Puerto Vallarta, Mexico - The Vallarta Pride Committee will hold its first Award and Fundraising Event on June 14th at 10 pm at Paco's Ranch in Puerto Vallarta's Romantic Zone. Armando Sanchez explained, "Although we are very happy with the outcome of our First Vallarta Pride Weekend, we misjudged the time and beer sales. We were never able to announce the winners of the Parade Competition or the Raffle Prizes."

The committee feels it is very important to publicly thank the sponsors and the special people who went out of their way to make Pride an amazing weekend for all.

The committee has created a fun event featuring Christian Serrano's photos of the Pride Weekend as the backdrop for the Award Ceremony section of the program. Benito Aleman, Manager of Paco's Ranch, told the committee, "Paco's Ranch and I will do anything to help the committee for creating such a wonderful weekend." Paco's Ranch is allowing the committee to collect a donation cover at the door and is offering 2x1 drinks during the two hour event. Carla Fifi will be the host of the award and entertainment event.

Bill Hevener explained that the Committee needs to raise money to round off the books. "We were expecting to make money on the beer sales. Who would have thought that the parade would turn out to be so well organized, that it was over in an hour, leaving almost an hour and a half before we could officially start selling beer. A second pleasant surprise was that the ACT II performers spellbound the crowd. People sat under the afternoon sun not moving for two hours, afraid they would miss the next amazing act, cutting our chance to sell beer further."

The committee has been so encouraged by everyone's willingness to help. Carla Fifi, Diva Divine and Daniel Gomez have all volunteered their time to wow the crowd during the entertainment portion of the event. Poncho Davalos, who is running the 50 peso raffle with prizes from the Blue Chairs Resort, Rivera del Rio, and Gold's Gym, is "confident that the community will come out to support the event and make sure the committee is in the black. We will hopefully raise enough money to pay off the debts and start organizing Pride Vallarta 2014."

The event is from 10 to 12 pm on Friday, June 14th. Cover is a $50 peso donation, which includes 2x1 drink prices during the event.