Join us on Thursday, May 24 at The Edge for Cookie Bites, a weekly party hosted by the inimitable drag sweetheart, Cookie Dough, featuring fabulous drag performers, drink specials, and a raffle to benefit Project Open Hand. No Cover!
Mix, Mingle, and Give
It’s the LGBT Professional Fundraiser of the year! Join Project Open Hand, Out & Equal San Francisco and Postrio Restaurant, as well as many of the Bay Area’s top corporations on Thursday, May 31st for the 5th Annual Mix, Mingle, and Give. This lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender networking event of the year will feature spectacular entertainment, a photo booth, delicious light appetizers, Barefoot wine, and more…all for $30! All funds raised will benefit Project Open Hand and two other local non-profits. Click here to purchase your tickets or call 415-447-2316 for more information.
Valencia Cyclery Annual Bike Sale
Stock up on your bicycling needs with incredible bargains at Valencia Cyclery’s 17th Annual Benefit Sale. During this FOUR DAY SALE, all parts, accessories, and clothing will receive a 20% discount at the cash register. Many bicycles will be individually marked down as well! You will be getting the best deals of the year, and 10% of whatever is spent (excluding sales tax) will be donated to Project Open Hand. Sixteen previous benefit sales have raised over $91,966 for Project Open Hand.
For more information about Valencia Cyclery and this event, please click here or call (415) 550-6600.
Date is to be announced soon. Check back soon!
PLΣDGΣ: FRΔTΣRNAL FRIDΔYS – POH Benefit
Join us on Friday, June 1st at Rebel for PLΣDGΣ: FRΔTΣRNAL FRIDΔYS featuring top notch DJs, $2 ABSOLUT shooters, hot gogo guys, photo ops, jackpot raffles, and dancing for donations! You don’t want to miss this fun fundraiser.
For more information about PLEDGE, visit DJ CHRISTOPHER B’S website.
*To sign up to volunteer at one of this events please email events@openhand.org.
San Francisco PRIDE Parade
Sunday, June 24th 10:30am
Parade – Market & Beale Streets, San Francisco
Parade Celebration – Civic Center, San Francisco
2012 marks the 42nd anniversary of the San Francisco Pride Celebration and Parade. The theme is “Global Equality” and the event will be held over the weekend of June 23 and 24, 2012. With over 200 parade contingents, 300 exhibitors, and more than twenty community-run stages and venues, the San Francisco Pride Celebration and Parade is the largest gathering of LGBT people and allies in the nation.
The two-day celebration takes place in Civic Center Plaza and the parade, which takes place the Sunday morning of the event, kicks off from Beale Street along Market and ends at Market and 8th St. in the heart of downtown San Francisco.
We invite YOU to join Project Open Hand as we march down Market Street in celebration of this year’s Pride Parade! Sign up to march by emailing communications@openhand.org or calling (415) 447-2412.
To sign up to volunteer in Project Open Hand’s Beer Booth at the 2012 PRIDE Parade, email events@openhand.org
Click here for general Pride details.
HOME RUN 13.1 – Giant Race Half Marathon Training Program
Project Open Hand and Marathon Matt are thrilled to announce Home Run 13.1, a half marathon training program to prepare YOU for the Giant Race on September 16th.
Home Run 13.1 will launch on Sunday, July 1st at 9:30AM. The training program offers THREE fun, fitlanthropic options to train for the Giant Race Half Marathon and support Project Open Hand:
• Pay To Play – Simply pay the $130 registration fee and 10% of your fee goes directly to Project Open Hand
• Fundraise $500 for Project Open Hand – Your Home Run 13.1 registration fee ($130) is waived and you can join the program for FREE, but you are asked to raise $500 for Project Open Hand. You will be provided a fundraising webpage and fundraising support.
• Fundraise $1000 for Project Open Hand – Your Home Run 13.1 registration fee is waived and you can join the program and train for free. AND YOU GET A FREE ENTRY INTO THE HALF MARATHON ONCE YOU RAISE $1,000 (or more) FOR PROJECT OPEN HAND!
The Home Run 13.1 Training Program includes the following:
• 2 weekly professionally coached run workouts (Wednesday @ 6:30PM, Sunday @ 9:30AM)
• A sporty technical training shirt
• A twice weekly email newsletter supporting your training.
