This Old Bag: Pink Goes Green - AIDS Emergency Fund

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summer 2008
AIDS EMERGENCY FUND • BREAST CANCER EMERGENCY FUND
QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER
This Old Bag: Pink Goes Green
Top:
Crystal-encrusted Judith Leiber
minaudiere with rose-quartz
clasp, from the collection of the
Honorable Bella Farrow, This Old
Bag Host Committee Chair.
Middle:
The “IT” bag of the season:
Roberto Cavalli’s deluxe Apple
Bag, donated by long-time This
Old Bag supporter Sharon Stone.
Bottom:
Elegant Asprey of London
large cotton tote with crocodile
trim and matching wallet,
donated by Sharon Osbourne.
On Wednesday, August 6, 2008, many of San Francisco’s
most philanthropic citizens gathered at the Spanish
Suite at Clift for a sneak preview of celebrity and
designer purses to be auctioned off at Breast Cancer
Emergency Fund’s fourth annual This Old Bag:
The Power of the Purse. Guests enjoyed specialty
cupcakes provided by That Takes the Cake, drank
vodka by Pearl Vodka, and sipped champagne
donated by J Vineyards, while admiring a lavish
assortment of designer handbags and autographed
purses. Among them were celebrity bags from
Sharon Osbourne, Kathy Najimy, Renee
Fleming, Sharon Stone, Sharon McNight,
Tiffani Thiessen, and the Hon. Bella Farrow, as well
as designer handbags from Chanel, Goldenbleu, Judith
Leiber, Marni, Samsonite Black Label Couture, Furla,
Foley & Corinna, Sanrio, and Bryna Nicole.
BCEF is proud to announce that Kaiser Permanente
has returned as Presenting Sponsor of This Old Bag.
And this year’s Host Committee chairs, the Hon. Bella
Farrow and Hilary Newsom Callan, have assembled a
dedicated group of prominent San Franciscans to serve
on the Host Committee, including Beatrice Amblard,
Wilkes Bashford, Chris Bently & Amber Marie Bently,
Harry Denton, Hon. Kamala Harris, Elaine LaMastra,
Carolyn Lee, Hon. Fiona Ma, Bahya Oumlil-Murad and
Beth Townsend.
This year’s This Old Bag: The Power of the Purse will
take place at the W San Francisco on Friday evening,
October 17, beginning at 6 p.m. To date, over 100 bags have
been donated for this year’s event including bags from Bo’s
Art Studio, Glory Chen, Oberon Designs, Stella Page,
Sally Spicer, Slainte Bags, and Talulah New York, and
retailers including Bettina, kati koos, United Colors of
Benetton and Mom’s the Word.
We are also excited to announce this year’s Pink Goes
Green initiative. Look for our Pink Goes Green table
boasting beautiful purses created from various recycled
materials by eco-conscious designers, with contributions
from fashion-forward designers including Be Sweet, The
News, chemical wedding handbags, Banyan Paper,
Hilside Bags, Personally Yours, Rock Musick, earthbags,
Ecologic Designs, Greenheart, and ez-duz-it by elliott.
Even our event planning has gone eco-friendly, which
includes switching from water bottles to pitchers, replacing
cut florals with potted plants, using recycled napkins, and
composting leftovers. With the help of W San Francisco,
we are committed to producing an amazing fundraising
event while reducing our ecological footprint.
If you have a new handbag, or a previously owned
handbag that is in excellent condition that you’d like to
donate, please contact Joanie Juster at 415.558.6999 x4
or visit www.ThisOldBag.org
Tickets to This Old Bag are limited to 300, so you
are encouraged to buy your tickets in advance at
www.ThisOldBag.org.
Save The Date
Dine
Around, November 19, 2008
Zephyr Real Estate Returns As Exclusive Corporate Sponsor
Make plans now to Dine Around on
Wednesday, November 19, 2008, when
more than 40 restaurants will donate 25%
of that day’s food and beverage sales to
AEF and BCEF.
We are excited that Zephyr Real Estate
is returning as the exclusive corporate
sponsor for this seventh annual neighborhood fundraising event.В You can join
many of Zephyr’s agents and thousands
of your neighbors by making reservations
at participating restaurants.
