Fishhawk Lake Birkenfeld News Local Benefit at The Birk

Fishhawk Lake Birkenfeld News Local Benefit at The Birk

A benefit, put together and supported by many, was held at The Birk Pub and Eatery yesterday. Mike and Wendy Ingraham, the owners of The Birk and a big part of this small community of Birkenfeld, Oregon, located in the coastal range of Oregon, just a few miles past Fishhawk Lake,  pulled this together, along with other volunteers to raise money for Annie Jackson, friend and employee who recently lost her young husband, Nathan tragically the day after their 7 year wedding anniversary.

Many of us donated items for a silent auction and raffles, and musicians donated their time to play to raise funds for Annie and her family. Mike and Wendy opened up their home in the back of The Birk as the area for the auction items to be presented. 

I popped in yesterday, just before the festivities got completely underway, on a beautiful sunny Sunday. There were GOBS of items donated and Faith Samuelson, along with Liz Davidson and others, were pricing, marking and placing items for people to bid on for the silent auction. Faith also made a "money tree" which was placed on a nearby wall, for those who wanted to just donate money. The Ingrahams' dogs wanted to help, but mostly wanted love!

Everything from massage gift certificates to wine baskets, art, a mini i-pad and furniture as well as equipment for the home were donated. I donated a couple of my prints, one on stretched canvas, a Fishhawk Lake landscape, and the other a hammock photo, on "Woodsnap", a wooden frame (and Woodsnap donates a tree every time that you order a photo to be printed on their wood frames). 

There were a few milling about as I made my way into the pub, which offers live music on most weekends and this was the kick-off to the spring/summer season for that at The Birk.

Jack Bowman was playing just before 1pm, when the event officially started. 

I hope that it was successful! Thanks to all who participated, who gave their time and efforts to support Annie Jackson, and thanks again to Mike and Wendy Ingraham--you ROCK!!!