Some of the major events that fund the AIDS Service organizations:
Lone Star Ride
Date: Sept. 24-25, 2011
Benefits: AIDS Outreach Center, AIDS Services Dallas, Resource Center Dallas
What it is: 175-mile two-day bike ride
Hearts and Heroes
Date: Oct. 1, 2011
Benefits: Heath Services of North Texas
What it is: Honors people and organi9zations who made the community better. Held at UNT.
AIDS LifeWalk
Date: Oct. 2, 2011
Benefits: AIDS Arms and
What it is: 3.2-mile fun run/walk through Turtle Creek and Uptown.
Five Factor
Date: October
Benefits: Resource Center Dallas
What it is: Honors five people in a variety of fields who have made a difference for the community.
Black Tie Dinner
Date: Nov. 12, 2011
Benefits: AIDS Arms, AIDS Outreach Center, AIDS Services of Rural Texas, AIDS Services Dallas, Health Services of North Texas, Legacy Counseling, Legal Hospice of Texas, Resource Center Dallas and other non-profits in the LGBT community
What it is: A seated dinner for 3,000, silent and live auction and entertainment
Toast to Life
Date: Spring
Benefits: Resource Center Dallas
What it is: Features food from some of Dallas’ most prominent chefs and restaurants, along with wines and other beverages and a silent auction and entertainment.
South Dallas AIDS Walk
Date: March 24, 2012
Funds: Anthony Chisom AIDS Foundation
What it is: 2.1-mile walk through South Dallas beginning at the South Dallas Cultural Center
No Tie Dinner
Date: March 2012
Benefits: AIDS Services Dallas
What it is: House dinners that end with dessert
DIFFA Jacket Collection
Date: April
Benefits: DIFFA, which funds AIDS agencies
What it is: Fashion show and auction of jackets designed by celebrities
MetroBall
Date: June 8, 2012
Benefits: Greg Dollgener Memorial AIDS Fund
What it is: Party and auction at S4
Bloomin Ball
Date: May
Benefits: AIDS Interfaith Network
What it is: Dinner, entertainment, auction and Crystal Hope Awards
Razzle Dazzle Dallas
Date: June 9, 2012
Benefits: AIDS Arms, AIDS Interfaith Network, Legacy Counseling, Legal Hospice of Texas, Lone Star Ride, Resource Center Dallas,
What it is: Street party on Cedar Springs
The 2012 South Dallas AIDS Walk will also benefit AIDS Interfaith Network, and DFW Pride Movement our 2012 selected beneficiaries.