Toast to Life set for Feb. 26
Resource Center Dallas holds its 13th annual Pride Pharmacy Toast To Life gala fundraiser Saturday, Feb. 26, to benefit the center’s HIV/AIDS programs and services. Event tickets are $100 and VIP tickets including a private reception are $150.
The event, “Cirque De La Vie,” will be held at FIG-Fashion Industry Gallery, 1807 Ross Ave.
Pride Pharmacy Toast To Life features food from some of Dallas’ most prominent chefs and restaurants, along with wines and other beverages. There is also a silent auction and entertainment.
This year’s silent auction items include: a “chef’s dinner” for 10 at Truluck’s, including private dining and wine and valued at $5,000; a weeklong vacation in Provincetown, including a stay in a private rent house and air transportation on American Airlines; a “Gayribbean Cruise” for two; jewelry from Neiman Marcus; assorted travel packages and gift certificates, and one-of-a-kind art from well-known local artists.
Pride Pharmacy Toast To Life is presented by Pride Pharmacy and sponsored in part by Dr. Christopher A. Salerno and John F. Dixon, Eric V. Culbertson and David W. Carlson, AA.com/rainbow, FIG-Fashion Industry Gallery, Pinky’s Valet, Lone Star Ride Fighting AIDS, EMD Serono, Go-Lite Digital Advertising, Bravo! Entertainment, Total 360 Interiors, Artifex Art and Framing, Christopher J. Vesy, M.D. & Allan E. Roller, Chuck MarLett and Jim Vasilas, Steve S. Rayl & Scot Presley, Steven M. Pounders, M.D., and Jimmy O’Reilly, the United Court of the Lone Star Empire, BOLD Entertainment — Brandon Olds, and Dr. David Lee and Casey Wilcox. Tickets and sponsor information is available online at ToastToLife.org.
DFW Pug Rescue holding Pet Walk
DFW Pug Rescue Club holds its first annual Pet Walk and Adoption Event from 9 a.mm. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 26, at Villages of Bear Creek, 1509 Bear Creek Parkway in Euless.
The event will feature a pet walk, an unleashed dog park, pugs looking for adoption and more. Pre-registration for the Pug Love Fun Run is $20; registration is $25 the day of the event.
Registration fees include a t-shirt, and all proceeds will go directly to the DFWPRC.
Chamber seeks auction donations
The North Texas GLBT Chamber of Commerce is looking for donations of items for its 6th anniversary gala dinner and silent auction.
Items donated for the auction must have a value of at least $250 and must be ready for pick up by March 15. Donated items must also be accompanied by all the necessary information.
Individual tickets prior through Feb. 28 are $55, and tables of 10 are $550. For more information, contact the chamber at 214-821-4528.
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition Feb. 18, 2011.
