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How
to Sponsor an Event
If you have an idea for an event you wish to sponsor, simply contact a member of the operating committee and let them know you wish to sponsor an event. Provide a written description of the event, including details such as date, time, location, directions, any fees, and a contact person with phone number and/or email address. The operating committee can determine if another event is already being sponsored on the same day.
Need Some Ideas of Events You Can Sponsor?
If you have an idea for an event you wish to sponsor, simply contact a member of the operating committee and let them know you wish to sponsor an event. Provide a written description of the event, including details such as date, time, location, directions, any fees, and a contact person with phone number and/or email address. The operating committee can determine if another event is already being sponsored on the same day.
Need Some Ideas of Events You Can Sponsor?
- Host a potluck
- Museum trip
- Live theater performance
- Live dance performance
- Movie (at a theater or in your home)
- Dance (rent a hall or use your deck and hire a DJ)
- Hike or walk
- Factory tour (e.g., Jelly Belly Factory, Ghiradelli chocolate)
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Historical tour or site
- Winery tour
- Facility tour (e.g., United States Mint in SF)
- Sunday brunch
- Boardgame night
- Sporting event
- Road trip in rental van or by caravan (e.g., Santa Cruz Boardwalk, Reno)
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Bay to Breakers
- Parade attendance (Chinese New Year, Cinco de Mayo)
- Bicycle ride
- Walk-a-thon (AIDS, Breast Cancer)
- Concert
- Rent rowboats at Lake Merritt (or other local lake, for that matter)
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Miniature golf
- Marine World
- A visit to a comedy club
- Rent a cabin at Tahoe
- Book review (read the same book & get together to discuss it)
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A theme party (e.g., Hawaiian Luau, Super Bowl party, costume party, Cinco de Mayo)
- Botanical garden tour
- Bowling
- Dog Show, Cat Show, Antique Show, Orchid Show, Auto Show, RV Show
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Dinner at your favorite restaurant
- Any event at the Paramount Theater on Broadway in Oakland
- Tourist site visit (Fisherman’s Wharf, Angel Island)
- Grand Lake Theater (some nights there is live organ music like the old days!)
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Rocky Horror Picture Show (Friday nights at the Bal Theater in San Leandro)
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Invite a speaker/author/psychologist/financial advisor (particularly gay issues/topics)
- Renaissance Faire
- Zoo
- Palace of Fine Arts
- Dancing at Ashkenaz in Berkeley
- Ski and/or snowboard trip
- Water skiing trip
- Rent a boat and cruise the bay
- Scottish fair/event
- Deep sea fishing trip
- Day at the beach
- Volleyball game (how about at the beach?)
- Softball/baseball game (play it, not watch it)
- Surfing trip
- Garlic Festival
- Cherry Blossom Festival in San Leandro
- Farmers Market (Sundays 10-2 at Jack London Square and many others elsewhere)
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Antiquing
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Skydiving lesson
- Shakespeare in the Park
- Pampered Chef party (Hey, at least half of us cook and we all like to eat!)
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Brewery tour
- Checkers or chess tournament
- Group volunteer for a gay organization
- The old standby: a potluck dinner at your home
- Clean your garage or attic—NOT!
Resources
to Finding Events to Sponsor:
- Talk to the Events Couple (E-mail them by clicking here).
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Talk to a couple who hosted an event you enjoyed. (It’s OK to co-sponsor an event, too.)
- Check out the world wide web.
- Look in the entertainment section of the newspaper.
- Eavesdrop on what your co-workers did last weekend and find out if they had fun.
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Check the events board at bookstores.
- Think BIG when you plan to attend something anyway.