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Despite the tough economy, supporters were still bidding at CAP'S auction.
for the coinciding mixer/auction, were down.
cally, that aren’t contractually based,” Kaplan
Still, he didn’t expect it to go “that far down.”
explained. “Our events allow us to create a
Last year’s tally was $620,000 - 15 percent of
program, where government contracts allow
CAP’s annual budget. Kaplan approximated
us,‘Okay, you do this with /¿«."’He maintained
the final gross for the 2009 gala between
that CAP was financially sound, with an oper­
$400-5500,000 — “at least a hundred thou­
ating balance of at least several months, saying,
sand off,” leaving him with some potentially
“We’ll just have to tighten our belts more.”
Kaplan, who joined CAP last fall, admitted
“tough decisions” to make.
“It is at a point that it may result in some
he had no point of reference but had heard only
slight reduction of offerings, programmati-
rave reviews for this year’s gala. “Everyone says
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it was one of the best ones they went to,” he
said, noting optimism despite the recession’s
impact and fewer top dollar sponsors. “Frankly,
I don’t at all think it’s a bad [thing].”
The auction’s smaller numbers won’t jeopar­
dize CAP’s move to its centralized downtown
offices this summer, long-term strategic plan­
ning and “creative new things” like the upcom­
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ing Project 150: Screw Stigma! event, Kaplan
said. “The way the community rallied, the
amount of the support, the amount of people
who raised their paddles to try to give some­
thing was amazing.”
That, and a staffer who wouldn’t give up.
CAP Special Events Coordinator Donna Ga­
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briel broke her elbow in three places a couple
of hours before the event and awaited surgery
as Just Out caught up with Kaplan. “In her
Elizabeth Kramer and Poison Waters (both ar»
on CAP’S Board of Directors). with Roma Pe/ser
(CAP'S Director of Development) partying at
the silent auction.
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lucid moments between Vicodin, she’s doing
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‘thank you’ cards to the [event] committee,”
Kaplan laughed.
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