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Bay Area Reporter - November 29, 2007
Cynthia Laird, c.laird@ebar.com
RAMP gathers unused HIV medications through its collection sites in the Bay Area and other locations, and provides them to clinics in the developing world where access to life-saving drugs is limited or non-existent.
RAMP has had collection sites in the Castro for many years. This collaboration with Tenderloin Health will create the first collection site in the Tenderloin.
Interested people are welcome to attend Monday's launch of the new site; refreshments will be served. For more information about the program, visit http://www.rampusa.org.
Sparks at Commonwealth Club
San Francisco Police Commission President Theresa Sparks will be speaking as part of the Commonwealth Club's LGBT forum tonight (Thursday, November 29) at the club's office, 595 Market Street. There is a reception at 5:30 p.m. followed by the program at 6. The cost is $8 for members, $15 for non-members.
Sparks, a transgender woman, made history earlier this year when she was elected commission president. She also is CEO of Good Vibrations. She is expected to discuss her life and activism.
For more information, visit http://www.commonwealthclub.org.
China AIDS benefit tonight
The nonprofit AIDS Relief Fund for China will hold its "Lighting the Way" fourth anniversary party tonight (Thursday, November 29) beginning at 6 p.m. at the Dragon bar, 473 Broadway in San Francisco. While donations are encouraged, there is no cost to attend.
ARFC has funded projects in China that have never been done before to redefine HIV prevention efforts there. One such innovation, the five household co-op project, provides loans and farming technology to rural families living with HIV.
For more information, visit http://www.aidsrelieffundchina.org.
GAPA anniversary party
The Gay Asian Pacific Alliance will hold its 19th anniversary banquet, "A Winter Solstice" Friday, November 30 at the Regency Center, 1290 Sutter Street in San Francisco. Tickets are $60 for GAPA members and $70 for non-members. The event will include dinner, community awards, and special performances. For more information, visit http://www.gapa.org.
Spectrum holiday party
Spectrum, the LGBT community center in Marin County, will hold its winter celebration Tuesday, December 11 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Panama Hotel, 4 Bayview Street in San Rafael. The event includes music by harpist Michelle Sell, hors d'oeuvres, and a no-host bar. Tickets are $25 in advance or $35 at the door. The party is part of Spectrum's 25th anniversary festivities. For more information about the center, visit http://www.spectrumlgbtcenter.org.
New home sought for porn sale
Now that Arthur Hurwith has stepped aside from his popular annual porn sale benefit for the San Francisco Prime Timers senior group, he is hoping a nonprofit organization can take over the event, which is usually held in June.
"'The end of an era' is a comment I've heard more than once when people learned that I will no longer be doing the annual porn sale," Hurwith wrote in a recent e-mail message sent to supporters. The "Final Blowout Sale" on November 3 resulted in $1,300 being given to the San Francisco Prime Timers. Hurwith said that over the past eight years, a total of $17,560 has been raised for the senior group.
Hurwith said that an organization would need to have ample storage space, as donations come in all throughout the year, as well as personnel to sort the donations prior to the sale and to work during the event. Hurwith, who had to stop hosting the sale due to health reasons, has set a target date of January 1 to clear out his garage. Anyone with ideas should contact him at (415) 648-8678.
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