Monday, May 23, 2011

The Gorge Heroes Club "Help Our Heroes" Art Auction Highlights

The Historic Granada Theatre - The Dalles, Oregon

The Gorge Heroes Club "Help Our Heroes" Art Auction was held Saturday May 14th at the Historic Granada Theatre in The Dalles, Oregon.  Huge thanks goes out to the Hood River Art club, local artists and businesses that contributed items for the auction.  Special thanks as well to Auctioneer Marcus Morgan, Master of Ceremonies, Lynn Gunther and the members of the Alpha and Fox Company of the Oregon National Guard 3-116th CAV units for helping make our event a success.
Members of the Oregon National Guard Alpha and Fox Company getting ready to meet their well wishers. 
Pictured above are members of the Oregon National Guard getting ready  for the "Support our Troops" public meet and greet. Members of the Patriot Guard Riders, lead by ride captain Rod Runyon arrived to show their support for our heroes as well.

Some of the artwork that was auctioned off.


More artwork.
 This picture is of the stage.  During the event, a video was played showing pictures of our deployed heroes.



Auctioneer Marcus Morgan during the event.

Some of the silent auction times prior to the event starting.
All proceeds from the event will go towards The Gorge Heroes Club troop support programs.  For the month of April 2011, GHC proudly supported over 690 hometown heroes.
Honored,
Your GHC