Events

Join us June 9, 2012 for the Union for Kids Events

Events

Attend one of our events to help the kids at Doernbecher Children's Hospital. Doernbechers has delivered hope and healing to families from throughout Oregon and Southwest Washington since 1926. Established in Portland as a teaching hospital affiliated with what is now Oregon Health & Science University, Doernbecher was the region's first full-service children's medical center. Today, Doernbecher still provides the area's most comprehensive range of family-centered pediatric healthcare services, including the area's most advanced specialty care. And as the primary center for OHSU's pediatric programs, Doernbecher is a national leader in research and the education of tomorrow's pediatric specialists.

Unions for Kids Annual Date for Doernbecher		Join up with Unions for Kids for a fun evening out helping the kids at Doernbecher Children's Hospital. Eat, drink and be merry.
		When - December Where - The Original Roadhouse Grill, Gresham. OR The Roadhouse donates 20% of the total bill to Unions for Kids. The hospitality and food are awesome. Last year the event included Mr. Norman Sylvester, “the Original Northwest Boogie Cat”. He and his musical quartet donated their time and talent to provide some engaging blues. Proceeds of sales of his autographed original music CDs went towards studio sessions for 16 new original songs in the works. Mr. Sylvester, a member of Musicians Local 99, was inducted into the Oregon Music Hall of Fame on October 8, 2011. Read more and hear his music at the Norman Sylvester Web Site.
Unions for Kids Annual Motorcycle Run and Chili Cook-off		Join us June 9th for a day of fun helping the kids at Doernbecher Children's Hospital. These events are held at IBEW Local Union 48 at 15937 NE Airport Way, Portland Oregon.
		2012 Harley Davidson Raffle June 9th - IBEW Local 48, 15937 NE Airport Way, Portland,OR - Drawing starts at approximately 4:00 p.m. following the Poker Run For only $10 enter our raffle for a new Harley Davidson motorcycle retail valued at $19,989. In our 2011 event the winner of the Harley Davidson Heritage Softail Classic was raffle ticket holder #3131, Brian Raburn of Portland, a friend of IBEW Local Union 48 Vice President Gary Young. The retail value of the motorcycle was $19,949.

		Motorcycle Poker Run June 9th - IBEW Local 48, 15937 NE Airport Way, Portland,OR - Registration: 9:00 to 10:30 a.m. You pay a $10 registration fee and receive a document to record the playing cards you receive at 4 checkpoints along an 75 mile poker run route. You may also purchase 2 extra cards for $5 each at the start and end of the route for a total of 7 cards. Bikes return to starting location before 2:45 p.m. and the high and low poker hands each receive a prize of $100. In our 2011 event the poker run winners were IBEW member Larry George who gathered up five aces for the high hand, and UA member Bob Sundstrom who won the low hand presenting a 1-2-3-4-5 wheel.

		Raffles June 9th - IBEW Local 48, 15937 NE Airport Way, Portland,OR - Raffling begins at 3:00 p.m We have a Vendor Prize Raffle where you may buy $1 or $5 tickets for a chance at winning prizes donated by various retail and service businesses. The $5 raffle is a "Winner’s Choice" raffle where the holder of the winning ticket chooses one from several higher value prizes! We have a "50-50" Drawing where participants buy $1 tickets to enter the drawing. One ticket drawn, the winner receives one-half of the total ticket sales for that event, the other half goes to the Doernbecher Foundation. IBEW Local 48 member Rick Flores and wife Gwen won $505 with the winning 50/50 raffle ticket in our 2011 events. And a Silent auction which is held without an auctioneer. Place your bids on sheets of paper at the auction items. Highest bidder takes the prize home! In our 2011 events, IBEW & United Workers Federal Credit Union employee Rob Williamson won the silent auction for the Hamer "Slammer" strat guitar donated by MIR Music and autographed by John Kay and Steppenwolf with a winning bid of $950.

		Chili Cook-off We have up to five entries from different trades. Tasting is free; the taster then deposits a chip in cans numbered corresponding to number of each entry. The winner receives a plaque which is inscribed with the name and Local number of the winning entry. Sheet Metal Local 16 member Tony Kriss cooked up the winning batch of chili in the cook-off in our 2011 Chili Cook-off event.

		Vendor Spaces Browse around and see what the Unions for Kids vendors have to offer and grab a bite to eat; hot dogs, hamburgers, soda, more and of course chili!

		Other Events Surprise events are common at the Unions for Kids Events. The 2007 event displayed the Union Yes racecar; 2008 event featured Hood River Waterplay windsurfing simulator. Rose City Scale Racing is present with their remote controlled race car competition!