Dinner with Friends
Join us for our 2026 Dinner with Friends!
Our 2026 Dinner with Friends will be held Thursday, October 8th from 6 – 9 pm at the Three Rivers Convention Center in Kennewick.
This year’s event features Seattle Seahawks Super Bowl champion, Cliff Avril, as our guest speaker!
Avril played 10 seasons in the NFL, including five with the Seattle Seahawks. He was a key member of Seattle’s dominant defense that helped lead the Seahawks to the franchise’s first Super Bowl championship and earned Pro Bowl honors in 2016. Off the field, Avril was named the Seahawks’ 2016 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year for his commitment to the community. Through the Cliff Avril Family Foundation, he promotes healthy living and Type 2 diabetes awareness among youth while supporting education and community initiatives.
Interested in attending our 2026 Dinner with Friends?
Have any questions about the event? Email Meggan Tjarks, Special Events & Corporate Engagement Director, to learn more. We can’t wait to see you!
About Dinner with Friends
Dinner with Friends is the premier corporate fundraising event for Boys & Girls Clubs of Benton and Franklin Counties.
Each year, we welcome a well-known Club Alumni, celebrity, or supporter as our special keynote speaker. Past year’s guests include Shaun White, K.J. Wright, Evander Holyfield, Gary Payton, Mario Lopez, Brandi Chastain, Michael Collins, and more! In 2025, we welcomed Seattle Seahawks Super Bowl champion Jermaine Kearse as our celebrity guest!
In addition to hearing from a different celebrity guest each year, we also hold an exciting live auction for all guests to participate in. Proceeds from this event are dedicated to supporting the 4,000+ youth served annually at our local Boys & Girls Clubs.
See photos from our 2025 event!
Relive the best moments of the night!
Want to relive our 2025 event, or want to see what happened? Watch a full video recording of our 2025 Dinner with Friends.
