NPI’s Eleventh Anniversary Picnic is in three weeks: Don’t forget to RSVP!

Three weeks from today, we’re going to be cel­e­brat­ing NPI’s eleventh anniver­sary (along with the defeat of Tim Eyman’s I‑1325!) in style at Red­mond’s Per­ri­go Park with a fes­tive sum­mer pic­nic, con­tin­u­ing a tra­di­tion we began last year.

We will have sev­er­al spe­cial guests with us, includ­ing state Sen­ate can­di­date Matt Isen­how­er (run­ning in the 45th Dis­trict) and Hol­ly Mort­lock from the office of Insur­ance Com­mis­sion­er Mike Krei­dler. Hol­ly will be field­ing ques­tions about Wash­ing­ton’s efforts to imple­ment the Patient Pro­tec­tion Act.

NPI Pres­i­dent Robert Cruick­shank and I will also pro­vide an update on NPI’s work and explain how Wash­ing­ton can move beyond Tim Eyman.

Along with the short speak­ing pro­gram, we’ll have an exhib­it show­cas­ing the pho­to­jour­nal­ism of NPI’s staff, includ­ing yours tru­ly, and any­one who would like to will be wel­come to play vol­ley­ball or bad­minton in the sand-filled courts adja­cent to the roomy pic­nic shel­ter. (We’re antic­i­pat­ing good weath­er — it’s August, after all! — but the show will go on even in the very unlike­ly event of rain.)

Of course, as usu­al, we’ll have plen­ty of food… includ­ing ham­burg­ers made from local­ly-raised, grass-fed beef, all nat­ur­al hot dogs, salmonburg­ers, gar­den­burg­ers, plus chips, sal­ad, water­mel­on, pies, and an anniver­sary cake. So please plan to join us on August 22nd for what promis­es to be a very fun evening.

The pic­nic will kick off at 5 PM and run until dusk at around 8:30 PM. No admis­sion will be charged — this is is a “pay what you can” event, with a sug­gest­ed dona­tion of at least $25. We’re ask­ing sup­port­ers to RSVP so we know how much food to get.

Per­ri­go Park is locat­ed at 9011 196th Avenue NE, Red­mond, WA 98053 (between Union Hill Road and Nov­el­ty Hill Road). It is a fan­tas­tic pub­lic park, owned and oper­at­ed by the City of Red­mond. Note that city law pro­hibits the sale or con­sump­tion of alco­holic bev­er­ages in parks, so we are not able to offer beer, wine, or spir­its at the pic­nic (and we ask that you not bring any, either). But we will have refresh­ing non-alco­holic bev­er­ages for your enjoyment.

Here’s the link again to RSVP. We hope to see you on August 22nd!