Support your community

Throughout the year, ywca clark county offers a variety of events and workshops that provide opportunities to support your community.
Our events provide educational, awareness and fundraising opportunities. Program specific workshops engage the community and focus on education and advocacy. Learn more about our workshops at individual program pages or by viewing them on our calendar.

Benefit Luncheon

September 7, 2011

The ywca annual benefit luncheon is a popular event that spotlights our programs and mission, showcases powerful testimony, and engages our community on a deeper level.

Join us Wednesday, September 7th at the Hilton Vancouver and listen to inspirational speaker and author Erin Merryn as she shares her personal story of survival and triumph and provides enlightening perspectives on keeping children safer. Seats are $40 per person or $400 for a table of 10. Online registration is now closed. Please call in any last minute registrations before 2pm Friday.

presenting sponsors

Table hosts support ywca by inviting 9 guests to join them at a table during the luncheon. Table hosts receive a book authored by the speaker and a table identified in the name of their choosing. If you’re interested in being a table host, please contact us at luncheon@ywcaclarkcounty.org or by calling 360 906 9153.

Erin is the author of Stolen Innocence and Living for Today. A leading participant in Take Back the Night, her goal is to raise awareness of abuse in order to end the stigma of silence. Since 2004, she has been speaking at national conferences, community events, children’s advocacy centers, colleges, and high schools. Erin has been instrumental in getting Erin’s Law passed, which requires school boards to adopt age appropriate curriculum on sexual abuse education for students pre-k through 5th grade. Erin efforts have not gone unnoticed. She’s been featured in a variety of media, including Time Magazine, the Chicago Tribune and on Oprah. Visit Erin’s website at www.erinmerryn.net.

Thank you to the following sponsors, who’ve made this year’s event possible: ADCO Commercial Printing and Graphics, Columbia Credit Union, The Columbian, Corwin Beverage Company, Home Instead Senior Care, IQ Credit Union, Lee & Connie Kearney, Miller Nash, LLP, Providence Health and Services, Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, Tidewater Barge Lines, US Bancorp, Vancouver Business Journal, The Vancouver Clinic

For additional information on the 2011 Benefit Luncheon e-mail luncheon@ywcaclarkcounty.org or call 360 906 9153.

Classic Wines Auction

March 2012

ywca clark county partners with the Classic Wines Auction (CWA) to present a fantastic fundraising event that includes a gala auction, winemaker dinners, and Ambassador’s Dinner.  Funds raised from these events support the work of non-profit organizations such as Metropolitan Family Service, New Avenues for Youth, Friends of the Children – Portland, Trillium Family Services, and ywca clark county.

Classic Wines Auction started when a small group of friends raising funds for Portland Metropolitan Family Service formed a non-profit entity in 2004 after experiencing an overwhelmingly positive response from Wine Spectator magazine and the community. According to a 2010 article in Wine Spectator magazine, CWA is one of the top ten charity wine auctions in the United States. The auction continues to gain support, and consistently raises more than $2.2 million annually.

For more information on tickets and sponsorship opportunities, please contact Lauren Shatz at 360 906 9157 or lshatz@ywcaclarkcounty.org.

Women of Achievement

After serious deliberation, ywca clark county and Clark College have jointly made the decision to discontinue the Women of Achievement luncheon. A letter was distributed in August of 2010, which outlined our considerations. Please view the letter, or contact Sherri Bennett at 360 696 0167 or sbennett@ywcaclarkcounty.org.