This last week was a busy one here at Portland Catering Company. With a week full of corporate box lunches to get out and two weddings, we still somehow managed to squeeze in a few non-profit events that proved to be a really good time.

A Taste of Portland; Thursday, September 16^th

Last Thursday Katie, Stephanie and our executive chef Shawn McCoy headed out to The Oregon Golf Club to be a part of the third annual "A Taste of Portland" hosted by Oregon Association of REALTORS® HOME Foundation. Our booth was sponsored by Thrive, check them out here: http://thriveportland.com/. It was a great night full of yummy food, great people and a ton of fun auction items. All of the food was donated by Portland area restaurants and caterers, local businesses were the sponsors of all of the booths and auction items. Check out The OAR Home Foundation here: http://www.oregonrealtors.org/About_OAR/Home_Foundation/

Portland Catering Company served up three of our favorites. First up was our tasty treat the chocolate dipped cannoli. Owner Eric Poirier and his secret cannoli cream recipe was brought all the way over here from Boston. Next up was our famous parmesan cheese crisp. Due to popular demand we brought back our cheese on cheese favorite. Lastly we had our surf and turf specialty; bacon wrapped scallops. We lightly bread a plump juicy scallop then tightly wrap it in a generous slice of bacon. Stick a frill pick in it and you have a heaven on a stick.

Thank you Oregon Association of REALTORS^® HOME Foundation, Thrive and The Oregon Golf Club for allowing us the privilege to be a part of this event and such a great cause.

Hops and Harleys for Hope; Saturday, September 18^th

Andy Boone the Executive Director of the Muscular Dystrophy Association called us early last week in a panic. He didn't have any servers to help with their big fundraiser! Portland Catering Company to the rescue! The girls of the office pulled together to help out. With Chef Shawn in the kitchen, each of our office girls was assigned a local Harley Davidson Dealership. Adria was at the Vancouver sight, Katie put up shop at the Tigard location and Stephanie took shelter at the Gladstone dealership.

Our chef Shawn McCoy grilled up some Johnsonville brats (Thanks Johnsonville for the generous donation of 600 brats!!!) and the girls loaded up and set out to their respective location.

Hops and Harleys for Hope was organized to raise money for local Muscular Dystrophy Association families (check out MDA here: http://www.mda.org/) The idea was to have local Harley Davidson enthusiasts meet up at their local dealership, have a tasty lunch, then ride together to Mt. Angel Oktoberfest to celebrate the season and to help raise money to help local kids affected by neuromuscular diseases.

The rain kept some at bay, but we still think we had a good turnout. Stephanie at the Gladstone dealership reported serving 150 of her 200 brats. The other dealerships didn't have as good of luck but we all had a good time.

Thank you MDS for giving us the opportunity to get out of the office and serve our community! Thank you to all three Harley Davidson Dealerships for hosting us. Finally thank you Johnsonville for donating all of the brats that we cooked up!

Additional "thanks" go to: Franz for donating the hoagie buns the brats were served on. Steinfeld's Sauerkraut, what's a brat without the kraut? Western Family for all of the paper products and beverages. Frito Lay for the abundance of yummy chips. Thriftway for the generous support and getting key partners involved.