Turning 20 in 2012- Post-Party Wrap
SOS Nicole Cordan, Keen CEO James Curleigh, & Rep Jules BaileyOn Thursday, April 19, we celebrated our 20th anniversary at the KEEN Footwear headquarters in Portland, OR, and we had so much fun.
Guests were able to purchase Klean Kanteen cups featuring our 20th anniversary logo. They were also able to enter to win some fabulous raffle prizes, enjoy some humorous games and activities (featuring cornhole with our plush salmon), and sign their names in support of action for wild salmon.
A short program featured some great words from Rebecca Miles of the Nez Perce Tribe, KEEN CEO James Curleigh, State Representative Jules Bailey, author Steven Hawley, and Chief of Fisheries for the State of Oregon, Ed Bowles.
All in all, over 200 salmon supporters attended and a few thousand dollars were raised. The funds will be applied towards our anniversary fundraising goal of $50,000.
Jessica and Lisa from Mother's BistroHuge thanks to Lisa Schroeder and Jessica at Mother's Bistro for the delicious Wild Salmon Hash and Smoked Salmon Mac and Cheese. Lisa is a longtime supporter of wild salmon restoration and has been very active with SOS in recent months. You'll want to own her book.
Special thanks go out to our new friends Natsumi Shimabayashi and Amanda Sullivan at Portland City Grill for their mouth-watering appetizers.
Beverages were provided by Sarah-Jane and the great people at Lagunitas Brewing, Nik Blosser at Sokol Blosser and Chinook Book/Celilo Media, and Anne Hubatch at Helioterra Wines.
The party would also not have happened without the following people:
Everyone at KEEN - Kirsten, Jen, James: you guys just totally rock
THE Rebecca Miles of the Nez Perce Tribe
Representative Jules Bailey - leadership and MC skills
State Senator Jackie Dingfelder
Mr Steve Hawley - all you need to know about our work can be found in his great book
Jeff Cresswell, Scott Rolfson and the make-it-work crew at Klean Kanteen
Our dear, dear friends at Patagonia and Osprey Packs
Liz Hamilton and the Northwest Sportfishing Industry Association
Meagan Nuchols and everyone at Bob's Red Mill
Leo Rivera and Bishop's Barbershop
The lovely staff at Circa 33
Patrick Keener at GSI Outdoors
Wallace Books of Sellwood
The staff at the Grocery Outlet
Mitch Harris at Fisherman Eyewear
Emily Nuchols at Under Solen Media
Jim Sandberg aka DJ Jimbo
Chris Barnes from Columbia Distributing for helping fix the taps when the beer got too foamy.
Our fabulous intern Michael Jacobs
All of our wonderful volunteers: Robin, Deena, Erica, Doug, Alex, Alan, Jon B, John M., Kelly, and James
From all of us at Save Our wild Salmon: thank you and we hope to see you soon!
Check out additional images from the party on our Facebook page.
Bobby from SOS, Author Steven Hawley, and Michelle DeHart
