This is the 4th annual
On the Bay event, which has
consistently boosted awareness,
interest and funding for LIGALY – an
affiliate organization of the Long
Island GLBT Health and Human
Services Network, an umbrella group
that provides administrative and
fundraising support to its three
affiliate organizations: LIGALY, the
Long Island GLBT Community Center,
and SAGE-LI (Services and Advocacy
for GLBT Elders - Long Island).
LIGALY was founded in 1993 to fill
several vital social needs,
including helping GLBT youth come to
terms with their sexuality at the
critical stage of self-discovery,
and providing GLBT youth with a
genuine community of friends and
advocates. Most important, LIGALY
works to protect GLBT youth from the
harassment, violence and murder that
too frequently destroy their safety,
health, self-esteem, and their very
lives, as was the case with the
highly-publicized killings of
Charlie Howard, Brandon Teena and
Matthew Shephard.
According to the Human Rights
Campaign, hate crimes against the
GLBT community rank third, right
behind those based on race and
religion, and young people are
particularly vulnerable to
often-hostile neighborhood, school
and home environments.
To address these issues, the Bay
Shore-based LIGALY offers a
comprehensive assortment of programs
and activities, including peer
education/sensitivity programs and
others geared to educators and
families; leadership development and
youth empowerment programs; a
comprehensive anti-violence program;
a large, fully-equipped meeting
center; and a mental health center,
help hotline, Internet café, and
book and video library. LIGALY also
sponsors an annual talent contest, a
dance troupe and several
newsletters.
Hospitality at On the Bay 2008
will feature cocktails by Pearl
Vodka and wines by Bodega Catena
Zapata, Cousino Macul, and Cavas
Hill. The always-popular VIP gift
bag will be brimming with products
from Jet One Jets, here!TV, Centaur
Music, Red Door Spas, Pearl Vodka
and others. The focal point of the
day will be the Luxury Silent
Auction with more than 100 available
goods and services, including:
Baccarat wine glasses, a 3-night
stay for two at the Canyon Ranch in
Lenox MA, Calvin Klein cashmere
robe, Joan Rivers jewelry, leather
goods and jewelry by Ralph Lauren, a
Gucci G-Tag wallet, a dress and
handbag by Bill Blass, leather
duffle from Marc Jacobs
International, a weekend stay for
two at a luxury W Hotel, Elizabeth
Arden products from Red Door Spas,
and 4 VIP tickets to the Hampton
Classic.
On the Bay 2008
has attracted an impressive roster
of sponsors, including:
Corporate Platinum Partner
Capell Vishnick Attorneys at Law,
LLP and
Corporate Media Partner
Long Island Pulse.
Platinum Sponsors
are: Andrew Lane &
Andrew Stern, Canyon Ranch, Centaur
Entertainment, Damron Company, Genre
Magazine, here!TV, Johnson Family
Foundation, Jet One Jets, Next
Magazine, Oso at Southampton Inn and
Passport Magazine.
The event’s
Gold Sponsors are:
Bill Blass, Shawn Cannon, DO & James
Sherwood PhD, hamptondoc.com, Bodega
Catena Zapata, and Cousino Macul.
On the Bay 2008’s Silver
Sponsors are 4Voo, Arbonne
International – Elyse Meistle & Mary
Guenti, Balenciaga, William
Anderson, Bellport Arts & Framing
Studio, Bloomingdale’s, Cinema Arts
Centre, Genre Magazine, Jess
Bunshaft & Marc Head, The Hamptons
Classic, Stephen Harmon New York
Originals, Cavas Hill, Robert O.
Hawkins Jr. PhD, The Furniture
Garden, Lafayette 148 New York,
Links of London, Christopher Makos
Studio, Laura Mercier, National
Grid, Ruth Orkin Photo Archive, Red
Door Spas, and Dr. George Santiago
Jr. – Briarcliff College.
The event’s Bronze Sponsors
are: Acne Jeans, Aoyama USA Inc.,
Sue Avelli & Lauren Gepes, Allstate,
Baccarat, Ike Behar, Boylan Bottling
Company, Frank Calamita, Bruce
Castellano & Gerald Anders, CREED,
NY State Assemblywoman Ginny Fields,
Fiji Water, Filippa K., Eddie Finan
& Matthew Jantz, Diane E. Freedman
PhD & Judy Buitenkant, Douglas
Futuyma, Hamptons Sun, John Hardy,
Havaianas, John Varvatos, Carl
Jacobs, Marc Jacobs, D. Lance King,
J. Lohmann Gallery, MAC Cosmetics,
Magaschoni, Tom Maligno & Joe Kenny,
Nudie Jeans, One Natural Experience,
John Ottino & Orlando Milian, Pearl
Vodka, Polo Ralph Lauren Foundation,
Joan Rivers Worldwide, Saks Fifth
Avenue, Lizz Salaway, Marge Sherwin
& Rose Walton, Warren Siegel MD,
Elie Tahari, Mark Thomas MD & Carol
Arias, Unlimited Earth Care, Neil
Vineberg, Eric C. Weiselberg MD,
Rabbi Michael White, W Hotels,
Nassau County Presiding Officer
Diane Yatauro, Youth Enrichment
Services, and Arlene Zucker & Sunny
Lewitt.