If you’re up for a fundraising challenge,
we encourage you to adopt a restaurant
and become a Restaurant Captain and
commit to hosting a dinner party of eight
or more of your friends. You can also volunteer as a Restaurant Greeter; pair up
with your best friend, choose a restaurant,
and enjoy an adventurous evening. To
volunteer go to www.dinearoundsf.org,
and click on Volunteer Now.
Last year’s Dine Around was a recordbreaking year. With the support of Zephyr
Realty, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Merchants of Upper Market and
Castro, Castro Lions Club and Open
Table, last year’s Dine Around raised
an incredible $38,000 for AEF and BCEF
clients. That means 65 clients received
emergency assistance when they were
too sick to work.
From the President
Cynthia’s Hester, Board President
Expansion Update
BCEF Serves First San Mateo Client
A Force of Spare Change: Steven Sams
AEF has been
fortunate over
the years to work
with dedicated
and generous
supporters. It is an
honor and a privilege to have these
special people as part of the AEF
family. Any conversation about
community fundraising for HIV/
AIDS causes in San Francisco is
incomplete without mentioning
Steven Sams. Over a 27-year work
career, Steven brought thousands
of colleagues into the cause and
raised hundreds of thousands of
dollars for the community.
On the occasion of Steven’s
retirement from AT&T, we want
to honor him and acknowledge
the extraordinary impact he
has had on AEF and other
AIDS organizations. Steven has
organized his company’s AIDS Walk
team every year since the very
first Walk, often rallying a team
of more than 1,000 colleagues and
using his own personal challenge
grant to spur his co-workers to
new heights of generosity.
In 1987, he turned his focus to
AEF’s Pennies Project, directing
his fundraising army towards
workplace giving. Through an
elaborate command structure of
office captains and competing
teams, Steven marshaled hundreds
of people to place AEF penny
jars on desktops throughout
the company. In total, local
AT&T employees have raised
more than $90,000 in pennies
and spare change, all under
Steven’s fearless leadership.
Now that he is retired, Steven
has turned over his army of Penny
volunteers to Betsy Kraft, and he
is beginning to enjoy his free time.
But don’t think that means he’ll be
cutting back on his volunteering
and fundraising activities.
“I am busy uploading my
19,000 e-mail contacts to my
home computer,” says Steven.
“You know, I can be so much more
productive when I don’t have to
work!” Congratulations on your
retirement, Steven,
and thank you for
all you have done
and will continue
to do for our
community!
By late summer, BCEF will
enter a new phase of service to
our community. Thanks to the
generous support of Susan G.
Komen for the Cure and Safeway Foundation, BCEF is partnering with several impressive
agencies to expand emergency
financial assistance for breast
cancer patients into San Mateo
County.
“It’s a much different service
need than we’ve seen in San Francisco” said Cynthia Hester, AEF/
BCEF Board President, “We are
excited to partner with providers
like Breast Cancer Connections
(BCC) to help us identify the
greatest need. But we were surprised by what services are most
frequently requested.” BCEF’s first San Mateo based
client was a working mom.
“Tammy” and her husband were
a dual-income household until
Tammy was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Hoping to spend some
time this summer with her kids
while she could still participate
in their active lifestyle, Tammy
resigned from her job. Her husband took not one but two extra
shifts at a shipping warehouse to
make up the loss of income.
When BCEF was contacted
by BCC, the request was sobering:В food. Tammy and her husband were eating one meal a day
rather than deny their children
healthy diets. The loss of nutrition
was adversely impacting Tammy’s
health. BCC was working with the
family to secure long-term food
assistance, but a holiday weekend
was approaching and the need
was immediate. BCEF contacted
Safeway Corporate directly and
purchased food gift cards that
Safeway made available immediately at the nearest San Mateo
store location. BCC staff picked
up the cards and delivered them
to Tammy’s home.
“It’s going to be a tough time
for Tammy and her family,” said
Susannah Dunlap, BCEF Director, “but thanks to BCC’s intervention and corporate partners
like Safeway, they know they’re
not alone.”
