Category: Member Groups
Still time to register for the 2009 Hyacinth Gala
Hyacinth’s 2009 Annual Gala and Silent Auction is Saturday, Nov 7 at Dolce Basking Ridge in Basking Ridge, NJ.
Join Hyacinth for cocktails, silent auction, dinner, and dancing to the music of the Alan Quinn Orchestra.
Gala Honorees:
The Hyacinth award for outstanding contributions to the fight against hiv/aids will be presented to
- Glenn Mattes, President, Tibotec Therapeutics
- Serena Gallagher Boyd, Senior Vice President Media Relations, Universal Republic Records
The inaugural Riki Jacobs award for social justice will be presented to:
- State Senator and Lieutenant Governor Candidate Loretta l. Weinberg
- State Senator Joseph F. Vitale
The Riki Jacobs award for social justice was established this year as a memorial tribute to riki jacobs — executive director of Hyacinth for 16 years — who dedicated
her life to the advancement of social justice, particularly those issues that impact people living with hiv/aids: poverty, racism, and homophobia.
To purchase tables, tickets, and advertising in the Gala journal call patrick Bocco, Director of Fundraising, at 732-246-0204 (x 256) or e-mail pbocco@hyacinth.org
Black tie (optional)
