2009 Banquet & Auction

Hope & Opportunity was in the air Friday, November 13, as over 240 guests gathered at The Mill Casino – Hotel to enjoy an evening to “Go GREEN for Kids!” The Boys & Girls Club of Southwestern Oregon’s Annual Banquet & Auction For Kids. The Club’s largest annual fundraiser raised over $140,000 to help fund afterschool programs for area youth

The event featured a silent auction, dinner, exciting live auction and a special presentation to Lifetime Board Member, A.W. “Bill” Sweet. Emcee and auctioneer John Curley, a former Seattle Evening Magazine host, served as the event’s host. Durel Kirby encouraged guests to participate in the “Sponsor a Child” program with an inspirational speech about the Club’s new family counseling program. The highlight of the evening was the induction of Bill Sweet to the Club’s Wall of Honor by Walter “Smiley” Jones.

The live auction featured many exciting items again this year, including dinners specially prepared by the Bay Area Chef’s Association, Oregon Culinary Institute and the ever-popular Progressive Dinner. Specialty items included a premium wine package, made up of twelve wines from Club Board Member’s personal cellars and a trip to Napa Valley wine country. The highlighted item of the evening was the Illinois River Getaway, a weekend trip to Bill & Evelyn Sweet’s cabin near Agness, Oregon.

The Annual Banquet & Auction is the signature fundraising event for the Boys & Girls Club of Southwestern Oregon. Corporate Sponsors for the evening were Al Peirce Company, Coos Head Forest Products, Jordan Cove Energy Project, Oregon Resources Corporation, Southport Forest Products and West Coast Contractors.

CORPORATE SPONSORS AL PEIRCE COMPANY		TABLE SPONSORS JIM & AUDREY ALBAUGH CONRAD WOOD PRESERVING DB WESTERN DOCS IPA ROGER & DENISE GOULD JIM & SUE GRAVES DR. STEPHAN GROTH NORM HILL FINANCIAL SERVICES HOUGH, MACADAM & WARTNIK, CPA's KNIFE RIVER MATERIALS KNUTSON TOWBOAT THE MILL CASINO - HOTEL NORTH BEND MEDICAL CENTER O'BRYAN ADVANCED DENTISTRY PEPSI PONY VILLAGE MALL SAUSE BROS. OCEAN TOWING CO. STUNTZNER ENGINEERING & FORESTRY SWEET FAMILY UMPQUA BANK US BANK