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Real Bad Party Raises $200K For Charities

Real Bad, the annual volunteer-run closing party for Folsom Street Fair, raised a record $200,000 this year for its beneficiaries. Via press release, here’s where the money will go: AIDS Emergency Fund: A provider of financial resources to prevent homelessness and add stability to the lives of those disabled by HIV/AIDS. Alliance Health Project: An organization that brings the skills …

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SAN FRANCISCO: Real Bad Party Donates $180K To LGBT Community Groups

This year’s Real Bad party, the closing event of Folsom Street Fair, raised a record-breaking $180,000 for local LGBT and HIV/AIDS groups. Via press release: Five selected LGBT health and community service organizations are sharing the funds raised, which include 100 percent of the money collected from general admission ticket sales. The beneficiary organizations are Maitri, the only residential care …

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SAN FRANCISCO: Real Bad Party Announces 2010 Beneficiaries & DJ

Grass Roots Gay Rights West, the producers of the annual post-Folsom Street Fair party Real Bad, have announced the beneficiaries of this year’s event. This year’s worthy organizations: The National AIDS Memorial Grove, San Francisco Suicide Prevention, Project Open Hand, Visual Aid (services for artists living with AIDS), and Maitri (residential end-stage care for people with AIDS.) To date, Real …

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Real Bad Does Real Good

Grass Roots Gay Rights West, the non-profit group that produces Folsom Street Fair’s Real Bad party, has presented $150,000 to the beneficiaries of this year’s event. That’s openly gay SF Supervisor (and mayoral candidate) Bevan Dufty on the right, wearing a suit. Behind Dufty is my dear friend Leif Wauters, last year’s party honcho. Four selected LGBT health and community …

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REAL BAD Announces Beneficiaries & DJ

The organizers of Real Bad, the all-volunteer charity dance event that closes Folsom Street Fair every year, have announced this year’s beneficiaries and DJ. Grass Roots Gay Rights West (GRGR/West), producers of the annual REAL BAD fundraising party which follows San Francisco’s world-renowned Folsom Street Fair, today announced the beneficiaries and DJ for REAL BAD XXI. Four LGBT health and …

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Real Bad Donates $160K

The staff of the 20th anniversary Real Bad party held their check presentation ceremony last night where they donated a record-setting $160,000 to five LGBT charities: AIDS Legal Referral Panel, GLBT Historical Society, Dimensions Clinic, openhouse, and The Positive Care Center at UCSF. Real Bad is the fantastic closing night party of the Folsom Street Fair put on by Grass …

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Real Bad Announces Beneficiaries & DJ

The 20th annual Real Bad party, the “unofficial” closing party of Folsom Street Fair and one of the best gay dance events on the planet, has announced the beneficiaries and DJ for this year’s event. Real Bad is completely volunteer-run and 100% of its proceeds go to the LGBT community. Grass Roots Gay Rights West (GRGR/West), producers of the annual …

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Real Bad = Real Dough

Organizers of the 19th annual Real Bad party, which took place after the conclusion of this year’s Folsom Street Fair, had their check presentation ceremony last night, awarding $150,000 to two worthy Bay Area institutions. San Francisco, CA – (November 8, 2007) – Grassroots Gay Rights West (GRGR/West) announces the donation of record proceeds from REAL BAD XIX. Ticket sales …

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