have triaged almost twice that many referrals,” said Kevin Dowling, CARES Northwest program manager. “Most of the children we see are 12 years and younger, with sexual abuse and physical abuse being the most common reasons for referral.
“The need is great and our program is committed to serving all children, regardless of their family’s ability to pay. CARES Northwest relies on generous contributions from the community to ensure our most vulnerable patients receive care.”
The evening included the announcement of a the raffle of a one of a kind retro designer Nike, more details to follow…
Sarah Schrott, David Rubin, Marlys Pierson and Don Girard
Ron van Dongen, Charlotte Reisen, Dave Schrott and Alysa Rose
Chloe Houser from PDX TV was the enthusiastic emcee.
Stephanie and Kevin Lynch are longtime supporters of CARES and were the top bidders for a beautiful handmade quilt.
Scott Taylor, Patrick Reiten, Annie Duden and Phil Iosca
Vibrant Table created the great dinner and the night ended with dancing to soul music.
Portland Society Page was proud to be the media sponsor of the CARES Northwest 25th Anniversary
Presenting Sponsor: Pacific Power
Anniversary Sponsors: Epic Systems Corp.
Philip Iosca and Anne Duden
OHSU – Doernbecher Children’s Hospital
Providence St. Vincent Medical Center
Randall Children’s Hospital at Legacy Emanuel
Smarsh
Silver Sponsors: CBRE Inc./Jan Bottcher
Iberdrola Renewables, Inc.
Dan Leonhardt, M.D. and Kathy Kroeger
Kaiser Permanente Northwest
Leila Keltner and Kevin Dowling
Debby Kernan and Paul Angello
Knowledge Universe
Allison Rhodes
David Rubin
Daniel Staton
Wells Fargo
Photography Sponsor: OnPoint Community Credit Union ($1,000)
Portland, October 27th. Nike and OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital unveiled the 2012 Doernbecher Freestyle Collection at a charity gala. Kate Ehlen was the winning bidder of Autumn’s Nike Air Max 90 shoes. (Photo credit, Izzy Ventura) Over 500 people joined the celebration at the Portland Art Museum. Here’s the Nike website for the collection: www.nike.com/the-doernbecher-freestyle
The Doernbecher Freestyle IX designers unveil their shoes at a VIP Reception for families prior to the event. From left to right, Chad Berg, Finnigan Mooney, Kylie Bell, Autumn Boynton, Grant Olsen and Oswaldo Jimenez. Photo credit: Caitlin Carlson
Each of the six 2012 Doernbecher Freestyle designers took the stage with their Nike designers to unveil their designs. Each pair (signed by Lebron James) was auctioned off to the highest bidder, which raised $600,000. Nike also presented Doernbecher with $890,000 for the sales of last year’s shoes. The Limited Edition Doernbecher Collection shoes will be sold at www.nike.com and at Nike retail locations beginning November 30th. To date, the program has raised more than $4 million.
Doernbecher Foundation Board President Kelly Johnson with his wife Rebecca and kids. Photo credit: Michael Schmitt
Doug McCaslin, Mary Turina, Dr. Rozansky & Henry Hillman photo: Doernbecher Foundation Executive Director Mary Turina with Doernbecher’s David Rozansky, MD, PhD and Henry Hillman, Jr. Photo credit: Michael Schmitt
Nike’s Lee Banks poses with Doernbecher Freestyle IX designer Finnigan Mooney, OHSU President Joe Robertson, MD, MBA and Nike’s Elliott Hill
Event sponsors Kevin & Geni Director with guests of D.A. Davidson. Photo credit: Michael Schmitt
Nike’s Lee Banks, Michael Doherty and Steve Kays. Photo credit: Caitlin Carlson
Doernbecher Foundation Board Member & Ziba Founder and President Sohrab Vossoughi with his wife Haleh, Don & Alicia Morrisette and other guests. Ziba was a sponsor of the event. Photo credit: Michael Schmitt
Doernbecher Freestyle was created in 2004 when Michael Doherty, Nike’s Creative Director of Global Brand Presentations and Doernbecher Foundation board member, was talking to his son, Connor, about ways to raise money for the Hospital. Connor had the idea of having Nike create shoes and sell them to raise funds. Michael then invited one of Nike’s shoe designers to take a tour of the hospital to inspire him to design a pair of shoes for Doernbecher. It was designer Marcus Tayui’s vision to see patients design the shoes with the proceeds benefiting the hospital that in many cases has saved their lives. Now in its ninth year, this extraordinary program has raised over $4 million for the hospital, which uses the funds for everything from clinical programs and hospital construction to providing care for uninsured children.