BCEF is honored to begin services in San Mateo and grateful to
the expertise of our community
partners who already do great
work for the breast cancer community.
Steven Sams
OUR COMMUNITY NEVER STOPS GIVING
05.17.08
MAMA’S BCEF DINNER
Mama Sandy’s Family and the Alexander
Hamilton Post 448 hosted the 8th Annual
BCEF Dinner and Auction raising $3500 for
BCEF clients! www.mamasfamily.org
06.25.08
Mingle at the Matrix: A
Fundraiser for Cancer
Survivorship
A huge thanks to one of breast cancer’s
strongest young advocates, Ilana Minkoff.
Ilana’s event, hosted by our friends at
Plumpjack, raised over $6500 for BCEF
and First Descents.
www.ilanaminkoff.com
www.firstdescents.org
2 Heart To Heart
06.29.08
07.13.08
07.25.08
AEF and BCEF volunteers, board and staff
decked themselves out as cowboys and
cowgirls and sashayed down sunny Market
Street to country western music, shaking
down the crowd, and raising over $3,200
for our clients. Our festive County Fair float,
complete with hay bales and cow balloons,
was sponsored by the good folks at Beach
Blanket Babylon.
The Castro Lions marked their 25th year
of community service at the Eagle Tavern
by presenting more than $20,000 to
community groups including a total of
$5,000 to AEF and BCEF. Over the last 25
years, the Lions have donated more than
$100,000 to AEF and BCEF. Thank you, Lions!
Daddy Glenn Tanking and The Eagle
Tavern hosted the 26th annual contest\
Up Your Alley Weekend.
Congratulations to Ray
Middling who beat
out five other men for
the title. In total the
contestants raised $1800
for AEF. Thanks to Daddy
Glenn Tanking, Daddy’s
Boy Angle, Snatch and
the everyone involved.
www.SFLDadsandboys.com
Pride Parade County
Fair Float
Castro Lions Check
Presentation
07.20.08
AIDS Walk San Francisco
Small in size but big of heart, AEF’s AIDS
Walk team braved the fog and wind in
Golden Gate Park for a day of powerhouse
community fundraising. When the grand
total of $4,512,934 was announced, our
walkers had the satisfaction of knowing
they had raised almost $8,400 of it! Many
thanks to our walkers for a tremendous
fundraising effort.
San Francisco Leather
Daddy XXVI Contest
07.27.08
Up Your Alley
street fair
Up Your Alley street
photo: Rich statdmi
fair remains one of the premier fetish
events in the world, and monies raised
from sponsorship, booth fees and gate
collections benefit local beneficiaries
including AEF. Thanks to our outstanding
volunteers, AEF is poised to receive a lot
of cash in the fall.
www.folsomstreetevents.org
statdmiller
Joe Garcia, Client Services Associate
Donor Profile
Who’s who
at AEF/BCEF
After six years as
AEF/BCEF’s controller
and business manager,
Jeffrey Johnson
recently relocated to
Seattle to be closer
to family. Jeffrey left
giant shoes behind that needed filling,
and after a long search, we are delighted
to introduce our newest staff member,
Jose (Joe) Garcia!
Joe is a native of the Philippines,
where he completed his university
studies at Far Eastern University in
Manila and qualified as a Certified Public
Accountant. After a lengthy work stint
there as an internal and external auditor,
he emigrated to the United States in
1996 and settled in the Bay Area. He
worked for several years in accounting
and administrative positions for nonprofit and housing related agencies like
Bethany Center Senior Housing,
Northern California Land Trust and
Bethel Housing Development.
“Joe’s first day at AEF was the day
In April, AEF received a
$1600 grant from Eastside
College Preparatory School’s
Project Give program. This three-year
program was made possible by a grant
from the John and Marcia Goldman
Foundation. This innovative program
introduces students to the art and
philosophy of philanthropy. The
seventh and eighth grade students
researched and selected Bay Area nonprofits which could most effectively
use small grants to make a difference
in their community. Through a process
of consensus building, teamwork,
debate and compromise, the students
gave awayВ almost
$11,000 to nine
organizations
including AEF. We
are proud to have
been selected
by these young
philanthropists.
