World AIDS Day Powered by Doubleheader Fundraiser and a Dynamic Duo in Houston

Groundbreaking Initiative Wins Shelby Hodge Vision Award

By Shelby Hodge

Photography Morris Malakoff

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Walt Zipprian, Tituss Burgess, Ernie Manouse, Justin McKee, Patrick Magee

Dan Price, Steve Frangos

Brittany Zucker, Lori Raijman, Caroline Starry

Alan Lett, Jonathan Netek, Dan Oslie, Will Torres

Danna Lynde, Tituss Burgess, Kate Goode

Ernie Manouse, Lady Lorraine Palmer, Walt Zipprian

Hal Lynde, Alden Clark, Sanford Steinberg

Russell Cotton, Tituss Burgess

Jesus Castillon, Travis Torrence, Lauren Varnado

Mary Faucett, Liz Cleveland

Russell Cotton, Kyle Pierce

Tituss Burgess on stage for World AIDS Day luncheon

What: World AIDS Day underwriter reception and luncheon

Where: CASA Home and the Ballroom on the Bayou

PC Moment: AIDS Foundation Houston and Avenue 360 Health & Wellness benefited from the doubleheader fundraiser that brought in more than $170,000 under leadership of chairs Jacob Sudhoff and Jerry Hooker.

Special guest at the luncheon and surprise guest at the underwriter reception was Emmy- and SAG-nominated actor, musician, and writer Tituss Burgess, best known as Titus Andromedon in the Emmy-nominated comedy series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.

More than 500 attended the luncheon event that honored the University of Houston Honors College Community Health Worker Initiative with the Shelby Hodge Vision Award for the initiative’s groundbreaking outreach work in communities with high HIV transmission rates. The award presented by Chevron’s Dr. Steve Frangos was received by assistant professor Dan Price, PhD. Mayor Sylvester Turner joined in the program, praising the work of the two non-profits.

PC Seen: Ernie Manouse, Walt Zipprian, Caroline Starry, Russell Cotton, Torrence Travis, Kyle Pierce, Vince Pryor, Troy Brooks, Mary Faucett, Liz Cleveland, George Lancaster, Jerry Guerrero, Lindsey Grimes, Jesus Castillon, Nelson, Jennifer Vaughan, Jan Leger, Alan Detlaff, and Rob Scavone.