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This year, a couple of won-
derful, unplanned events occurred.
First, was meeting a gentleman on
Friday evening in the hotel bar, who
was impressed enough with what the
Barony was doing to make a dona-
tion of $500 in cashto be donated to
the American Cancer Society.
Second was an impromptu auction
that occurred when one of the per-
formers wasn’t ready. The item of
choice, a $10 stage-prop lamp,
raised $400 within ten minutes!

My reign is done. I was
very proud to have State

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Representative Bill Lippert speak at .

the event. I was also very proud to
see tables filled with folks from
around Vermont who came to sup-
port what we do. It is people like you
who make all the difference.

The more people who
attend our events, the more money
we get to give away! The Barony of
All Vermont and Baroness IV Ariel
will be hosting lnvestitures at the
Quality Inn in Brattleboro on
Saturday, November 1'to benefit
Southern Vermont AIDS Project. I
hope that many of you will come out

and join us!

We also welcome new
members to our organization! It is a
great way to have some fun, meet
new people, be who you want to be,
and do something good for others in
our state. Gender, sexual prefer-
ence, or lifestyle makes no differ-
ence, all are welcome!

Want A PRIDE celebration?
Volunteer! ,

The Fall Season in Vermont is
approaching quickly which means
that planning for next year's Pride

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will be beginning soon. The only '
problem is that most of the board
member will not be returning this
year, leaving Pride in a somewhat
desperate situation. We need an
influxof new volunteers in order to
guarantee that Pride will happen
next June.

That is why on Tuesday,
October 14th at the McClure
Multigenerational Center at 241 N.
Winooski Ave. in Burlington at 7pm
we will hold our Annual Meeting and
encourage new faces to join the
committee and maintain the impor-

 

tant work that has gone on for 21 _
years. We encourage anyone with a
modicum of interest to come and
enjoy some refreshments and an
informational session that may
enlighten them to the process of put-
ting on a Pride celebration. The work
is extremely gratifying and important
to our community. For additional
information please contact Kenny at
310-9161 or email us at pridever-
mont@pridevermont.org.

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