FOUNDERS
Who’s That Fresh Face?
Volunteer Now
Fall Activities
The busy summer and fall seasons offer
plenty of opportunities for volunteers to
get involved. In addition to the events
listed below, we have a few special
daytime opportunities for volunteers
with particular skills, including:
07.30.08 – 08.04.08
Lazy Bear Weekend
Thousands of big furry friends descended
on the Russian River for a weekend of fun
and fundraising.В Both AEF and BCEF were
beneficiaries and the Bare Chest Calendar
Men spent the week serving up beers
poolside. Kudos to Harry Lit and his team
for another successful year! More info:
www.lazybearweekend.org
09.07.08
Country Western
Dance-a-thon
The 2009 Bare Chest Calendar Men
present this second annual down-home
country dancin’ version of a dance-a-thon.
Collect pledges from family, friends and
co-workers to benefit AIDS Emergency
Fund and Positive Resource Center. Then
put on your favorite cowboy boots, bring
your pledges and prepare to two-step
non-stop for three hours with some of San
Francisco’s hottest cowboys (and evens
cowgirls). More info and pledge sheets:
www.sundancesaloon.org
Project Give
before the County Fair, our biggest
event of the year,” said Mike Smith.
“He survived the chaos of that day, so I
am sure he will fit right in here!”
As Controller and Office Manager,
Joe will handle all the finances of
AEF and BCEF, review all client files
for compliance and accuracy before
payments are made, and handle the
many administrative tasks that keep
AEF and BCEF operating smoothly.
While Joe may find the day-to-day tasks
of his job to be similar to his previous
employment, he is excited about the
many perks of working in an LGBT office
environment.
“Within the first month, I was riding
down Market Street
on a float in the
Parade!” said Joe.
“It was something I
never imagined doing.
I am certainly a long
way from Manila – and
enjoying very minute of
working here!”
Frederick H. Booth, Jr.
Walter Mellon
Board President
Cynthia Hester
Vice-President
Neil Figurelli
Treasurer
Rafael Scroggins
Secretary
Nicole Auyang
Board of Directors
Eric Christiansen
SUSANNAH DUNLAP
Veronica Labeau
Stephen Logan
Joe Pessa
Lara Sallee
Barry Skown
Sharon Tetlow
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Mike Smith
STAFF
JAI DE LOTTO
JOE GARCIA
SUZY GOLDSMITH
LEE HARRINGTON
JOANIE JUSTER
P TYRONE SMITH
965 Mission STREET
Suite 630
San Francisco, CA 94103
PHONE
415.558.6999
FAX
•Auction Coordinator » This Old Bag
•Volunteer Administrative Assistant
•Penny Jar pickups in the North Bay, Easy Bay, and Peninsula (must have a car)
•This Old Bag Invitations Mailing — September 3-5
•Fundraising Letter Mailing — September 10-12
•LeatherWalk - September 21
•Folsom Street Fair - September 28
•Castro Street Fair – October 5
•This Old Bag – October 17
•Newsletter Mailing – November 5-7
•Dine Around – November 19
415.558.6990
WEB
www.aef-sf.org
www.barechest.org
www.bcef-sf.org
www.thisoldbag.org
www.dinearoundsf.org
To review these volunteer activities and to sign up, go to
www.aef-sf.org or www.bcef-sf.org and click on Volunteer Now.
09.09.08
San Francisco Leather
Daddy’s Boy XXVI Contest
First Last, San Francisco Leather Daddy
XXVI, and The Eagle Tavern host the
search for the 26th annual San Francisco
Leather Daddy’s Boy. For
more information and to sign up:
www.SFLDadsandboys.com
09.21.08
09.28.08
The 25th Annual Leather Week officially
begins with the raising of the leather flag,
followed by this three-mile fundraising bar
crawl for AEF and BCEF. More information
and pledge sheets: www.mamasfamily.org
Volunteering should always be this much
fun! We are recruiting 50 volunteers for
Folsom Street Fair and Magnitude. Each
hour you work generates over $100 for AEF.
