|
PRESENTS
|
2024 BOISE METRO CHAMBER Annual Gala & Auction
September 27, 2024 | 5-9:15 PM | @Boise Centre West
2024 BOISE METRO CHAMBER ANNUAL GALA & AUCTION
CELEBRATING COMMUNITY & CREATIVITY
BENEFITING THE BOISE ART COMMUNITY AND THE CHAMBER'S PROGRAMS & SERVICES
9.27.24 | 5-9:15PM @ BOISE CENTRE WEST
With an in-person auction, live auction, and mobile auction offering hundreds of items, the Boise Metro Chamber’s Annual Gala & Auction is one of the largest of its kind in the Treasure Valley. It serves as the Chamber’s most essential annual fundraiser. The proceeds ensure the Chamber’s ability to continue advocating for policies impacting business, educating its members, and developing leaders to benefit and enrich our community.
For this year's gala, the Boise Metro Chamber is turning the spotlight to our incredible local talent; specifically the Treasure Valley’s fine arts non-profits. In addition to the auction and performances, Andy Scoggin, CEO of Scoggin Capital Investment, will offer insight to the correlation between a healthy economy and support for the Treasure Valley’s creative community. Erin Anderson of the Idaho Botanical Garden, Inc. will join Laura Kendall of the Velma V. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts to emcee this year’s gala.
START BIDDING NOW AND PURCHASE RAFFLE TICKETS!
|
Our online auction is open now through September 27th ~8:30 p.m. with 200+ items including once-in-a-lifetime travel packages, food and drink, entertainment, and more! Click the "Bid on Auction Items" button to register for an account and start bidding! Registration for the auction is only required if you plan to bid on the live or silent auction items and is highly encouraged to be completed before the night of the Gala to help streamline everyone's check-in experience. Whether you've self-registered for the online auction using the button link to "Bid on Auction Items" or not, ALL attendees will still need to check-in at the Gala.
|
DONATE AND GET LIMITED EDITION LAPEL PIN(S) AND ENTRY(IES) FOR RAFFLE PRIZES
|
Five local, fine arts, nonprofits in our community will be featured in our 2024 Annual Gala. Some will perform, others will share about their organizations and all will have exhibit tables at the event. We've partnered with each to help raise donations prior to the Gala through the sale of $100 raffle tickets on our auction website. Each raffle ticket purchase occurring now through September 26
|
aBOUT THE emcees
|
ERIN ANDERSON
Idaho Botanical Garden, Inc. Erin excels in program management, fundraising, leadership development, and strategic visioning. She has over 20 years of experience in the nonprofit sector, and has held key roles in numerous organizations. She is dedicated to Boise's community, and has received several awards, including Idaho Business Review’s Women of the Year. Erin enjoys gardening, hiking, and family time. |
|
LAURA KENDALL
Velma V. Morrison Center, Executive Director With over 20 years in arts management, Laura Kendall has led renowned organizations like Omaha Performing Arts. She holds advanced degrees in Marketing and Theatre and serves on boards including the Broadway League Board of Governors. Kendall is Idaho’s only Tony voter and speaks nationally on arts presenting. |
THE kEYNOTE
|
ANDY SCOGGIN
Scoggin Capital Investment and StageDotO Andy Scoggin is a seasoned executive with 27 years of experience at Albertsons Companies, where he played a key role in transforming the company into one of the nation’s largest retailers. As CEO of Scoggin Capital Investment and an Operating Partner at StageDotO, he is passionate about fostering creativity in Idaho by investing in local organizations and venues, believing that such support attracts entrepreneurs and knowledge workers, thereby enhancing the broader community. With a background in law, operations, and investment, Scoggin excels in guiding startups and is deeply committed to the unique work ethic and community spirit of Idaho. |
PARTICIPATING FINE ARTS nONpROFITS
Courtesy of Ballet Idaho. Dancers pictured are soloist John Frazer and company artist Kaelyn Lefferts. Photo by Quinn Wharton.
|
BALLET IDAHO
balletidaho.org Ballet Idaho is Idaho's only professional ballet company and Academy. Our mission is to promote classical and contemporary ballet by encouraging artists to greatness and inspiring the public to value the performing arts. We enrich our community through quality performances, disciplined training, dance outreach, and education. |
Courtesy of Boise Contemporary Theater.
|
BOISE CONTEMPORARY THEATER (BCT)
bctheater.org Boise Contemporary Theater (BCT) is Idaho's only professional theater dedicated to contemporary plays. Our Mission is to inspire our community to examine our perspectives and better understand ourselves, each other, and the world around us by creating thought-provoking stories of the human experience. |
Courtesy of Boise Phil.
|
BOISE PHILHARMONIC
boisephil.org Incorporated as a non-profit organization in 1960, the Boise Phil reflects the energy and heartbeat of the Idaho communities it serves through invigorating musical experiences that touch the human spirit. It strives to be an orchestra of extraordinary quality, recognized as a defining, bold and relentless contributor to the arts. |
Courtesy of Idaho Shakespeare Festival.
|
IDAHO SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL - SCHOOL OF THEATER
idahoshakespeare.org The Idaho Shakespeare Festival operates the School of Theater which offers anywhere between 25-28 drama classes each year to children aged 3 and up. These classes range in subject matter from musicals to Shakespeare -based offerings to teaching the skills necessary to perform the works of Shakespeare and beyond. |
Courtesy of Oinkari Basque Dancers.
|
OINKARI BASQUE DANCERS
oinkari.org The Oinkari Basque Dancers have been together for sixty years and counting. Composed of dancers in their early teens to mid-thirties (all of Basque descent), the group performs traditional Basque dances from several different provinces of the Basque country. All are volunteers who dance in the group to maintain our cultural ties while sharing their Basque culture with others. |
our sponsors
THANK YOU TO OUR 2024 GALA SPONSORS!
