Dear Friends,

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2018 is Solano Pride's 20th Anniversary Year!  Since 1998 Solano Pride Center has worked to provide services and advocate for the LGBTQ community in Solano County.  
 
Every year, Give OUT Day is a nationwide day of giving to support LGBTQ centers large and small.  Our goal for GiveOUT Day 2018 is $15,000. You can help us achieve that through your generous contribution!  We have two methods you can donate to Solano Pride:
 

One-Time Donation: A one-time donation to Solano Pride still helps us to achieve our goals supporting the LGBTQ community in Solano County. Our immediate goals will be helped with your donation.  How much can you give?  To make your donation, simply click on the Donate to Solano Pride button below.

 

Monthly Donation:  Monthly recurring donations are especially helpful; they may have only a minor monthly effect on your budget.  Your recurring contribution will help us plan future services and activities that help our community.  Will you become a Partner in Pride by helping to sustain Solano Pride? To initiate your monthly donation, choose the amount and click Sustain Solano Pride below.

 

What Does Your Donation Do:
With your help we can continue to provide these types of events:

• Produced the Up Bay Pride Festival: Gender Revolution

• Participated as part of an LGBTQ contingent in the Vallejo July 4 parade

• Sought and received Pride Month Declarations from the Solano County Board of Supervisors, and the Cities of Vallejo, Fairfield, Suisun, and Benicia.

• Hosted a presentation for our youth group to create awareness of Commercially Sexually Exploited Youth

• Sponsored LGBTQ night at the Admirals

• Held monthly Pizza Nights, evenly divided between Vallejo and Fairfield

• Regular youth group meetings, now called Engage(d) which met 26 times.  We also initiated a new Pride in the Poetry Youth Group in both Vallejo and Fairfield. 

• Youth Prom in the spring and an Autumn Youth Dance (Black Light Bash Party).

• Hosted monthly Transgender Support Groups

• Established monthly Gay and Gray get-togethers for seniors

• Held a monthly book club

• Hired a half-time Youth Coordinator

• Established a Speakers Bureau

• Undertook a partnership with the UC Davis Center for Reducing Health Disparities to reduce mental health inequities for Solano County LGBTQ, Latinx, and Filipino communities.

• Partnered to provide 8 LGBTQ Cultural Competency Trainings to Solano County Mental Health staff

 

With Your Help, We Can Do More!

This year we're working to establish a second center in Vallejo, advance our Welcoming Schools initiative, implement a We Welcome All campaign for local businesses, and provide more opportunities for our community to get together, such as GAYme Nights and the 2018 Up Bay Pride Festival!

What can we do in 2018?
It's really up to you!  With your support, we can ensure services and activities are maintained and expanded.  To be one of our Partners In Pride, use the PayPal widgets below to make your tax-deductible donation. 
  

Yours in Pride,

 

Thomas Bilbo
Chair, Solano Pride Board of Directors