Washington High School Alumni Association
Greetings Washington and Washington/Monroe Alumni!
The WHS Alumni Association invites you to join your former classmates at the 28th “Almost” Annual Alumni Picnic!
- Where: OAKS PARK – DANCE PAVILLION
- 7805 SE Oaks Parkway, Portland, OR 97202
- When: Wednesday, July 8, 2026 from 11am to 4pm
Dance Pavilion: Renovations are finally complete, so we are moving the picnic to the dance pavilion this year. This venue has an ADA ramp for easy wheelchair access.
Cost: Price of admission is $15.00 for those who pre-register and $20.00 to register at the gate. Check or Cash.
Checks should be made out to: WHS Annual Picnic and sent to WHS Annual Picnic c/o Jean (Gaps) Pirkl,
515 NW Saltzman Rd #663, Portland, OR 97229 ** Please pre-register by June 15, 2026 **
*** Sorry, no refunds ***
Parking Fee: Oaks Park is now charging a $4.00 fee per car for parking. Payable by debit or credit card only.
Menu: The menu includes baked gluten free chicken, beef gluten free hot dogs, veggie hot dogs, potato salad,
baked beans, raw veggies, cake, cookies, coffee, tea, beer and wine, and other beverages.
All food, beverages, beer and wine are included in the price of admission.
Entertainment: The Ellis Steet Band. A Portland based rock quartet, with WaHi alum Rick Menashe on drums. The music will start at 1:00pm.
Registration: Registration forms are returned to the individual class reps and used to keep the mailing lists up to date. Even if you cannot attend the picnic, please fill out and return the registration form. If you are bringing
a guest who also attended Washington, don't forget to include their class year on the form, or include a separate form.
Picnic Day Check in: The day of the picnic, if you have pre-registered, go to the registration table for your "class year" to pick up your name tag. If you have not pre-registered, go to the central registration desk to sign in, pay with check or cash, and get your name tag. ** A name tag is required **
Volunteers: If you are willing to help at the picnic, please contact Lee Ann (Foster) Lahodny at 503-577-5488
(leave a message) or [email protected] Volunteer shifts are only for one hour. We depend completely on
volunteers to staff the picnic; we do not use outside caterers. Your help is needed and will be appreciated.
Donations: Every year our goal is to put on a quality picnic that everyone can enjoy. At the same time, we want to keep the price of the picnic at a reasonable rate that everyone can afford. To meet both of those goals we must rely on your donations to meet the cost of the picnic.
PLEASE consider a small donation to the picnic expenses on your registration form. Any surplus of donations is proudly given to the Community Transitional School. Our 2025 donation of $5,000 brought the total to over $157,000 that we have donated over the years. This does not include all the food and
clothing items that we have also donated.
If you want your donation to go strictly to the school, or if you plan to use your donation as a tax deduction, please write out a separate check made payable to Community Transitional School. These checks will be forwarded directly to the school.
Classmates are reminded to bring non-perishable food, with you to the picnic for the Community School. These foods are given to the school children's parents as Food Baskets. Also see the Wish List for a list of food suggestions as well as other school items needed. There will be a drop-off spot near the picnic entrance for these donations.