An auction to benefit the Japanese Magnet Program

Friday, March 10, 2006
Multnomah Athletic Club
1849 SW Salmon, Portland, 97205

5:30 - 7:30 pm
Doors Open, Silent Auction

7:30 - 7:45 pm
Dinner Seating

8:00 - 10:30 pm
Live Auction & Entertainment
Dave Salesky, Emcee
Steve Dorsey, Auctioneer

Tickets are still available -- contact Merrill Schneider at 503-997-9371

Auction Invitation (pdf) • Auction Reply Card (pdf)

The fifth grade class from Richmond Elementary School and their chaperones will leave on June 20 for two weeks in Japan. They will head to Fukuno, in Toyama prefecture for five nights of homestays. They will visit Fukuno School, a hot springs, and a traditional mountain village in Gokayama. The group will then divide in two. One group will go to Kobe and be hosted by families of Sumaura School. The second group will go to Numazu, where the families of Katoh School will host them. Students from Fukuno, Katoh School and Sumaura School have visited Portland and stayed with Richmond host families this school year. The groups will then converge in Kyoto for some sightseeing day trips. For the many children in the JMP who have not seen Japanese spoken much outside of school, this trip to Japan is vital to their continuing interest in studying Japanese in middle and high school.