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 simple pleasures events is committed to minimizing our client's stress and concerns, managing the planning and event with professionalism, maintaining the budget and timeline as agreed, and infusing the project with creative ideas to craft a unique and successful outcome and positive experience for everyone!  If your event isn't a success, neither are we!

Director, Courtney Givens, has been coordinating events for over ten years throughout the Portland Metro Area and beyond.  Her clients include nationwide hotel chains, prestigious athletic clubs, local festivals with over 100,000 attendess and major universities.  She has built a network of professional support, including entertainers, caterers, travel associations, florists, and rental agencies, to assure that your guests are impressed, at prices that fit your budget.

  • Invitations
  • Billing
  • Decorations and Themes
  • Entertainment
  • Catering
  • On and Off-site Management
  • Planning
  • Registration
  • Staging
  • Charter Transportation
  • Travel

Satisfied Customers

"Thanks so much for your presentation to our Development Director's Group.  Our Special Events Committee met the next week and we distributed your handout as part of our agenda...it proved to be a great reference and helped us to reach a conclusion about which event we'd like to precede with...thanks again!" -Tom Bashwiner, FAHP

"I was impressed with the organization of this event.  I work with many organizations and this is one of the best auctions I do!  The success of this evening is a direct result of the time & effort Courtney spends organizing.  Great Job!"  - Chris Leach, Stokes Auction Group, Inc.

Thanks so much for making the picnic another great event.  All of your efforts, creativity, organization are very much appreciated!" - Nancy Moody, Hilton Hotels

"It was my pleasure to work with Courtney.  She was very professional and had a full grasp of the people and services required to produce everything from a Halloween party for 350 children to a sit down dinner during the holidays for more than 500.  I can highly recommend her for the management of any occassion you might wish to have made very special." - Barbara Crawford, R. Newton Crawford, Inc.

"Courtney, it is always such a pleasure working with such a professional.  You make my job easy!" - Sharen Fowler, Director of Catering -  Holiday Inn Portland Airport

"Thank you so much for making our presentation so successful.  From the first call to recommending the caterer, you were the epitome of customer service.  You're terrific!" - Jo Brauer, Embassy Suites, Las Vegas

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