Lines for Life Always Hope Gala
Lines for Life holds the Annual Always Hope Gala every spring, bringing together supporters from the business, construction, mental health, medical, law enforcement, legal, public policy and philanthropic communities around Oregon. Each year we celebrate the achievements and milestones of the previous year or celebrate the anniversaries of the decades Lines for Life has spent working to prevent substance abuse and suicide.
The Gala is an opportunity to thank our staff, Board of Directors, and our donors and sponsors who through their skills, compassion and generosity make our intervention, prevention and advocacy programs possible.
Net proceeds from the Always Hope Gala go toward funding programs at Lines for Life that depend on the community to support them. From the Construction Suicide Prevention Partnership to YouthLine’s Safe Social Spaces program – Gala dollars support the innovative, cutting-edge programs that do the much needed work that no one else is doing.
The 2025 Always Hope Gala will be held at the Portland Art Museum on Friday, April 11, 2025.
Over the years Gala guest speakers have included:
- Pulitzer Prize winning, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof
- U.S. Senator Ron Wyden
- Executive Director of the Suicide Prevention Resource Center – Shelby Rowe
- Christopher Kennedy Lawford
- Jon Draper – Former Chief Officer of 988
- Former Director of National Drug Control Policy Retired General Barry McCaffrey
- PGA Tour professional Peter Jacobsen
- Former Portland Trailblazers Coach Nate McMillan