Oya No Kai Annual Benefit 2024

Oya No Kai's mission is to enhance the level of cultural education in the Japanese Dual Language Immersion Program. We support student success by fostering a robust intern program that supports our teachers, by creating opportunities for students to experience Japanese culture directly through cultural exchanges, and by organizing community events. We hope that when our students graduate, they will be better prepared and more knowledgeable of the world around them. 

Please join us for a terrific evening that supports our children in becoming global citizens as we also celebrate our 35th Anniversary this year!

Date: Saturday, March 2, 2024

Time: 6:00 - 9:30 pm

Location: The Melody Event Center, 615 SE Alder Street, Portland, OR 97214

Cost: $85/Ticket ($50/Teacher/Staff)

Ticket sales will ended on February 12, 2024.

FILL UP THE SIGN UP PARTIES ONLINE CAMPAIGN CLOSES FRIDAY 3/15/2024 AT 10PM

New! Reserve a whole table!

A limited number of whole tables that seat 10 will be available for purchase.  Table leaders must provide payment for the table at the time of purchase.  Purchasing a whole table is a way to ensure your group of 10 will be seated together at the event.  The price of a whole table is $850 for 10 seats. Please have the table leader email the subject "Table Leader" to benefit@oyanokai.org to send the names and email addresses of their table members by February 10th, 2024.  Tables of 10 must be purchased in full in advance.  If the table leader is unable to fill the whole table, please let us know by February 10th, 2024 and we will refund the unused seats.  Please note that Oya no Kai may assign unoccupied seats to other guests as needed.

Regular tickets include one event ticket, one bid number, appetizers, dinner, and one drink ticket.  Couples who purchase their tickets together may share their bid number.

Become a Sponsor!

For friends and family of our amazing community who would like to make a bigger impact by becoming a sponsor, please review these sponsor levels.

To become a sponsor, you may purchase in the ticketing area.  To send in your company logo and you guests' information or for more consultation, please email benefit@oyanokai.org.

Online Auction

Several items will be available at an online pre-event auction! Tickets are not required to bid.  Look for announcements of when the online bidding will begin.  Anyone can bid in the online auction, even if you can’t come to the in-person event on March 2nd. 

2024 Dragon Artwork

We are so excited to announce this year's artwork was designed by Kaya Zuch, a senior at Grant High School who has been in the JDLI program since pre-K. Her design depicts a dragon inspired by Haku in the movie “Spirited Away” with its long snake-like body coiled around the uchiwa (fan) in the center.

From the Artist: “2024 is the year of the dragon, specifically the year of the wood dragon, or in Japanese 甲辰 (きのえ たつ or kinoe tatsu). The wood dragon is considered to bring good luck, it also symbolizes a promise of success taking shape. And since this year's theme is about celebration, I wanted to incorporate that idea in a clear way that everyone could recognize, and the uchiwa was my way of doing that. While the uchiwa symbolizes an omatsuri (festival) and a call for celebration, the 35 on the uchiwa represents something we can all celebrate this year, Oya No Kai’s 35th Anniversary!”