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Saturday, April 4, 2009

Joe Mannetti, aka Joe Falconi (articles - photo - profile) who recently won the 'Mr. International Daddy Bear' title at IBR is asking for our assistance. He is promoting Life Group and his goal is to raise at least $400, yet Joe says "I would like to raise more for them since they do such outstanding work for the community. I am part of a team of title holders for the Saddle Up LA event". Life Group raises awareness and educates others about HIV/AIDS.

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Wednesday, March 25, 2009

My good buddy Eric (galleries - profile) with his super cute Daddy Bear roommate Mike (profile) attended the Toronto Spearhead's 39th Anniversary which was held last Friday, March 20th. Spearhead L.D.S.C (Leather/Denim Social Club) are involved in a variety of Leather events workshops in the Toronto area, and they began their club in 1970 making them the oldest Leather club in Canada.

They began their celebration with a 'Meet and Greet' at the Black Eagle Toronto, an event that was co-hosted with the Bears of Toronto. It was then followed by cocktails and supper at the Ramada Inn. Eric took pictures which you can see here.

2 upcoming events to note: the Spearhead's next charity event will be their Easter Food Drive for PWA (People With Aids) Food Bank which will be held on Saturday March 28th.

Secondly, Spearhead and the Bears of Toronto are hosting their Bear & Leather Fetish night on every 3rd Friday at the Eagle.

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Friday, January 2, 2009

PlanetBears' favourite charity worker, Joe Mannetti (aka Joe Falconi)(articles - profile) is also a journalist and has been posting more and more articles in a variety of rags. His latest article is posted in Frontiers Mag which you can read here (the full edition is in PDF and can be seen here). The article is entitled 'Songs of Innocence and Experience: An overview of the trials of queer youth in today's world". Also, click here to enlarge that pic of Joe (taken by Chris Leinhart).

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Monday, December 8, 2008

The always attractive Joe Mannetti (aka Joe Falconi - photo with Santa - profile) has been continuously busy working within the Bear community as to raise awareness as well as money for charities. He's a truly husky hunky man that has a selfless way about life. Here's what he's been up to since winning several Bear contests (articles). From Joe:

"This is shaping up to be a very busy month! It's all good! I volunteered with the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence (website - articles) at a toy drive for Children with AIDS at Oil Can Harry's on Saturday (November 29th). We collected a sack full of toys for the children and raised nearly $400 by the end of the evening. Woo hoo!

On Monday (December 1st), I volunteered for Long Beach AIDS Foundation's World Aids Day event serving drinks and handing out snacks to all the attendees! What a great event! The young people there participated in an art display that was inspiring. I'll be helping out at two more toy drives for children, and I am honored to be able to be at all of them. Life is good! You always get back from giving, and I am meeting some of the best people in our community who are always willing to give to others".

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Monday, September 29, 2008

Come join some of the hottest Bears in the Midwest as they gather for the upcoming Michigan BearFest 5 which will be taking place in Grand Rapids, MI from November 7th thru the 9th. This event will be supporting BASIS which is a Flint, Saginaw and Bay City area HIV/AIDS charity. Head on over to their website for all the details such as hotel, calendar and registration.

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Saturday, September 6, 2008

The Lookout Bears of Chattanooga, TN are inviting everyone to their ChattaBear & Santa Ball - a 'pre-HiBearnation event' that will be happening from November 5th thru the 9th in '09. This is going to be their 4th year of this charity fundraising event. Head on over to their site and you'll be able to register for this event as well as take a look at their photo galleries, and if you're interested in assisting in their charity by way of donation, you can contact them Kenny, their prezBear.