Annual Benefit

Oregon Trout’s 25th Anniversary Benefit Dinner and Auction, The Ripple Effect, was held on Saturday, February 23, 2008. Anyone who attended will tell you that the evening was a huge success, grossing more than $300,000 and unlocking significant matching funds for StreamBank®. We were incredibly pleased that Senator Ron Wyden made time in his hectic schedule to discuss his support of our StreamBank work and its implications for local landowners and water health throughout Oregon. For the third year in a row, the Portland Art Museum’s Mark Building provided an elegant setting. Upstairs in the Kriedel Grand Ballroom guests raised their paddles for amazing trips to Belize, Maui, Montana and Mexico, as well as priceless adventure trips within Oregon. Special thanks go out to those who make this event a reality, including donors, volunteers, attendees, staff, Benita Peretz and Linda Witt from AuctionAssist, the world’s greatest auctioneer, Johnna Wells of Benefit Auctions 360, and especially our auction committee headed by chair Terry New.

Thank you to all of our corporate sponsors whose commitment made immediate ripples:

Hank and Francie Ashforth Ashforth Pacific, Inc. Columbia Sportswear Company Norm and Rickie Daniels EartH2O Formos Software Development Magaurn Video Production Morgan Stanley Pacific Crest Securities

Michael and Vivian Pohl Port of Portland Portland General Electric Respond2 Communications The Standard Insurance Company Wells Fargo Weyerhaeuser Company Yellow Dog Flyfishing Adventures

 

Mark Your Calendars for the 2009 Event - Friday, February 27th

We invite you to participate in 2009 by donating goods or services, making a monetary contribution or by joining us at the event. For more information contact Alan Horton at 503-222-9091 ext. 22. If you are interested in volunteering at the event, visit the Get Involved Calendar.

 

Oregon Trout is a 501 (c)(3) organization of the Internal Revenue Code. All gifts are tax-deductible to the full extent of the law. Proceeds from the event go to Oregon Trout’s conservation, education, and restoration efforts.