• A comprehensive training schedule
• Snacks!
• Clinics/Seminars with Marathon Matt partners
• Team social events (bar nights, team dinners, etc.)!
Start Date: Sunday, July.1, 2012 at 9:30AM
Training: 11 weeks of training (7/1 – 9/16) 2 workouts per week (Wed. Nights@ 6:30PM and Sunday Mornings@ 9:30AM)
-Wednesday night run workouts @ 6:30PM launch from Golden Gate Park (adjacent to Lincoln/9th)
-Sunday morning runs @ 9:30AM launch from Golden Gate Park unless specified otherwise in the schedule/newsletter.
Click here for more details and online registration-Home Run 13.1 Program Details & Online Registration.
QUESTIONS/CONCERNS? EMAIL MARATHONMATT@MARATHONMATT.COM
AVON Walk San Francisco
From the bustling downtown to the raw beauty of Marin County, this Avon Walk takes you across the Golden Gate Bridge and along the Sausalito waterfront. You’ll see Fisherman’s Wharf and Lombard Street and get an up-close view of the city’s cable cars and gorgeous Victorian homes. The legendary roller coaster hills are an invigorating way to enjoy a fabulous walking tour of the incomparable City by the Bay. As one of the local beneficiaries of this walk, Project Open Hand will be stationed along the route cheering on the thousands of walkers around Marin and San Francisco. Last year, Project Open Hand received $200,000 from the Avon Foundation and funds raised at the walk, to support the Homebound Critically Ill Program that specifically provides meals, grocery services and education programs for breast cancer patients and their families. Please join us again this year, as we continue to fight this growing challenge.
To help support a current walker, click here.
For information on becoming a registered walker/fundraiser, or for more information about this event, click here.
To sign up to volunteer to cheer on walkers at the 2012 Avon Walk in San Francisco, please email events@openhand.org
AIDS Walk San Francisco
Break out your sneakers and walk with the Project Open Hand team to raise awareness and funds for POH and other AIDS service organizations in the Bay Area. Since 1987, AIDS Walk San Francisco has raised nearly $74 million for HIV programs and services in the Bay Area. For 23 years, the event has been a model of cost-effective fundraising and extraordinary community activism. Please help support Project Open Hand and 62 other local community organizations as we join together on July 15th. For more information or to register as a participant, click here. More information on how to join the Project Open Hand team is coming soon. Please keep an eye on this page for more details on how to get involved!
To sign up to volunteer to support Project Open Hand at the AIDS Walk SF, email events@openhand.org.
Join the 2012 Project Open Hand San Francisco Marathon Team!
Project Open Hand is an official Charity Partner of The San Francisco Marathon on Sunday, July 29, 2012 and we need your support! Think you can handle 26.2 miles of San Francisco’s rolling terrain? We do! And we need your help to ensure we can continue to meet the needs of our clients in the community.
The San Francisco Marathon prides itself on being a bit different from other races. The race is more individual, the course is more challenging, and the terrain is more beautiful – an event referred to as “The Race Even Marathoners Fear”! Raising money for Project Open Hand will make finishing this race even more exciting!
To join the POH San Francisco Marathon team, please click here and choose Project Open Hand from the list of partners, and register for the marathon!
Email events@openhand.org for more information.
Can’t make the race? Donate to our team’s fundraising efforts to support those in need in our San Francisco community.
For more information about the San Francisco Marathon, please visit www.thesfmarathon.com.
17th Annual Ghirardelli Chocolate Festival
Ghirardelli Chocolate Company is excited to announce the 17th Annual Ghirardelli Chocolate Festival to benefit Project Open Hand. Projected to be the biggest one yet, this two-day celebration of chocolate will feature sampling by some of the finest local dessert companies and of course, Ghirardelli Chocolate! Come enjoy live music, chef demonstrations, ice cream eating contests and more! September 8th & 9th, 2012 from 12pm-5pm in Ghirardelli Square. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit the festival website.
Interested in volunteering at the Ghirardelli Chocolate Festival for a behind-the-scenes encounter with all things sweet? Click here to support Project Open Hand by volunteering at this annual event!