![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
(You don't have to wear leather to walk :)
What if you were on a fixed income because you were so ill from fighting an illness like AIDS or breast cancer that you couldn't work? What if an extra $600 meant the difference between getting medical treatment and paying the rent or keeping the lights on? In 1982, a group of people came together to help pay the bills of their sick friends for just those reasons. They didn't want their friends to be worrying about losing their homes instead of focusing on recovering their health. In 2002, AIDS Emergency Fund provided nearly 2700 low-income San Franciscans fighting AIDS with over $1.5 million in emergency grants to pay the rent, phone bill medication co-payments or power bills.
Please sponsor me, on my walk, Leather Walk, by sending your donation to THIS SITE. In the comments section just mention Mama's Leather Walk :) Thanks so much!
THIS KICKS OFF THE BEGINNING OF LEATHER WEEK FOR SAN FRANCISCO, AND THE FOLSOM FAIR IS AT THE CLOSE OF LEATHER WEEK
YOUR WELCOME TO JOIN THE WALK SUNDAY SEPT 20; HERE IS THE INFO AND THE HISTORY
Registration - 9:30 a.m. 440 Castro, 440 Castro Street
Leather Pride Flag Raising - 12:15 p.m. Harvey Milk Plaza
This will be the 9th Annual Raising of The Leather Flag. This is when The Rainbow Flag is replaced with The Leather Flag for one week during Leather Week to welcome our Leather Family from around the World. It descends the evening of September 28th, Folsom Street Fair day.
Walk Begins - 1:00 p.m.
The three mile walk begins at 440 Castro winds it's way to The Powerhouse, and ends at The Eagle Tavern. Walkers will be cheered on and entertained by the best talent our community has to offer.
After the walk ends stay at The Eagle where six of the South of Market Bare Chest Calendar men will be auctioned off for dinner dates, with the proceeds benefiting the Aids Emergency Fund and the Positive Resource Center.
Producer - Sandy 'Mama' Reinhardt
Founder - Art Tomaszewski
FOR MORE INFO: http://mamasfamily.org/
Folsom Street Fair 9/27/09
http://www.folsomstreetevents.org/fair-info.php
( LEATHER WALK HISTORY )
What if you were on a fixed income because you were so ill from fighting an illness like AIDS or breast cancer that you couldn't work? What if an extra $600 meant the difference between getting medical treatment and paying the rent or keeping the lights on? In 1982, a group of people came together to help pay the bills of their sick friends for just those reasons. They didn't want their friends to be worrying about losing their homes instead of focusing on recovering their health. In 2002, AIDS Emergency Fund provided nearly 2700 low-income San Franciscans fighting AIDS with over $1.5 million in emergency grants to pay the rent, phone bill medication co-payments or power bills.
Please sponsor me, on my walk, Leather Walk, by sending your donation to THIS SITE. In the comments section just mention Mama's Leather Walk :) Thanks so much!
THIS KICKS OFF THE BEGINNING OF LEATHER WEEK FOR SAN FRANCISCO, AND THE FOLSOM FAIR IS AT THE CLOSE OF LEATHER WEEK
YOUR WELCOME TO JOIN THE WALK SUNDAY SEPT 20; HERE IS THE INFO AND THE HISTORY
Registration - 9:30 a.m. 440 Castro, 440 Castro Street
Leather Pride Flag Raising - 12:15 p.m. Harvey Milk Plaza
This will be the 9th Annual Raising of The Leather Flag. This is when The Rainbow Flag is replaced with The Leather Flag for one week during Leather Week to welcome our Leather Family from around the World. It descends the evening of September 28th, Folsom Street Fair day.
Walk Begins - 1:00 p.m.
The three mile walk begins at 440 Castro winds it's way to The Powerhouse, and ends at The Eagle Tavern. Walkers will be cheered on and entertained by the best talent our community has to offer.
After the walk ends stay at The Eagle where six of the South of Market Bare Chest Calendar men will be auctioned off for dinner dates, with the proceeds benefiting the Aids Emergency Fund and the Positive Resource Center.
Producer - Sandy 'Mama' Reinhardt
Founder - Art Tomaszewski
FOR MORE INFO: http://mamasfamily.org/
http://www.folsomstreetevents.org/fair-info.php
