<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:15px">Hi all - I'm posting a call for volunteers on behalf of my day job at Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">This year’s GLAD Summer Party is going to be a huge celebration! It’s coming up on Saturday, July 27<sup>TH</sup> in Provincetown</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">. I hope you and your friends are interested and available to offer time, energy and enthusiasm as a volunteer. <i>Read on for travel options!</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">We've got lots of volunteer opportunities - ranging from being really outgoing to working behind the scenes - we need bartenders, catering assistants, registration greeters, auction assistants, set-up, clean-up, etc! To help me match your interest to what positions are available <b>please fill out the volunteer registration form online: </b></span><a href="http://www.glad.org/Events/eventVolunteer.php"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">www.glad.org/Events/eventVolunteer.php</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The event is from 4pm-7pm. Set-up starts at 2pm and with everyone's help we should be done with clean-up by 8:30pm.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Summer Party features:</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:red">*Special Guest Edie Windsor – DOMA case plaintiff<i></i></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">*Celebrity Auctioneer Kate Clinton</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">*Cocktails courtesy of Bacardi, Barefoot Wine & Bubbly and Sam Adams<br>*Awesome Auction - win gift certificates for restaurants, travel packages, massages & more! Online bidding available – place a proxy bid if you can’t attend: </span><a href="http://www.biddingforgood.com/glad"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">www.biddingforgood.com/glad</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">.<br>
<br><b><span style="color:red"></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">How much for all this?</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> Volunteers attend for free. Tickets are $75 ($85 at the door) - includes 3 hours of open bar, food and fun. </span><a href="https://www.glad.org/event/2012-summer-party"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Tickets may be purchased online</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Need assistance getting there??</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">We have arranged for 2 vans to assist volunteers who have limited transportation options. These <i>free</i> shuttles leave from the Boston area at 8:30am on Saturday and returns around 11pm that evening. You’ll have a couple of hours to roam around Ptown before your volunteer shift begins. Please mention on the form that you'd like to be added to the Volunteer Van list.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br><i>Thank you!</i> Your generous support plays a vital role in our ability to take great leaps forward for the LGBT and HIV+ communities of New England. GLAD has been fighting for equal rights from its inception in 1978 - with such landmark victories as the <i>Goodridge</i> decision (10 years ago!) that brought equal marriage rights to same-sex couples in Massachusetts and was intimately involved in the recent DOMA victory.<br>
<br><b>Questions?</b> Contact Rebecca Glucklich, Special Events Coordinator, at <a href="mailto:rglucklich@glad.org">rglucklich@glad.org</a>. </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br><br>I hope you can join us! And bring friends!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Thanks!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Robbie</span></p>