Unionists to bowl for Muscular Dystrophy Association on April 28
Mark your calendars and form a
team for Sunday, April 28, and the 24th
Annual Labor Bowl Challenge to ben-
efit the local Muscular Dystrophy As-
sociation (MDA).
It’s easy to get to the Sunset Lanes,
12770 SW Walker Road, Beaverton.
Registration starts at 11 a.m., with
bowling under way at noon.
Money for MDA is raised by indi-
vidual fundraising and a silent auction.
The goal is to pre-register 30 or more
four-member bowling teams represent-
ing about 20 local unions.
In addition to a fun day bowling
with fellow union members, families
and friends, there is a silent auction,
along with terrific door prizes, pizza
and soft drinks for participants. Prizes
will be awarded to the top individual
fundraiser, the man and woman with
top average score (three games), and
lowest average bowler. Also, there are
prizes for incremental levels of
fundraising.
All proceeds will benefit the local
MDA, which provides much needed
support to over 1,200 local individuals
and families living with neuromuscu-
lar diseases. Money goes to buy wheel
chairs and braces for children, as well
as medical services, research and sum-
mer camps.
Since its inception in 1989, the La-
bor Bowl — coordinated by the Na-
tional Association of Letter Carriers
(NALC) Branch 82, the Northwest
Oregon Labor Council, and other par-
ticipating Oregon labor unions — has
raised $339,721 for MDA.
For more information, or to sign up
and receive fundraising packets and in-
structions, call Jim Cook, president of
Letter Carriers Branch 82, at 503-493-
5903. To donate silent auction items,
call NALC’s MDA Coordinator Debby
Burbank at 971-404-5384.
Harley tickets now on
sale; Unions for Kids
Poker Run is June 8
Mark your calendars for Saturday,
June 8, for the 11th annual Unions for
Kids Motorcycle Poker Run & Chili
Cook-Off, a benefit for Doernbecher
Children’s Hospital.
In 10 years, the event has donated
$326,000 to the kids of Doernbecher.
In addition to the motorcycle run,
there is a raffle to win a Harley David-
son motorcycle autographed by the
Zac Brown Band. This year’s bike is a
2013 candy orange/beer bottle Her-
itage Softail Classic valued at over
$21,000.
Raffle tickets are currently on sale
for $10 each, with only 5,000 sold.
A silent auction the day of the event
will feature a guitar autographed by
rapper Snoop Dog aka, Snoop Lion.
For more information, call Lee
Duncan at 503-260-5905.
Poker tournament
for Doernbecher
slated March 16
The second annual Texas Hold’em
tournament for Doernbecher Chil-
dren’s Hospital is slated for Saturday,
March 16, at the Sheet Metal Workers
Local 16 hall in Northeast Portland.
The event is sponsored by Unions
for Kids, which also holds the annual
motorcycle poker run.
Buy-in to the card game is $50. Top
winners will receive Visa gift cards.
The amount of each card will be deter-
mined by the number of card players,
but minimums have been set at $1,000
for first place, $500 for second place,
and $250 for third place.
Drawings for a flat screen television
and other items also will take place at
the poker tournament.
For more information or to register,
contact Emmy Keever at 503-254-
0123 or e-mail her at ekeever@sheet-
metal-16.org.
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