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Thursday, April 5th, 2018

State Representative Kristine Reeves to speak at NPI’s 2018 Spring Fundraising Gala

We are just two days away from NPI’s 2018 Spring Fundrais­ing Gala in Ren­ton on Sat­ur­day, April 7th. With the big evening quick­ly approach­ing, we are delight­ed to announce that our speak­ing line­up is com­plete. State Rep­re­sen­ta­tive Kris­tine Reeves of Fed­er­al Way (D‑30th Dis­trict) will be our clos­ing speak­er this year.

State Representative Kristine Reeves

State Rep­re­sen­ta­tive Kris­tine Reeves

Rep­re­sen­ta­tive Reeves is eas­i­ly one of our best and bright­est state leg­is­la­tors, and she addi­tion­al­ly serves our com­mu­ni­ties as the Direc­tor of Eco­nom­ic Devel­op­ment for the Mil­i­tary and Defense for the State of Washington.

Rep­re­sen­ta­tive Reeves will close out our speak­ing pro­gram on a high note by speak­ing to some of the incred­i­ble accom­plish­ments we saw dur­ing the recent­ly-con­clud­ed short ses­sion in the Wash­ing­ton State Leg­is­la­ture, includ­ing the Dream Act 2.0, the Repro­duc­tive Par­i­ty Act, the DISCLOSE Act, the Access to Democ­ra­cy pack­age, and so much more.

Pre­vi­ous­ly a staff mem­ber for Sen­a­tor Pat­ty Mur­ray, Rep­re­sen­ta­tive Reeves was first elect­ed to the Wash­ing­ton State House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives in 2016 by the vot­ers of the 30th Leg­isla­tive Dis­trict along with Mike Pel­lic­ciot­ti. She holds a bachelor’s degree in polit­i­cal sci­ence from Wash­ing­ton State Uni­ver­si­ty and a master’s degree in Orga­ni­za­tion­al Lead­er­ship from Gon­za­ga Uni­ver­si­ty. Kris­tine lives with her hus­band, Cam­ron, and their two young chil­dren in Fed­er­al Way.

Rep­re­sen­ta­tive Reeves joins a speak­ing line­up that includes our orig­i­nal gala speak­ers from ten years ago, when we held our very first Spring Fundrais­ing Gala.

State Representative Kristine Reeves speaking at Clover Park Technical College

State Rep­re­sen­ta­tive Kris­tine Reeves speak­ing at Clover Park Tech­ni­cal College

Our recep­tion host will be hydroplane leg­end Chip Hanauer, who is one of the win­ningest dri­vers in the his­to­ry of power­boat rac­ing. Chip is a long­time sup­port­er of NPI who spoke at our very first Spring Fundrais­ing Gala ten years ago.

Our mas­ter of cer­e­monies will be But­ton­smith CEO Dar­cy Burn­er, a small busi­ness own­er and pro­gres­sive strate­gist who has helped many pro­gres­sive orga­ni­za­tions take flight, includ­ing NPI.

And we will be pre­sent­ing Major Gen­er­al Paul Eaton (Ret.) with a Lynn Allen Award for indis­pens­able con­tri­bu­tions to pro­gres­sive causes.

Our din­ner buf­fet will fea­ture dish­es pre­pared by Mediter­ranean Kitchen, one of the East­side’s best and most beloved restau­rants. Found­ed in 1982, Mediter­ranean Kitchen has won many accolo­dates over the years for its food.

Hav­ing Chip, Dar­cy, and Paul back at the gala is going to be so much fun. It will be a a ten-year reunion worth wit­ness­ing. We hope you’ll con­sid­er join­ing us on April 7th. If you haven’t yet bought your tick­et yet, we urge you to do so now.

A house­hold tick­et admits all the mem­bers of an imme­di­ate fam­i­ly and is a good val­ue if you plan to attend with your spouse or chil­dren. (The gala is a fam­i­ly-friend­ly event, and young peo­ple of all ages are welcome!).

These are our tick­et rates:

  • Indi­vid­ual ($75, admits one person)
  • House­hold ($120, admits an entire family)
  • Liv­ing Light­ly ($25, for stu­dents and activists on lim­it­ed incomes)

Here are the details for this year’s gala:

  • What: NPI’s 2018 Spring Fundrais­ing Gala
  • Where: Ren­ton Com­mu­ni­ty Center
  • When: Sat­ur­day, April 7th, 2018 | Recep­tion at 5:30 PM; pro­gram at 7 PM
  • Who: Join the NPI team, hydroplane leg­end Chip Hanauer, Mas­ter of Cer­e­monies Dar­cy Burn­er, and hon­oree Major Gen­er­al Paul Eaton (Ret.)
  • Why: Because an effec­tive resis­tance needs orga­ni­za­tions test­ing pro­gres­sive ideas and build­ing per­ma­nent infrastructure

Be inspired to con­tin­ue work­ing for a pro­gres­sive future for our region and coun­try: join us this Sat­ur­day, April 7th at the Ren­ton Com­mu­ni­ty Cen­ter! Fol­low this link to secure­ly buy your indi­vid­ual, house­hold, or liv­ing light­ly ticket.

We hope you’ll help us make our biggest event of the year a suc­cess by buy­ing your tick­et and join­ing us in Ren­ton. See you on Saturday!

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