Pride Weekend: LifeWorks event raises money for a good cause...

The annual fundraiser for LifeWorks, which offers mentoring opportunities for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth ages 14-24, has turned into one of the hot tickets of pride weekend.

The group's executive director, Michael Ferrera (pictured left, addressing the crowd) made it easy for the hundreds of guests to plunk over some donations or to bid on silent auction items when he said that 75 cents our of every dollar raised goes directly to programs and not to administrative overhead.

This is the second year that I've attended this event and it . Just like last year, the food was delish. Comfort food, but in small sizes. I missed the macaroni and cheese balls from a year ago but was more than satisfied with these awesome mini-Rubens and really good beef skewers.
Met the lovely Michelle Clunie who was the big celebrity guest. She played Melanie on "Queer as Folk" and is really just so lovely. Also there was Doug Spearman of "Noah's Arc" fame, former CNN Headline News anchor Thomas Roberts who I wrote about in an earlier post, Regency Entertainment head Paul Colichman the always fiery and engaging radio personality Cary Harrison and many others.

Mostly, it was fun to catch up with friends and gear up for the Pride festival and parade.