Our 40th Anniversary — What an Event!

What a fantastic time we had Saturday night!

Thank you to everyone — our attendees, our volunteers from Lewis and Clark College, the caterers at Elephant’s Deli, the audio-visual team at David Efaw Productions, the staff at Castaway Portland, photographer Nina Johnson, our Golden Ticket holders, and everyone who provided auction packages for our 40th Anniversary Event and Annual Auction. You came together and made our event a huge success!

While we’re still crunching the numbers, we also wanted to say congratulations to our auction winners who came away from the event with sensational travel and fishing packages, artwork, jewelry, books, maps, and more!

Special thanks to our auctioneer and host Debby Roth for bringing the fun with her enthusiasm and encouragement, and to longtime WaterWatch board member and event emcee Kate Wyllie.

And a very, very special thanks to all our generous event sponsors:

The event was a huge success and we’ll have more of Nina’s photos to share soon, but if you’re still interested in purchasing one of the few remaining first run prints of our 40th Anniversary Celebration event poster, contact executive director Neil Brandt for details — they’re still event-priced at $40 per print.

Thank you again for your support this weekend, over the previous 40 years, and heading into 2026! More to come as WaterWatch of Oregon continues to celebrate and commemorate its 40th anniversary!

All photos courtesy of Nina Johnson Photography.