Portland, October 29th. Phil & Penny Knight’s contributions to Oregon were feted with enthusiasm by the 600 supporters at the Architecture Foundation of Oregon’s 20th annual Honored Citizen Dinner. (Photo credit, Andie Petkus) While the Knights were not in attendance, many paid tribute including: Brian Druker, MD, director of the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, David L. Kennedy, Senior Associate Vice President for Development, Stanford University, Robert L. Thompson, FAIA, founding principal of TVA Architecture. KOIN’s Jeff Gianola captured Phil Knight’s thoughts regarding the couple’s philanthropy and how their giving priorities impact design – particularly at the Matthew Knight Arena, the John E. Jaqua Center for Student Athletes, and the Knight Management Center at Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
Wilson W. Smith, III, Nike designer and AFO board member; Dean Frances Bronet, University of Oregon School of Architecture & Allied Arts; Jeff Thiede, event chair, Chairman, Oregon Electric Construction Group; Robert Packard, Hon. AIA, Managing Partner, ZGF Architects, LLP
University of Oregon sponsored table guests join in the creative spirit of the evening
A special stage set and table décor were designed by Owen William Fritts, an architect-turned-artist/environmental advocate who has worked with Nike on the Project Red campaign to fight AIDS. He created the installation from locally foraged fir and apple bows, interlaced with red shoe laces from Nike. Inspired by the Knights’ legacy of creativity, audience members got into the act by completing their table centerpieces – copper wire and red shoe lace structures showing some amazing creativity.
Owen William Fritts, creator of the stage set and table decorations, inspired by the Knights’ love of Oregon
AFO Volunteer Elizabeth Lockwood and event guest, Brook Wyntergreen, KPFF Consulting Engineers
From sculptors to public officials to captains of industry, the Knight’s join an exemplary list of Oregonians who have been honored by afo in the past 20 years, including: The Oregon Community Foundation, Cycle Oregon, developer/philanthropists John Gray and Bob Gerding, Senator Mark O. Hatfield and Congressman Earl Blumenauer, urban naturalist Mike Houck, architects Pietro Belluschi, FAIA and Robert J. Frasca, FAIA, artists Ed Carpenter, Tom Hardy and Leroy Setziol, and landscape architect, Barbara Fealy, FASLA.
The evening was supported by a who’s who of industry firms: Event Sponsor, Daily Journal of Commerce; Sustaining Sponsor, Hoffman Construction Company; Supporting Sponsors, Gerding Edlen, Glumac, Howard S. Wright, Skanska, Turner Construction, University of Oregon and ZGF Architects, LLP; 36 Table Sponsors and 13 Supporting Table Sponsors.
The evening raised $160,000 for afo programs and services, including the Architects in Schools program. This school year, 2,400 students and their teachers in the Portland metro area, Central Oregon, Eugene and Salem/Keizer will participate in the six-week residency. The AiS program introduces students to design, it´s process, application and impact on their daily lives; it places architects in the classroom, providing workplace awareness to students; it provides teachers a curriculum that helps them fulfill state learning goals through design education so that visual arts are not an “extra” but a way to teach core subjects; and it provides this all free of charge to the schools so it is available to as many students and schools as possible. Plans to develop a program for the Medford area were begun at a September meeting with representatives of afo and AIA/Southern Oregon.
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