DotOUT Activities

Recent DotOUT events:

DotOUT 2nd Annual Summer Solstice Tea Dance
DotOUT 2nd Annual Summer Solstice Tea Dance
Sunday, June 21, 2009 3:00 - 7:00 p.m.
dbar, 1236 Dorchester Ave.

DotOUT Tea Dance

Thank you to everyone who helped make DotOUT’s 2nd Annual Summer Solstice Tea Dance at dbar another great success!

We are thrilled that hundreds of friends and neighbors turned out – despite rain and Father’s Day commitments – for a great afternoon. Great raffle prizes were won, we danced, drank and were visited by Mayor Menino as well as mayoral hopefuls city councilors Michael Flaherty and Sam Yoon. Special thanks to the staff of dbar, to our generous sponsors and prize donors, to our tireless volunteers, and most of all, to DotOUT members and friends who attended.

With the proceeds from this event, we look forward to sponsoring two upcoming community events in Dorchester…

The Dorchester Beach Festival: Saturday, August 8 at Malibu Beach, and

The Elsie Frank / Meals on Wheels 5K Road Race and Walk to benefit Kit Clark Senior Services: Saturday, September 26 at Pope John Paul II Park

Photos from the event.

Please support our generous sponsors:

DotOUT in the Dorchester Day Parade 2009
Sunday, June 7, 2009
12:00 noon

We dazzled last year with our fabulous beach-themed float, and this year’s “green-themed” entry was just as good if not better! We marched and drove up Dorchester Ave with a great turnout of DotOUT members and supporters. The crowds were great in each of Dorchesters neighborhoods. Afterwards, we had a great DotOUT post-parade party generously hosted by DotOUT member Richard O'Mara and his partner Robert at Cedar Grove Gardens.

Special thanks to the DotOUT member team who helped design and build this great float on Saturday.

Some event photos can be found here.

We handed out wildflower seeds attached to cards promoting our upcoming tea dance at dbar to encourage people to make Dorchester a greener and more inviting neighborhood. Information on the seed mix and planting instructions are

here

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DotOUT Annual Spring Reception and Elections

Monday May 11, 2009 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Tavolo Restaurant (www.tavolopizza.com), 1918 Dorchester Avenue

Thank you to everyone who made the Spring Reception and Annual Meeting at Tavolo Restaurant another great success! More than 40 new and veteran DotOUTmembers gathered to hear about our progress over the past year and about exciting upcoming events.

Congratulations to two new members of the Steering Committee – Justin Holmes and Chris McCoy – and to several returning members elected to new terms. The Steering Committee officers and members for the year ahead are:

Chris Horan, President
Dianne Curtin, Vice-President
Richard O’Mara, Treasurer
Tony Gale, Clerk
David Breen
Mark Haley
Justin Holmes
Chris McCoy
Stephanie Moura

DotOUT Fall Fling
Sunday, November 16, 2008 3:00- 7:00 p.m.
The Blarney Stone, 1509 Dorchester Ave.

Who doesn't love a good fall fling? The Blarney Stone was the venue for another great DotOUT Sunday afternoon event, featuring food, drink, music and fun with your neighbors. Over 150 danced, drank, and socialized a beautiful fall Sunday away.

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Pro-Equality Phone Bank Night
October 23, 2008 5:00 - 11:00 p.m.
(stop by for any portion of the night)
11 Beacon St., Suite 1125; MBTA: Park Street

DotOUT joined our friends at

MassEquality to call voters across the country about critical elections for GLBT issues:

* Support of Barack Obama for President
* Support for pro-equality Massachusetts legislators
* Support "No on 8" for marriage equality in California

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DotOUT goes to FLAG football Friends & Family Day
October 18, 2008 10 - 2 pm

DotOUT went out and supported Boston's FLAG flag football league. The league is a great group of GLBT friends and their allies. It was a beautiful day with football, food, and friends. The day was well attended by DotOUT at the M Street field in Southie. DotOUT also donated a Christmas tree to the FLAG football league's raffle. More information about the FLAG football league can be found at

www.flagflagfootball.com

DotOut at Flag football

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Endorsement Meeting for Contested Dorchester State Races
September 8th, 2008, 6:30pm at Tavolo

Thank you for making our Endorsement Night at Tavolo such a success. With a strong turnout from members, elected officials and candidates, the event provided a great forum for lively discussion about issues of importance to Dorchester's GLBT community.

Congratulations to the candidates who received DotOUT endorsements. Please join us in supporting these incumbent legislators in their bid for re-election:

* State Senator Dianne Wilkerson (2nd Suffolk)
* State Representatives Marie St. Fleur (5th Suffolk)
* State Representative Willie Mae Allen (6th Suffolk)

For more information about the endorsements, visit

http://www.dotout.org/Endorsement/endorsement.htm.

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DotOUT goes to the Boston Red Sox
August 12, 2008

Thanks to everyone who came out to root for the Red Sox as they played the Texas Rangers. We had a great turnout and a great game. The Red Sox kept us on our toes in one of the wildest games of the season. After establishing a 10 run lead in the first inning, the Rangers fought back to a final Red Sox win of 19-17.

Thanks to attendees generosity, DotOUT was able to allocate some of the ticket fees to allow DotOUT to purchase tickets to the

Futures at Fenway farm league game on August 9, 2008 and send 50 kids from Dorchester to the game.

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Summer Solstice Tea Dance
June 22, 2008, dbar

DotOUT threw an old-fashioned tea dance to celebrate the longest day of the year at one of Dorchester's hot-spots, dbar. We had tremendous turnout of over 250 people and socialized, drank, and danced the afternoon away. DotOUT held a raffle with many prizes generously donated by area businesses. Proceeds from the raffle allowed DotOUT to donate $1000 to

Dot Art, a local organization that provides art education to children and adults in Dorchester.

Thanks to Brian Piccini for hosting us at

dbar.

Thanks to the generosity of Cedar Grove Gardens for their support.

Thanks to Jeff Coakley and our media sponsor BayWindows

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Dorchester Day Parade
June 1, 2008

DotOUT participated in the annual Dorchester Day Parade with a fabulous beach-themed float. Dorchester Avenue was lined with throngs of avid parade watchers as DotOUT rolled up the Avenue to the beat of some great music.

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DotOUT Annual Steering Committee Elections
April 16, 2008 at Harp & Bard

DotOUT held its annual membership meeting at the Harp & Bard. There was a great turnout of old and new members. This meeting kicked off a newly invigorated organization. There were great discussions on organization purpose and direction.

The Harp & Bard provided a great buffet of snack foods and served everyone cocktails during the meeting.

The new organization

by-laws were ratified and a new slate of steering committee members were elected.

The organization also agreed to launch a great prescence in this year's 2008 Dorchester Day Parade.