August 19, 1992...The Portland Ubsvrvei ...Page 3
Drexler Autographs
Net $2,046 For
Children’s Hospitals
Beaver Baseball
Game To Benefit
Hopewell House
The autograph o f T rail Blazers star
Clyde Drexler netted $2,046 fo r pediat
ric programs at three Oregon hospitals
recently.
Drexler signed 13 issues o f the
May 11,1992, sports Illustrated maga
zine featuring D rexler and Chicago
B u lls’ Michael Jordan. The two stars
went head-to-head during the 1992
N B A playoffs and played together this
summer on the U.S. O lym pic team.
The autographed magazines were
displayed at each o f 13 A V IA Clyde
D rexler Fan club stations located at G.I.
Joe’s stores throughout Oregon. G.I.
Joe’ s is the exclusive A V IA Clyde
Drexler Fan C ub headquarters.
The highest bid o f the silent auc
tion was $301, subm itted by W a lt
Harms,, manager o f the G .I. Joe’ s
Medford store.
Doembecher C hildren’ s Hospital
in Portland w ill receive $1,595. The
pediatric unit at Sacred Heart General
Hospital in Eugene w ill receive $150,
and the $301 high bid w ill go to the
pediatric unit at Rogue V alley Medical
Center.
“ Dollars like this make a real d if
ference for children at Doembecher
and at the other children’ s hospitals,”
said John Stuart M ay, director o f the
Doembecher Children’s Hospital Foun
dation. “ W e’ re delighted to be associ
ated w ith Clyde Drexler, A V IA and
G.I. Joe’s
On August 19, 1992 at Portland
civic Stadium, the Portland Beavers
take on Vancouver, B.C. in a night
game, with proceeds to benefit Hopewell
House, a care fa c ility fo r the gravely
and term inally ill.
Co-sponsors o f the event, along
w ith the Beavers, are Subway Sand
wiches and Oldies 106.7 F M -K M X I
Radio in Portland. Coupons are being
distributed through Subway outlets and
through area churches. They allow the
bearer to exchange the coupon for an
adult general admission ticket, on the
day o f the event, fo r the price o f $4.50
each. C hildren, accompanied by a pay
ing adult, are free!
For each paying adult who uses a
coupon, Hopewell House w ill receive a
m inim um o f $1.00 per ticke t sold.
Hopewell House is a program o f Ecu
menical M inistries o f Oregon.” Thanks
to the generous support o f our C o
sponsors, this is an outstanding oppor
tunity fo r baseball fans to come out,
enjoy a Beavers’ game, and financially
supportour Hopewell House at the same
tim e!” said the Reverend Rodney I.
Page, Executive Director o f Ecumeni
cal M inistries o f Oregon.
“ We encourage everyone w ith an
interest in baseball fun to turn out on
August 19. Game-time is 7:05 in the
evening!”
An added bonus for coupon hold
ers: each w ill be eligible to enter a
drawing for a classic 1965 Ford Mus
tang. The car w ill be given away by
Damerow Ford, in a promotion w ith
K M X I Radio, this September.
“ W e’ d love to see 10,000 or more
fans come to the game,” said the Rev
erend Page. “ And remember: kids are
free w ith a paying adult!”
A d vertise
United Way to
kick off 1992
Fund Drive
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SEPTEMBER 7, 1992
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United Way o f the C o lu m b ia -W il
lamette w ill kick o ff its campaign to
raise $21.5 m illio n for com m unity wide
health and human care program s
Wednesday, Aug. 26, from noon to 1
p.m.,at Waterfront Park near the Salmon
Street Springs.
“ This campaign is the largest and
most important human-service fund
drive in Oregon and Southwest Wash
ington,” said Campaign ’ 92 Chairmen
Roger Brcczley, chairman o f the board,
U.S. Bancorp.
K IN K radio’ s Les Sarnoff w ill
emcee this public celebration. The
brown-bagevent w ill feature li veenter-
tainment by the Rose C ity Banjolicrs
and C o lu m b ia R iv e r G ir l S cout
C ou ncil’s Double Dutch Jump Rope
Group and Sisters ‘ N M otion dance and
d rill team. Other features include a
fireboat on the W illam ette R iver and
displays by many local United Way
agencies, including Y W C A o f Portland
and V irgin ia Garcia M em orial Health
Center.
Nearly 100 agencies in the Port-
land/Vancouver area, providing every
thing from in-home services for the
elderly to counseling and rewarding
activities for troubled teens, w ill ben
e fit from the fa ll campaign.
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