San Francisco, CA - November 16, 2009 - The Board of Directors of Folsom Street Events announced charitable giving in the amount of $333,452 today. Andy Copper, Board President, says, “2009 was a fantastic year for Folsom Street Events and our charities. We are enormously grateful to our sponsors, beneficiaries, beverage partners, volunteers and the leather/fetish community for the unyielding support. We are thrilled to clear the $4 million mark in our giving history. This check is a philanthropic landmark for our community.”
According to Demetri Moshoyannis, Executive Director, “The majority of this check will support the work of our 16 Bay Area Major and Supporting beneficiaries that are working diligently to improve our communities in the areas of public health, human services, and the arts. In the current state of the economy, we couldn’t be more thrilled to present a check of this size. This check only goes to show how strong and consistent our community is when it comes to showing our support. Combined, we are supporting over 60 worthy charities around the United States.”
Folsom Street Events will host a very special evening to honor its beneficiaries, sponsors, and nonprofit partners with a check ceremony. The event is held by invitation only and will occur at Sloane, 1525 Mission Street, known in the leather community as the former home to the Loading Dock. Special invited guests include Supervisor Bevan Dufty, Treasurer Jose Cisneros, and Joe D’Alessandro, San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau, among others.
Sponsors included PRESENTING SPONSORS TitanMen.com, NakedSword, RECON.com and GLOSS Magazine; PREMIER SPONSORS Steamworks, Doc Johnson, and Elbow Grease; CHARTER SPONSORS Blow Buddies, ExtremeRestraints.com, Manhunt, SUPPORTING SPONSORS The Stockroom/Stormy Leather/Syren, Powerhouse, Mr. S Leather, StraightHell.net, Leatherpost.com, and AdultFriendFinder; HOST HOTELS San Francisco Marriott, Renoir Hotel, and Joie de Vivre Hospitality; and, MEDIA SPONSORS Bay Area Reporter, SF Bay Guardian, IN LA Magazine, and Bear Party Magazine.
About Folsom Street Events
Folsom Street Events is a 501(c)3 nonprofit agency that produces four annual fetish events: Bay of Pigs™, Up Your Alley™, Magnitude™, and Folsom Street Fair™. Its mission is to create volunteer-driven leather events that provide the adult alternative lifestyle community with safe venues for self-expression while emphasizing freedom, fun, frolic and fetish and raising funds to benefit charity. In 2008, over 400,000 attendees raised money for charitable donations.
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