Talk About Trees forest education program and Oregon Women in Timber, thank you for your support of the 2017 Talk About Tree Annual Auction. The event was a great success! We had over 400 people in attendance, bringing in close to $90,000 dedicated to Talk About Trees, our statewide forest education program for pre-kindergarten through 8th grade. Since 1991, we have reached more than 3 Million Students! The auction clearly plays an important role in Oregon Women in Timber’s a

The Auction will be part of the Meet & Greet festivities at the Eugene Hilton Hotel & Conference Center on Wednesday, February 22, 2017. The doors will open at 4:00 PM, where the fun begins. The 2017 Live Auction Line Up Ultra 1900 (full Kit) Tall Frame w/ L-XL Belt VR 2.0 Donated by Union County OWIT Chapter Cork & Barrel Custom Wine Tour for 2 or 4 – Package includes 2 nights at the Eugene Hilton with breakfast for 2 and a custom private wine tour created just for you! Dona

The auction was a great success! Thank you everyone for all your help and support. Here are the results: Wine Wall $1320 Partners in Education $7200 Heads & Tails $1800 Rifle Raffles $5000 Tickets & Table sales $22900 Direct Donations $16377 Silent Auction $17403 Live Auction $33175 Grand Total $105,175 Now remember we will have about $30,000 to $40,000 in expenses after we pay all the bills, but that will leave us with around $70,000 for Talk About Trees! That is up a

We had some great items this year.  Here are some of the Live Auction items. 1991 Maple Covered Bridge – Print of Original Painting by Local Artist, Carol Van Curler, Signed & Framed  – Donated by Roberts Supply Handmade Wooden Peterbilt Truck – Donated by KPD Insurance Blue & Pink, Boy and Girl Cricket Rifles with Cloth Carrying Case – Donated by   Friends of Talk About Trees Miniature Wooden Train Planter – Donated by HM, Inc. 1 Day of Steelhead Fishing for 2 on Siletz Rive

We wanted to take a minute to catch you all up on the auction planning! Our next Auction meeting will be in Dallas on Saturday February 1st at 10:00.  Everyone is welcome so email me if you can attend and I’ll send you directions. We will be selling Rifle Raffle Tickets, Partners in Education Lapel Pins and passing out information about the auction at this weekend’s AOL Convention.  Thank you to Betsy Yraguen, Vanessa Hagedorn and Kay King for helping this weekend!  If you ha

Wrapping Up Another Wonderful Year! 2013 is about to close, but before it does we want to thank you all for another wonderful year. We look forward to 2014 and the many possibilities we can accomplish in forestry education! Read more about what we’ve been up to this fall and what we are looking forward to in the near future. Best Wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Read the full Newsletter Here: Fall Owtings 2013 #AnnualMeeting #OregonForests #OregonTimber

We have a great lineup of speakers! Arwen McGilvra, Social Media Consultant and Developer, is going to introduce us to the updated Oregon Women in Timber & Talk About Trees Websites.  She will also talk about the importance of Social Media and will give us a mini workshop on how to get started on Facebook, so bring your laptops so you can join in! Lindsay Reaves, Program Development & Outreach Coordinator for Forests Today & Forever will give us an update on their programs. J

From our Friends at Healthy Forests, Healthy Communities It’s time for a permanent and comprehensive solution that improves the health of Eastern Oregon’s rural communities and federal forests. Eastern Oregon’s forests are overly dense, unhealthy and highly vulnerable to devastating crown fires due to a lack of active forest management.  Meanwhile, food stamp use and welfare payments have tripled in nearby areas due to a lack of employment in our rural, forested communities. 

Oregon Women in Timber invites you to the 76th Annual Oregon Logging Conference and Oregon Women in Timber’s 23rdAnnual Auction Event to benefit the award winning forest education program, Talk About Trees!    The Auction will be part of the Meet & Greet festivities at the Eugene Hilton Hotel & Conference Center on Wednesday, February 19, 2014.  The doors will open at 4:00 PM, where the fun begins.  Enjoy hosted beer & wine while viewing the amazing silent and live items offe