events

2012 Benefit Dinner & Auction

We are proud to officially announce the 5th annual Kyla McCullough Gift Fund Benefit Dinner & Auction. This year's benefit will be held on April 14th, 2012 starting at 5pm at the Red Lion Hotel - Jantzen Beach, in Portland, Oregon. The evening includes dinner, a silent and oral auction, and will feature entertainment by local musicians. Proceeds from this event will be used to support local charities and families that are affected by pediatric cancer. When you register, roughly 40% of the proceeds will be going directly to the Kyla McCullough Gift Fund, and thus are eligible as a tax deduction for you.

The Red Lion is an excellent venue for our event as it offers our guests easy access from I-5, free parking, is disability friendly, a beautiful view of the scenic Columbia River from our event ballroom, physical access to the Columbia River (along with a dock to tie up your boat for you water lovers), and being a hotel they of course have rooms for guests that would like to stay overnight.

The Red Lion Hotel - Jantzen Beach is located at:
909 N. Hayden Island Drive
Portland, Oregon 97217

FAQ

How do I register?

To register for the 2012 Benefit Dinner & Auction you can either register online, or register through the mail. If you would like to help us out and in return get free registration for you and a guest, you may also want to consider the K.I.D. Program. If you need more information, please email us at registration@kmgf.org.

A. Register Online

To register for our event online, please fill out the form below and click the "Order Now" button. To offer this option, we are making use of two proven services, Eventbrite (a service for registering participants in an event) and PayPal (an industry-leading payment processing service). When you submit your event registration online you will be taken to the Eventbrite website where you will be asked for details about each person you are registering. After that page you will be taken to PayPal where you can provide information to process your payment. Finally, you will be brought back to our website upon your successful registration. There are no tickets to print...after registering, just show up on April 14th ready for a great time.

NOTE: When registering online, there is a listed service fee that is charged per registration. This fee is charged by Eventbrite for providing their registration service, not by the Kyla McCullough Gift Fund. If you would prefer to not pay this fee, you can always register by mail.

B. Register By Mail

To register for our event by mail, please download the registration form, fill it out, and mail it to our address: P.O. Box 906, Oregon City, Oregon 97045.

How much does registration cost?

Registration for the 2012 Benefit Dinner & Auction costs $50 per person.

What is the K.I.D. Program?

Our vision for The Kyla McCullough Gift Fund is for it to continue to grow, reaching new people every year. At the same time, we realize that there are a number of people with a burning desire to help contribute to the success of this organization. By introducing the K.I.D. (Kyla's Inspired Delegate) program, we are combining our vision for the fund with people's desire to help. The K.I.D. program provides the people who want to support our vision with an opportunity to directly impact the growth of the Kyla McCullough Gift Fund.

Here is how it works...anyone who desires to be a K.I.D. merely needs to get 8 people (other than themself and a guest) that have not yet attended one of our Benefit Dinner & Auction events in the past to make a reservation at this year's event. In return for your contributions, we will provide you with 2 free registrations for the evening. Becoming a K.I.D. will allow you the option of reserving a table for you and all of your guests to sit together. In addition, you will receive special recognition during the evening's program as being a K.I.D.

One of the many factors in the success of the Kyla McCullough Gift Fund is our ability to get people to come to our events. One of the most difficult things to do is to draw people that don't know us to our event...but this is where you come in. While we all share a common bond, we each have our own circles of relationships...friends at work, at church, family, neighbors, etc...an endless number of people. There may be no greater contribution that can be made to the Kyla McCullough Gift Fund than for you to bring a mere 8 people from within your circle of relationships to our Benefit Dinner & Auction.

If you are interested in becoming a K.I.D., please:

  1. Print off the K.I.D. form.
  2. Fill out the form with committments from 8 other guests to attend this year's Benefit Dinner & Auction.
  3. Collect the registration money from each of your guests. The price for each guest is $50. Make sure they make their check out to the Kyla McCullough Gift Fund.
  4. Send the completed K.I.D. form along with all of the money to our address: P.O. Box 906, Oregon City, Oregon 97045.

If you need more information, please contact us via email at registration@kmgf.org. We truly hope that people will recognize this as an opportunity to be even more intimately tied to the success and growth of The Kyla McCullough Gift Fund over time.

How can I donate an item for the auction?

We rely heavily on the support of the community to donate items, gift certificates, and services that can be sold through the auctions we hold. If you would like to make this type of donation to us, please email us at donations@kmgf.org.

We need wine!

Do you have unopened bottles of wine that you can part with? If so, we need them for our fundraising efforts at our upcoming Benefit Dinner & Auction. Our goal is to collect 100 unopened bottles of wine and we need your help! We'll take any unopened bottle of wine...from the bottle of wine that you just can't seem to get rid of, to the bottle of wine that you'd serve to good friends. If you have one or more bottles of wine that you can contribute to our efforts, just contact us through our website, email, or by phone (503.750.3211) and we'll make some arrangements to pick up your wine. As always, thank you for your ongoing support in our efforts to positively impact the lives of local children living with cancer.

What methods of payment do you accept at your event?

We gladly accept cash, check, VISA, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover.