Auction
2009 Auction Donors
Silent Auction Packages
Here is just a sampling of the great auction packages we have for your bidding pleasure this year.
PARTY LIKE IT’S 1989
Invite your friends for all the pizza you can eat from Al Forno Ferruzza and a pony keg from Captured by Porches
TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME
You and your family will enjoy the Beavers game even more while cramming your mouth full of cupcakes from Saint Cupcake.
PLATE & PITCHFORK
No need to speed dial for two spots at the July 23 Plate and Pitchfork dinner. Enjoy a wine tasting reception, farm tour and, of course, a delectable dinner al fresco prepared by one of Portland’s top chefs and showcasing local, seasonal ingredients. This experience is a foodie must!
THREE HOUR TOUR
Join skipper Arnie Polk, CPA, for a relaxing afternoon sailing on the Willamette. He’ll show you and three friends the ropes after which you can relax and enjoy your picnic lunch from Bread & Butter Lunch delivery and a bottle of Capitello Brut.
TOUR DE WILLAMETTE
The perfect combination of glory and gourmand: Enjoy a day of cycling through the Eola Hills and Mid-Willamette Valley Wine Country with wine tasting pit stops along the way. Lunch is provided and any wines you purchase will be transported back to Eola Hills Winery for you. At the end of your tour you’ll be rewarded with wine and an all you can eat BBQ.
A DAY AT THE ZOO
Plan the perfect zoo date for your kids (or just the kid in you) with sandwiches from Chop, cupcakes from Cupcake Jones and 4 tickets to the Oregon Zoo.
GOT PORK?
You and a friend will swine and dine like VIPs at next month’s Cochon 555. Cochon 555 is a culinary event featuring 5 pigs, 5 chefs, and 5 winemakers in a friendly competition for a cause. Each chef will prepare a heritage breed pig from head to toe for 200 enthusiasts. Hopefully you’ll have recovered from Taste of the Nation by then!
TOUR OF TOM DOUGLAS
Grab your honey and head North to Seattle where you will enjoy dinner at the Dahlia Lounge, a night at The Hotel Andra, breakfast at Lola, and lunch at Serious Pie. Take a break from your gastronomic gauntlet & take a stroll through the Seattle Asian Art Museum.
BODY AND SOUL
Start with Yoga Pearl in the morning and a stroll through the Chinese Gardens to find your inner calm. Continue your journey with a meal at Seres, and wrap it all up with a nice relaxing cup of Smith Teamaker Teas.
LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION!
Enjoy dinner at Davis Street Tavern and a Portland Center Stage performance at the Armory.
TASTING ROOMS
Choose your favorite wine tour & tasting offered by a variety of wineries; including, La Bete, Lange Estate Winery & Vineyards, Willamette Valley Vineyard & Montinore Estate.
Other special offerings include: a dinner for six at Genoa paired with a 3L bottle of Cristom 04 Sommers Reserve Pinot Noir, a pie a month for a year from Baker & Spice Bakery, handcrafted bread boards with gift certificates from local artisan bread companies, cooking classes, wines, and the chance for cocktail naming rights at Gruner, Mint/820 & North 45.
Silent Auction Donors
Thank you to all of our restaurant and beverage participants as well as these businesses listed below for their generous donations.
Alma Chocolate
Amelia Hard & Allison Bader
Annie Bloom’s Books
Arnie Polk
Art Heads
Artist’s Repertory Theater
Carman Ranch
Charles Fine Art Portraits
Columbia Sportswear
Eola Hills Wine Cellars
Grand Central Bakery
In Good Taste
Lan Su Chinese Garden
Little T American Bakery
Maryhill Museum of Art
Miss Zumstein
Mitchell Wines
Oregon Culinary Institute
Oregon Growers and Shippers
Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Oregon Zoo
Pearl Bakery
Peter Jacobsen Sports
Phoenix Inn Suites
Plate and Pitchfork
Portland Beavers and Timbers
Portland Center Stage
Portland Spirit
Portland Trailblazers
Powell’s Books
Seattle Art Museum
Shun Cutlery
Smith Teamaker
Steamboat Inn
SuDan Farms
Taste Network
The Allison Inn & Spa
The Joinery
Tom Douglas Restaurants
Wanderlust Tours
White Bird
Yoga Pearl
Raffle Drawing
Need to get away? Escape to wine country! This year’s raffle features a two-night stay in a deluxe king room at The Allison Inn & Spa, a gift certificate to Jory restaurant, and a tour and tasting for 6 at Anne Amie Vineyards. Valued at over $875. Some restrictions apply.
Tickets are just $5 each, or 5 for $20 and are available from our wandering raffle ticket sellers, at event check-in, the silent auction table, or our Taste of the Nation table. Tickets will be sold until 8pm, with the winner drawn at 8:15pm. You need not be present to win.
Other Opportunities
Whole Bean Coffee
$10 gets you a one pound bag of Caffé Umbria’s whole bean coffee at the Taste of the Nation table. Your $10 could provide a lunch for 100 kids this summer.
Wall of Wine
$20 will buy you a bottle of wine from the Wall of Wine, brought to you by Cork Wine Shop. The bottle will be worth at least the $20 you spend, and could be worth over $100! Stop by the Wall of Wine to test your luck. Your $20 could provide 100 lbs of food for families in need.
Restaurant Roulette
$25 allows you a spin at Restaurant Roulette. You’ll win a minimum prize of a $25 gift certificate to one of our participating restaurants and some prizes are worth anywhere from $50 to $150! Your $25 can help feed a child three healthy meals a day for one month.
