GLSEN Announces Honorees for Second Annual Respect Awards - Los Angeles Gala

Jun 08, 2006

The 2006 Respect Awards – Los Angeles honorees will include: corporate supporter Cisco Systems, safe schools advocate and founder of Project 10, Virginia Uribe, and author James Howe, whose novel The Misfits, inspired GLSEN’s education initiative No Name-Calling Week. Each is being honored for their outstanding commitment to all of America’s students.

We hope you will join us to help recognize the 2006 honorees and to raise funds for the important work of GLSEN. There are a number of ways that you can participate in the benefit:

You can become a Sponsor of the event.
Sponsors will receive a prime table of ten and recognition on the invitation and in the program book. For an overview of sponsor benefits, download a sponsorship form, which can be completed and mailed to our event benefit office at Blue Room Events, 5777 West Century Blvd., Suite 1250, Los Angeles, CA 90045.

You can become a member of the Benefit Committee.
As a member of the Benefit Committee you lend your name to the event for use on the invitation and in the program book, buy your own ticket(s) and invite friends and colleagues to join you at your table during the event. Please contact Traci Hoffberg at Blue Room Events, 310-491-1401 or traci@blueroomevents.com for more information and to join the benefit committee.

You can reserve your tickets now.
Please take the time to order tickets now. If you are unable to attend, we hope you will show your support by making a donation to GLSEN. Download the sponsorship form and order your tickets today!

EVENT DETAILS

Date:
Friday, September 8, 2006

Time:
6:30pm Cocktail Reception
7:30pm Dinner and Awards Presentation

Place:
Beverly Hills Hotel
Beverly Hills, California

Honorees:
Cisco Systems
James Howe
Virginia Uribe

Co-chairs:
Bonnie Curtis
Yashar Hedayat
Danielle Knight
Kimberly Knoller
Rick Moran
Jeff Quinn

For more information, contact our event benefit office:
Blue Room Events, P: 310-491-1401, E-mail: traci@blueroomevents.com