On behalf of the Royal Rosarian Foundation Officers, its Directors and all Royal Rosarians, welcome to the 2024 Foundation Benefit Auction!
Tonight’s auction is the primary fundraising effort of the Royal Rosarian Foundation. Net proceeds raised through this and other Foundation-sponsored events provide the funding for all of our philanthropic activities.
As a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization, our Foundation spends its funds in locally based charitable ways.
We reach out to the Portland-area’s most vulnerable citizens – children from low-income families. Typically, our signature Field-Trip Program sends bus transportation money to about 35 elementary and middle schools in high-poverty neighborhoods of Portland Public, David Douglas and Hillsboro School Districts so all students can participate in school-sponsored, off-site educational experiences.
We continue to support the Community Transitional School, a Pre-K through 8th grade private school for homeless children. The school provides students age 4 to 14 an education who are homeless and live inside a car, cheap motels, on the floor of a friend's house or a homeless shelter. All are in situations where poverty and uncertainty dominate much of their young lives.
The auction will make a positive difference in the lives of many worthy children. Their lives will be enriched by your thoughtfulness and generosity.
Thank you for your participation,
Duke Scott Stuhl
President, Royal Rosarian Foundation