More info and to sign up: www.aef-sf.org
and click on Volunteer Now.
Mama’s Leather Walk
10.5.08
09.14.08
Castro Street Fair
You can help AEF while having a good
time volunteering at the Castro Street Fair.
Grants str ,sfr to community groups based
on the number of hours volunteered. So
sign up and bring a friend! More info and
to sign up: www.aef-sf.org and click on
Volunteer Now.
Tighty Whitey Car Wash
The 2009 Bare Chest Calendar Men offer
up this provocative new fundraising event.
The Calendar Men are dressing down to
their undies, donated by Andrew Christian,
and hope to stop traffic near 18th and
Castro with their sights set on washing
100’s of dirty (or near dirty) cars. A $20
donation is requested. Tips accepted. Oh,
and 2009 Calendars will be for sale too.
More info: www.barechest.org
09.21.08
Komen Race For Cure
Join one of BCEF’s strongest sponsors,
Susan G. Komen for the Cure for the 18th
Annual Komen San Francisco Race for the
Cure! www.komensf.org
Folsom Street Fair
photo: Rich statdmiller
09.21.08
Bare Chest Calendar
Auction 1
One of San Francisco’s most anticipated
events occurs at The Eagle Tavern
immediately following Mama’s Leather
Walk. Bidding starts at 3pm and features
the six of the twelve 2009 Calendar Men
who have put together outstanding
dinner date packages. See the men and
their packages: www.barechest.org
10.09.08
Beats 4 Boobs
Rock your socks off with some of the
hottest art, music, fashion and boobs in
town! www.beats4boobs.org
10.20.08
Strike Out Breast Cancer
Universal Share’s 10th Annual Strike Out
Breast Cancer brings The Motown Sound
to Presidio Bowling Center, Monday,
October 20, 2008
www.strikeoutbreastcancer.com AIDS EMERGENCY FUND • BREAST CANCER EMERGENCY FUND
Providing emergency financial assistance to people fighting AIDS and breast cancer
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Perspective
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Save
These
Dates
09.14.08
bare chest
tighty whitey
car wash
09.07.08
country
western
dance-a-thon
09.21.08
Mama’s
leather
walk
09.21.08
bare CHEST
dinner date
auction
10.17.08
This Old Bag
10.20.08
strike out
breast
cancer
Transitions at BCEF
After two and half
years as Program
Director of BCEF
Susannah Dunlap
has announced her
departure. She has
been presented with
a career opportunity that she cannot
turn down, and sadly decided that
it is time to move on. Her absence
from the office will be a huge loss
for BCEF and for all of us who have
loved working with her. So I want to
use my column inches here to let you
(and her) know how much she means
to us and our clients.
At her job interview in December
2005, we were amazed that someone so young seemed to have a complete working knowledge of street life
in the Tenderloin. During her work
there over several years, she devel-
4 Heart To Heart
oped great professional relationships
with many of our closest peer agencies
doing anti-poverty work in San Francisco. She brought all those partnerships to BCEF, and also quickly built
new relationships with SF General
Hospital and many of the service providers throughout the City.
Under her leadership, BCEF doubled its number of clients served, then
doubled again and doubled again.
She was committed to seeing that
every single low-income woman in
San Francisco battling breast cancer knew about BCEF’s services and
received those services in a culturally appropriate manner. When she
reached that goal, she helped craft
our recent expansion of services into
San Mateo county.
Susannah is equally at home at
Mama’s BCEF dinner, hosting bar
events in Bernal Heights, talking
handbags with This Old Bag donors in
Pacific Heights, or speaking at national
breast cancer conferences in front of
thousands. Susannah was the consummate advocate for her program
and her clients: helping everyone she
came in contact with to understand
the plight of low income women battling breast cancer.
She leaves a very large pair of
shoes for her successor to fill. We
have started the search and will, no
doubt, have an announcement soon.
In the meantime, Susannah isn’t getting away too easily; she’ll continue
to be one of the driving forces behind
This Old Bag in October. Also, please
help me welcome AEF/BCEF’s newest member of our Board of Directors:
Susannah Dunlap!
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