15 Feb Red Dress/Dress Red Palm Springs
Usually one would say they get behind a cause, but in the case of the LGBTQ Community Center of the Desert (aka The Center), our founder and creative director, Ryan Zynger literally gets into the cause.
How you ask? By donning a red costume every year for the past five years that Zynger Events has produced the Center’s Red Dress/Dress Red Event. While he can’t compete in the charity event’s search for the best costume that night, there is nothing that says that the event’s producer can’t support the cause in every way!
The Red Dress/Dress Red event is one of two events we produce for The Center. The other is called The Center Stage and is a traditional sit-down dinner that honors individuals that have contributed in various ways to the community.
Founded in 2001, The Center is the only LGBTQ non-profit community center in Eastern Riverside Country. Its mission is to provide a safe and supportive environment for members to enjoy wellness, educational, support and social programming.
Programs include The Scott Hines Mental Health Clinic at The Center (over 2,000 clinical appointments annually), transgender therapy groups, a partnership with Palm Springs Unified School District to offer The Center’s Suicide Prevention and Anti-Bullying curriculum to every ninth-grade student in the district (nearly 2,000 students), public school counseling, The Community Food Bank @ The Center (serving annually over 16,000 family members from ages 1 through 55+), extensive social and recreational offerings, the David Bohnett CyberCenter (a free computer and internet center), a growing volunteer program, and special events in the community.
For more information on this very active non-profit organization – which is fifth on our Top 10 list to coincide with our 10th Anniversary — please visit www.thecenterps.org
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