This year's  Neighborhood House Animation Celebration was a HUGE success, raising a record $132,000!  A few pictures of the event are posted below. To check out all of the wonderful photos, go to http://petkusa.photostockplus.com/event_181279

 

We want to thank our emcee, Tom Kenny (a.k.a. Patchy the Pirate), for adding his unique brand of humor to the evening, and to our generous sponsors:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We are also grateful to AcryMed and the Entrepreneur's Foundation of the Northwest for making an extremely generous $15,000 matching gift challenge to support our special appeal.  I'm delighted to report that with the support of this challenge (which doubled $2,000 contributions and matched $1,000 gifts), a total of $19,000 was raised at these top giving levels!  This became $34,000 with AcryMed's contribution!  Our total for giving to the appeal, with AcryMed's gift, was a record-shattering $44,500!

 

 

Many thanks go to the B.O.O.M. Pirates who provided excellent entertainment throughout the event!  If you enjoyed them at Animation Celebration, you might want to check them out at the Portland Pirate Festival on September 20 & 21.  For more information, go to www.portlandpiratefestival.com.

 

Thanks to all of you who came, spent, gave and supported our event so generously!  And finally, our heartfelt thanks goes to the businesses and individuals who donated items to the auction, and to the volunteers who helped behind the scenes to bring the event to life.

 

What an extraordinary community effort!  We could not have done it without your support!

 

Thank you.

 

Rick