About the Event

The Lobster Feed & Charity Auction, now in its 40th year, is a major fund-raising event and joint venture of two parties, the Lakewood Center for the Arts and the Lake Oswego Rotary Club.

Each partner provides a co-chair as well as financial and volunteer support to promote and stage the many details of what has become the largest social and fundraising event in Lake Oswego. The net proceeds of this unique fundraiser have grown to become the largest single source of unrestricted funds for both parties. This amazing partnership has benefitted both organizations in providing programs and support to our community, the region and the world.


Now in its 40th year, the auction has raised more than $4.2 million dollars to benefit non-profit organizations, community projects, the arts and humanitarian needs in our community, state, and the world! The auction is highly anticipated and attended by more than 600 people who generously give to help fund and support humanitarian and community causes through  Lake Oswego Rotary as well as supporting theatre, arts programs, and youth outreach at Lakewood Center for the Arts.


In addition, a portion of the net proceeds will continue to benefit these and other causes:
 
Fly Fishing Collaborative
Building aquaponic greenhouses to create sustainable solutions to poverty and human trafficking. By building Aquaponics Farms globally, and implementing justice initiatives locally, the Fly Fishing Collaborative provides a sustainable livelihood that prevents women and children from human trafficking and poverty.
 
HomePlate - Youth Drop In Center
Helping support a youth drop in center providing services helping young adults stay off the streets. The center is in Beaverton, Oregon. It is Washington County’s only nonprofit provider of drop-in centers and street outreach for young people experiencing houselessness. HomePlate offers a drop-in and resource center for youth ages 12-24 to find food, housing, employment, education supports, and more.
 
Reborn Bikes - Bikes For Kids
Help support initiatives to provide free bikes to local kids in need. Since 2018 bike collections have happened in Portland. Generous donors in 2023 provided more than 5,000 bikes to kids in the community. We’re excited to be part of a regional administrative hub that supports 6 kindred groups across the northwest. We have shifted to a year round collection, refurbishment and distribution model. Will you join us for the ride?

Lakewood Center for the Arts
Lakewood Center for the Arts, the largest arts provider in Clackamas County, strives through their arts education outreach programs to bring opportunities to the under-served youth in the region, whom, because of geographic, socio-economic, cultural or language barriers have limited access to arts education.
 
2024 Lobster Feed and Charity Auction Special Appeal -
Empowering Young Women, Internationally And Locally
This year’s special appeal is to support SAGE (Support of Adolescent Girl Empowerment) and specifically adolescent girl empowerment. When we include girls in education, health and economic investment we have a better chance of preventing issues such as child marriage, teen pregnancy, HIV/AIDS and breaking the inter generational cycle of poverty. But girls can’t do it alone; they need the world to listen to them and invest in their potential.


CLICK HERE to download an event flyer listing beneficiaries and night of show information