SAN FRANCISCO - Folsom Street Events will present a check for $350,066 to a variety of Bay Area charities during a special ceremony on Tuesday. The by-invitation-only evening will be hosted at a chic, charity-minded supper club in the South of Market neighborhood. Among the special invited guests are Mayor Gavin Newsom; Supervisors Bevan Dufty, Chris Daly and Tom Ammiano, and Assemblyman Mark Leno.
Major beneficiaries include AIDS Emergency Fund, Dolores Street Community Services, Frameline, Healing Waters, Lyon-Martin Health Services, Pets Are Wonderful Support, Positive Resource Center, San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, STOP AIDS Project and Tenderloin Health. Supporting beneficiaries include Berkeley Free Clinic, Black Rock Arts Foundation, GLBT Historical Society, Transgender Law Center and Triangle Martial Arts Association.
"We are deeply humbled by this philanthropic achievement," said Andy Copper, president of the organization's board of directors. "We are so very grateful to our sponsors, beneficiaries, beverage partners and the leather/fetish community for its growing, generous support. This is absolutely a record-breaking year, and we are already working diligently on our upcoming 25th Folsom Street Fair in 2008."
According to executive director Demetri Moshoyannis, "The vast majority of this check will support the work of our 16 Bay Area major and supporting beneficiaries that are working diligently to improve our communities in the areas of public health, human services and the arts. However, our grant-making extends beyond these groups to include our nonprofit beverage partners and a new National Community Grants Program. Combined, we support more than 60 worthy charities, and we couldn't be happier with the amount of this check and the results of our giving programs."
Presenting sponsors of Folsom Street Events include Miller Lite/Miller Genuine Draft, NakedSword, Titan Men, and GLOSS. Premier sponsors include RECON, Hot House Entertainment, Elbow Grease, Mr. S Leather and Maximus Vodka. Charter sponsors include Steamworks, Big Muscle, Blow Buddies, Dungeonbeds, Leatherpost, Joie de Vivre Hospitality and Powerhouse. Media sponsors include SF Bay Guardian, IN LA magazine, and Bear Party magazine.
Folsom Street Events is a 501(c)3 nonprofit agency that produces four annual fetish events: Bay of Pigs, Up Your Alley, Magnitude, and Folsom Street Fair. The organization's mission is to create volunteer-driven leather events that provide the adult alternative lifestyle community with safe venues for self-expression while emphasizing freedom, fun, frolic and fetish and raising funds to benefit charity. In 2006, more than 350,000 attendees raised $301,512 for charitable donations.
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