Harvest Dinner

2015 Harvest Dinner Logo

The 14th Annual Harvest Dinner and Auction will be held on
Tuesday, November 1, 2016

For sponsorship information please contact:

Phillip Hudspeth, Annual Gifts & Corporate Relations Officer
(541) 463-5898 or phillip@laneccfoundation.org

For limited individual ticket information or In-Kind donations please contact:

Heather Lee, Event and Stewardship Coordinator
(541) 463-5777 or heather@laneccfoundation.org

Gift-In-Kind Auction Donations

We need your donations--Do you have something interesting, fun, or unique you would like to donate for the 2016 Harvest Auction? Please use our Harvest Dinner Auction Donation Form and return it to us. We put together beautiful baskets with all kinds of great donations. Don't have time to put a basket together? Let our staff put one together for you. With over 400 guests attending this highly anticipated event you can be assured that your business or organization will be recognized and highly visible!

Pick up is available for non-mailable or physical item donations.

Gift-in-Kind Donation Form (Download to enable fillable fields)

Thank you in advance for your generous donation!

Please join us in thanking our 2016 Gift-in-Kind donors

2016 Gift-in-Kind donors

2016 Harvest Dinner and Auction Co-Chairs

Chris Walton, M.D., and Mrs. Beth Sheehan

Chris and Beth are long-time champions of education and great supporters of Lane Community College Foundation and the Eugene/Springfield community. They have attended the Harvest Dinner for many years and graciously accepted the challenge of being this years co-chair team.

We thank each of you for your support and want to let you know that the 2015 Harvest Dinner was an incredible success with just over $400,000 dollars raised to support scholarships and programs at Lane Community College! We say Thank you to all of sponsors, guests, and donors for making this past Harvest Dinner an incredible evening and for investing in our students! We look forward to seeing you on November 1 for another fantastic and fun-filled evening!

The Harvest Dinner is presented annually by the Lane Community College Foundation and Lane's Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management Program (CAHM) and serves as a working classroom for CAHM students. Students work under the guidance of a guest chef and instructors to prepare a multi course meal for 400 guests at the Center for Meeting and Learning.

2016 Harvest Dinner Guest Chef Diane Morgan

Diane Morgan, Chef and Author at farmers market

Chef Diane Morgan

Diane has an impressive résumé, she has authored 17 cookbooks including the award winning cookbook Roots. Roots won The James Beard Foundation Book Award and an International Association of Culinary Professionals Cookbook Award. In addition, she is a regular contributor to the Los Angeles Times food sections, has written for Bon Appétit, Fine Cooking, The Oregonian, Northwest Palate; and has appeared on the Today Show, ABC World News Now, CBS Early Show, The Food Network, and HGTV.

Diane resides in Portland; besides authoring cookbooks, she is a culinary instructor and a restaurant consultant. Her next cookbook, Salmon, will be published this spring.