Event to honor Legacy Award winners and support Gay Games scholarships

The Federation of Gay Games (FGG) is having an event to present the FGG Legacy Awards to Tracy Baim, for media and journalism, and to Dick Uyvari and Joe La Pat for outreach and scholarship support. These honorees were vital to the success of the 2006 Scholarship Program in Chicago.

The event will be Thursday, Nov. 19, from 8-9:30 p.m. at Mary’s Attic, 5400 N. Clark St. A donation to the Gay Games Scholarship Program of $10 is suggested.

Details about the FGG are available HERE.

If you cannot attend, please make an online donation HERE.

Bringing new participants to the Gay Games is critical to continuing the growth of the Gay Games movement, which began in 1982. The Federation of Gay Games (FGG) is working in partnership with the host of Gay Games VIII Cologne to encourage people from underrepresented areas and demographic groups to participate in the Gay Games.

But it costs money to be able to do this. This event is the start of a fundraising campaign that will end on New Year’s eve.

The Gay Games Scholarship Programs is a crucial part of the FGG’s worldwide outreach. It makes the Games accessible and inspires new leaders to take home the spirit of the Games to grow local LGBT sport and cultural groups. The goals of the Gay Games Scholarship Program are to:

• Increase participation in the Games by under-represented groups.
• Bring new participants into the Gay Games movement.
• Serve as a catalyst for building and strengthening LGBT sports and cultural organizing throughout the world.
• Provide a blueprint for developing and implementing a scholarship program for host organizations of future Gay Games.

Scholarships will be available for:
• Basic event registration fees (participatory athletic and cultural events).
• Travel costs to and from Cologne, Germany.
• Accommodations.
• A small daily allowance for the Games period (31 July to 7 August 2010).

Hope to see you at Mary’s Attic.