AIDS org. to hold annual fundraiser
Fighting AIDS Continuously Together will host its 24th annual Summer Games from noon-6 p.m. Sept. 13 at Rainbow Mountain Resort, 210 Mt. Nebo Road, East Stroudsburg.
FACT, headquartered in Allentown, will present a series of team competitions, testing players’ skills in such events as a relay race, corn-dog throw, wheelbarrow race, pie-eating contest and tug of war.
Teams will consist of three men and three women, with one male and female alternate. Teams can register ahead of time by calling (610) 820-5519 or can sign up at 11 a.m. the day of the event.
The organization will also display several panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt that contains the names of individuals from the Poconos and Lehigh Valley who have died from HIV/AIDS.
For more information, visit www.factlv.org.
Bowl for free at lesbian meet-and-greet
The local chapter of the national lesbian nonprofit Beta Phi Omega Sorority will host a free bowling event at 7 p.m. Sept. 16 at Pinsetters Bowling Alley, 7111 Maple Ave. in Pennsauken, N.J.
The sisters of Beta Delta will mingle with supporters and raise awareness about the organization’s mission, which fuses sisterhood with service.
Bowlers will only have to pay for the $3 shoe rental.
For more information, visit www.BetaDeltaOmega.net or e-mail [email protected].
Grant for LGBT cartoonist offered
LGBT comic company Prism Comics is accepting submissions for its 2009 Queer Press Grant, which will fund the creation and publication of an LGBT-related comic book.
The $2,000 grant will be given to an LGBT cartoonist who is looking to self-publish a book with LGBT characters or themes.
Entries, due Oct. 1, are judged on artistic merit, financial need, proposal presentation and the artist’s contributions to the LGBT community.
For more information, visit http://prismcomics.org/grant.php.
— Jen Colletta