Diamond Sponsor: Blue Cross of Idaho
Platinum Sponsor: Alaska Airlines
Gold Sponsors: Albertsons, Amazon, Idaho Central Credit Union and Southwest Airlines
Silver Sponsors: Allied Business Solutions, Boise Centre, Colliers, Delta Air Lines, Hawley Troxell, Intermountain Gas Company, J.R. Simplot and Micron Technology, Inc.
Bronze Sponsors: Bank of Idaho, Cutting Edge Landscape, Eiguren Merrill Public Policy, ESI Construction, Idaho Housing and Finance Association, Idaho Power Company, Moda Health, PacificSource Health Plans, Procter & Gamble, Regence BlueShield of Idaho, Saint Alphonsus Health System, Silver Star Communications, Sparklight, St. Luke's Health Plan, TechCU, U.S. Bank, Umpqua Bank NeighborHub, Unleashing Leaders and WaFd Bank
Diamond Sponsor: Blue Cross of Idaho
Platinum Sponsor: Alaska Airlines
Gold Sponsors: Albertsons, Amazon, Idaho Central Credit Union and Southwest Airlines
Silver Sponsors: Allied Business Solutions, Boise Centre, Colliers, Delta Air Lines, Hawley Troxell, Intermountain Gas Company, J.R. Simplot and Micron Technology, Inc.
Bronze Sponsors: Bank of Idaho, Cutting Edge Landscape, Eiguren Merrill Public Policy, ESI Construction, Idaho Housing and Finance Association, Idaho Power Company, Moda Health, PacificSource Health Plans, Procter & Gamble, Regence BlueShield of Idaho, Saint Alphonsus Health System, Silver Star Communications, Sparklight, St. Luke's Health Plan, TechCU, U.S. Bank, Umpqua Bank NeighborHub, Unleashing Leaders and WaFd Bank
OUR ANNUAL AUCTION
|
|
The mobile auction is our biggest fundraiser of the year and one of the largest of its kind in the Treasure Valley. Every year, dozens of Chamber members and Idaho businesses donate exceptional items that you can bid on right from the comfort of your own home! The mobile auction typically opens about two weeks before the Gala, so be sure to come back and check out this year's selection of incredible trips and items!
Additionally, thank you to our friends and partners at Auction Frogs who have been assisting with our live and silent auction since 2014. Auction Frogs has shifted during these odd times and has state of the art technology to help you with your next auction event.
|
PAST BOISE METRO CHAMBER ANNUAL GALAS
2023 BOISE METRO CHAMBER GALA
|
The 140th Annual Boise Metro Chamber Gala was held on October 19, 2023 at the Boise Centre West. The theme for the evening was Alzheimer's Awareness. Ashley Campbell, the talented daughter of the iconic Glen Campbell, who unfortunately passed away due to Alzheimer's was the keynote speaker. In a dazzling celebration of both music and philanthropy, the Boise Metro Chamber's 140th Annual Gala took center stage, and it was nothing short of a legendary evening. The Gala, attended by the Who's Who of Idaho, managed to raise a whopping $10,000 for the Alzheimer's Association – Greater Idaho Chapter, making it an event that won both hearts and minds. The Alzheimer’s Association – Greater Idaho Chapter supports those in Idaho not only fighting this disease but their family and support system while offering a broad range of programs and services.
|
DIAMOND SPONSOR
|
2022 CHAMBER GALA
The 2022 Boise Metro Chamber Gala featured Five for Fighting frontman John Ondrasik, who performed several songs to a sold-out crowd. His original song dedicated to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenski, "Can One Man Save the World?" inspired attendees to contribute to the important cause. A portion of the proceeds from the gala was donated to relief efforts in Ukraine: $14,410 in total. We wish to thank everyone who attended and all who partnered with us to make these valuable contributions to a country in crisis.
|
2020 CHAMBER GALA
In 2020, the Boise Metro Chamber hosted its 137th Annual Boise Metro Chamber Gala and Live Auction virtually. It was streamed from the Boise Centre. Along with a great message from our keynote speaker, Garth Callaghan, there was a live auction. Garth Callaghan discussed being diagnosed with cancer four times and not knowing what the future holds. He shared the meaning of the handwritten notes he vowed to write and place in his daughter, Emma's, lunchbox each day until she graduates from high school.
|
Special thanks to Light Bender Media for video production.
