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)

• Download PDF of the invitation.
• Download PDF of the reply card.

The NJ Stonewall Democrats Annual Endorsement Meeting will be held Tuesday, October 6th, 7p.m. at the office of the Monmouth County Democrats, 64 East Main St. in Freehold, NJ 07728. It is an open meeting.

NJ Stonewall Democrats was founded in January 2000 to bring together Democrats – gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and straight – to fight for the ideals of the Democratic Party. More info can be found on their web site, www.njstonewalldemocrats.org.