15th Annual Ghirardelli Square Chocolate Festival
Saturday-Sunday, September 11-12, 2010
Ghirardelli Square, San Francisco

Be decadent in your own sweet way at the 15th Annual Ghirardelli Square Chocolate Festival, a benefit for Project Open Hand. Indulge in chocolate delicacies, sip at the wine & chocolate bar, and enjoy chef demonstrations and other family activities. This event is free and open to the public, but tickets must be purchased to participate in chocolate tastings. Tickets can be purchased at www.ghirardellisq.com or onsite the day of the event. For more information please click here.

Macy's Passport Presents Glamorama
Fashion Show at Orpheum Theatre
Post-Party at the Asian Art Museum
Friday, September 24, 2010 at 8 pm

This year the annual Macy's Passport fashion benefit will undergo a remarkable transformation, becoming Macy's Passport Presents Glamorama, and moving from its Fort Mason location to the Orpheum Theater in Downtown San Francisco. Passport began as an awareness-raising fashion show in Macy's employee cafeteria in 1982 and has since grown into one of the largest and longest-running HIV/AIDS events of its kind! For more information on the event and how to purchase the hottest tickets in town, please click here.

Macy’s Passport Glam Pass
Purchase Until September 24, 2010


Purchase your $10 Macy’s Glam Pass for special savings until September 24th. Shoppers will receive 20% off brand name items until August 31 and then $10 off a purchase of $50 or more until September 24, and $5 of your Glam Pass purchase benefits POH directly. For more information please click here.

A Taste of South Beach/Mission Bay
Saturday, September 25, 2010
40-The Embarcadero

Project Open Hand is excited to announce that POH is a beneficiary of the third annual A Taste of South Beach/Mission Bay on September 25 being held at Pier 40-The Embarcadero (between Java House in South Beach and to AT&T Park in Mission Bay.) A donation of $10 will be requested at the entry. For more information please click here.

*27th Folsom Street Fair
Folsom Street, San Francisco
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Time: 11am-6pm


*This is a sexually charged adult themed event.

Project Open Hand is a major beneficiary of the 27th Folsom Street Fair on Sunday, September 26, 2010 from 11am-6pm. This is a fun volunteer driven event that provides the adult alternative lifestyle community with a safe venue for self-expression at the same time as emphasizing freedom, fun, frolic and fetish, while raising funds for Project Open Hand and 16 other charities. Volunteers are needed for this event. For more information please click here.

REAL BAD XXII
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Club 1015
1015 Folsom, San Francisco
7 pm - 4 am

*This is a sexually charged adult themed event and web site.

Project Open Hand is excited to announce that POH is a beneficiary of REAL BAD XXII on Sunday, September 26, 2010 at Club 1015 from 7 pm - 4 am. 100% of the money raised from general admission ticket sales goes to its beneficiaries. For ticket information please go to www.realbad.org. To volunteer please e-mail events@openhand.org or call (415) 447-2316.

Castro Street Fair
Castro Street at Market, San Francisco
Sunday, October 3, 2010

The Castro Street Fair is on Sunday, October 3, 2010. Attendees will enjoy hundreds of local artists, vendors, craftspeople, and organizations line the streets and celebrate the diversity of the neighborhood. Proceeds from gate admissions will go to Project Open Hand and 30 other service organizations. Volunteers are needed to help take donations at the gate. For more information please click here.

Nine Vines Dinner Series in Support of Project Open Hand
2223 Restaurant
Chef Highlight: Melinda Randolph
2223 Market Street, San Francisco, CA
Thursday, October 14, 2010 6pm-9pm

Nine Vines, by the Angove Family Wine Makers, will be hosting their dinner series kick-off on Thursday, October 14, at 2223 from 6:00-9:00 pm, benefitting Project Open Hand. Attendees will enjoy multiple courses prepared by chef and owner Melinda Randolph that are paired with Nine Vines wines, and other wines by the Angove Family Winemakers. A minimum of 30% of the proceeds will be donated to Project Open Hand. To reserve your spot before it sells out please click here.

Eighth Annual Gourmet East Bay
Broadway Plaza, Walnut Creek
Saturday, November 6, 2010, 7pm-10pm

Project Open Hand is a beneficiary of the Eighth Annual Gourmet East Bay, an evening of food and fun celebrating the region's best restaurants, presented by Broadway Plaza and Diablo Magazine. Tickets are $65 in advance/$75 at the door and are on sale now. For more information please click here.

Join Team Open Hand, Train for a Half Marathon & Support Project Open Hand!
Training program with Marathon Matt starts:
November 20, 2010 at 9:30 am
Program ends: Sunday, February 6, 2011

Accomplish the remarkable while supporting Project Open Hand! Join Marathon Matt and over 100 fun, social teammates on November 20 to train for the Kaiser Permanente Half Marathon on February 6, 2011 as part of 'Team Open Hand'. There is no COST to participate, but all participants are asked to commit to raising $1300 for Project Open Hand. For more information please click here.

Nineteenth Annual Hand to Hand Luncheon
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
The Fairmont San Francisco
950 Mason Street, San Francisco


Save the date for this year’s Project Open Hand’s Nineteenth Annual Hand to Hand Luncheon on December 15, 2010 at The Fairmont San Francisco, commemorating Project Open Hand’s 25th Anniversary of serving “meals with love.” This premiere annual event raises more than $300,000 for Project Open Hand's meal and nutrition services. For more information please click here.