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Welcome
to
BearTown
16
If you live in Portland, you know three things about the city. The men are hot, masculine, lumberjack type bears who know how to have a good time.
Everyone seems to be laid back, patient, and friendly. There seem to be bridges everywhere! Portland is known locally as Bridgetown because of its many
historic bridges. It has more bridges than Boston, Chicago, and Los Angeles combined. There are more bridges here than in San Francisco, New Orleans,
or our neighbor Seattle Each bridge is a welcome portal for bears, cubs, otters, and all other forms of wildlife from around the world to the 16th year of
Beartown weekend. Let loose and join us for a weekend party you'll never forget. There are many activities this year, from the tamest to some of the more
adventurous, there are activities for everyone A highlight will be the Mr. Oregon Bear and Mr. Oregon Cub Contest. And that's just a start.
What is
BEARTOWN?
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BearTown is an annual weekend bear run
organized and held by Oregon Bears, Inc.
This event began in 1996 as"Beards and
Roses" when the very first Mr. Oregon Bear
contest was held. In 2002, to avoid
confusion with the annual Portland Rose
Festival and to be more inclusive, the event's
name, "Beards and Roses," was officially
changed to "BeorTown." A new theme is
introduced every year giving each year's
BearTown event a unique character.
Our HISTORY
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The Oregon Bears is a fraternal, social and
service organization committed to organizing
events and activities that provide for the social
enjoyment and camaraderie of its members, as
well as providing resources (financial and
otherwise) to selected charitable organizations.
Though the Bear Movement is primarily based
on an easy going and natural definition of gay
masculinity, The Oregon Bears has always been
inclusive and welcomes individuals from all
walks of life. Founded in November 1995 with
just 13 members, it has now grown to over 500
members and is one of the largest Bear clubs in
the nation.
President's MESSAGE
This year the Beartown committee chose The
Sexual & Gender Minority Youth Resource
Center as beneficiary of the funds raised from
our Beartown events. SMYRC provides a safe,
supervised, harassment-free, and alcohol- and
drug-free space for sexual minority youth 23
and younger. Youth gather to participate in
positive activities like art, music, community
organizing, youth development, education,
peer support, support groups, case
management, counseling, and job readiness
preparation.
Watch for opportunities throughout the
weekend to help us raise funds for this fine
organization: Sunday Bingo with the Sisters,
raffle ticket sales, direct donations, silent
auction, a massage therapist, the Bear
Market, and many more events contribute
directly to SMYRC and its work.
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The Jupiter Hotel is proud to be the BearTown
host hotel for the third year in a row.
This mid-century, renovated motor-inn-turned-
boutique-hotel located in the midst of shops
and restaurants (check out the famous Doug
Fir), is just minutes aw ay from Downtown
Portland, and will serve as the home base
and main venue for this year's event.
The C O M M I I T T E E
Brent M a rr, O r e g o n B e a rs, Inc.
Hello and welcome to BearTown 16 • Bears
in Bridgetown! I can't believe it's here
alreadyl It's been an eventful year since
we Released the Beast at last years Growl
and now it's time once again for Portland
and the Oregon Bears to shine. I can't tell
you how proud I am to be the new President
of the largest and the best Bear Club in the
country. We're all about fun during BearTown
but this event is all about giving too. So take
the time to learn a little bit about this year's
beneficiary SMYRC and dig deep, it feels
good. I'd like to thank the dynamic, amazing,
and tireless team of Mr. Oregon Bear 2010
Don James and Mr. Oregon Cub 2010 Corey
Fortuna. All I can say is the incoming
titleholders have very big shoes to fill. Thank
you for coming to our event, I'm sure you'll
have a great time; the BearTown Committee
worked very hard to make it happen.
Our HOST HOTEL
DESCHUTES
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BREWERY
Buckley Jeppson - Co-Chair
Danny Dickson - Co-Chair
Andy Mangels
AndyTygart
Andrew Mcllrath
Bennie Tan
Brent Marr
Corey Fortuna
Don James
George Rogers
Johnney Cub
Mike Bailey
Mike Kreszak
Jd Liggins
Jerry J Payton Brown
Steven Worth
BEAR MARKE T
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