Tavern Guild members put together and distributed gift baskets for clients of area AIDS service providers today
With so many holiday charity fundraising activities going on in the LGBT community this week, there wasn’t room to talk about all of them in Friday’s print edtiion. Here’s a little more about some of the projects and how to give:
Santa Claus isn’t always a fat old man in a fur suit. Sometimes he’s a hot leather daddy in a harness.
That’s the way the Leather Knights see it, at least. Once again, the group is sponsoring its Angel Tree for the holidays.
The idea is simple: Go to the Dallas Eagle and check out the tree, decorated with paper ornaments on which are written requests for some holiday cheer for clients of AIDS Services of Dallas and Hillcrest House. Some are middle-aged men in need of warm clothes. Some are children wanting their first iPod. All are deserving.
Take down the ornament, buy the gift, wrap it (with a tag) and return it to the Eagle no later than Dec. 18. The Knights and Eagle staff do the rest, delivering the gift to the person requesting it and making an angel out of you. And let’s face it: Most of the year, you’re more of a devil, so this is a perfect time to get into the holiday spirit.
— Arnold Wayne Jones
Visit the Angel Tree and return the gift between Nov. 27 and Dec. 18 at the Dallas Eagle, 2515 Inwood Road, suite 107. LeatherKnights.org.
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition November 26, 2010.
