The North County LGBT Pride Coalition will hold its first social event of the year at the Oceanside City Hall Community Room on Friday, April 25, at 6:30 p.m.

The entire community, including GLBT families, individuals and their friends, is invited to join the organization in an effort to unite the North County San Diego GLBT communities. There will be food, music, raffles and more. Several groups and organizations will be present to distribute information about groups in the North County GLBT community in hopes of creating more visibility in the area.

Tickets are available for a donation of $5 per person. All proceeds will go toward the North County LGBT presence at the San Diego Pride parade and festival this summer. Additionally, the group will be raising funds to help pay for the coalition to register as a nonprofit organization.

For more information, call 760-672-1848, or visit www.northcountylgbtcoalitionforce.org.

San Diego Pride will kick-off the 2008 season early this year with a Pride ticket sale kick-off reception at Universal Hillcrest on Friday, April 25, from 7-8:30 p.m.

The kick-off event, which is open to the entire community, will include hors d’oeuvres, a signature dessert station and hosted signature drinks.

Attendees who donate $30 to support the Pride parade will receive a Universal Pride 2008 T-shirt. Additionally, festival tickets and other Pride merchandise will be sold at the event.

Pride’s 2008 theme is Live + Love + Be.

To RSVP or for more information, visit http://sandiegopride.org/242/universal_kickoff.htm.

The Senior Services Program at the San Diego LGBT Center will host a workshop on building financial wellness for GLBT seniors on Wednesday, April 30, from 5:30-7:30 p.m.

The workshop, which will be presented by New England Financial, will take place at The Center and will include discussion topics about estate planning for same-sex couples and understanding the real estate market.

For more information, contact David VanGilder at 619-692-2077, ext. 205 or dvangilder@thecentersd.org.

KPBS San Diego will broadcast “Anyone and Everyone” on Saturday, May 3, at 8 p.m.

The documentary, by local filmmaker Susan Polis-Schutz, features diverse American families and the experiences they go through when GLBT children come out.

Polis-Schulz and two of the families featured in the film will join pledge-hosts in the studio to discuss the making of the film and to help raise money for KPBS broadcasting.

They will also share in-depth personal views on what it’s like to go through the coming out process with a loved one.

KPBS is asking the community to support the documentary and television station by tuning as it broadcasts the film as a first-time pledge show.

Check local listings to locate the KPBS channel on your cable provider.

For more information, visit www.kpbs.org.

Little Ray and Big Mike of the Imperial Court de San Diego recently announced the beginning of the Pass It Forward Campaign. The fund-raising effort encourages members of the community to donate $10 to the Imperial Court de San Diego, and then ask 10 friends to donate $10, who will continue to “pass it forward.”

The Imperial Court de San Diego has reached out to and donated countless dollars to community members in need for more than three decades. Funds raised from this campaign will continue to support the many services provided by the organization.

A kick-off event for the Pass It Forward Campaign is scheduled for Sunday, May 4, from 1-4 p.m. at the home Benjamin F. Dillingham III. It is suggested that guests make a $10 donation at the door.

For more information or directions to the event, contact Big Mike at bm575@aol.com or Raymond Portillos-Leon at rportillos@gmail.com or 619-962-2882.

The deadline has been extended for people living with HIV/AIDS to fill out the 2008 HIV/AIDS Needs Assessment Survey, which is used to determine the need for services in San Diego County. The information also helps the San Diego HIV Health Services Planning Council allocate funds. The new deadline to turn in the Needs Assessment Survey is Wednesday, April, 30. Surveys can be obtained by contacting the planning council’s support staff. To complete the survey online visit www.sdplanning.org.

According to the council, it is important for people living with HIV/AIDS to share their voices, particularly in the annual priority setting and budget allocations process.

The planning council meets the fourth Wednesday of each month in the Coronado Room at the County Health Services Complex, located at 3851 Rosecrans St. All meetings are open to the general public. Spanish interpretation is also available upon request. To request translation services, contact Yvette Ogletree at least 72 hours in advance at 619-293-4713.

For more information about the San Diego HIV Health Services Planning Council or the Needs Assessment Survey, visit www.sdplanning.org.

For information on becoming a member of the San Diego HIV Health Services Planning Council, contact Ken Riley, lead health planner for the council, at 619-293-4711, or kennethriley@sdcounty.ca.gov, or Yvette Ogletree, community liaison for the council, at 619-293-4713 or yvetteogletree@sdcounty.ca.gov.

Mayor Jerry Sanders will hold a series of town hall meetings to share important elements of the Fiscal Year 2009 Budget with citizens.

A town hall meeting will be held in District 3 at the City Heights/Weingart Branch Library & Performance Annex on Tuesday, April 29, from 6-7 p.m. The public is welcome to attend.

The City Heights/Weingart Branch Library & Performance Annex is located at 3795 Fairmount Ave. For more information, visit www.sandiego.gov/mayor/index.shtml.

San Diego District Three Councilmember Toni Atkins will present the annual State of the Third Council District event Thursday, April 24 at 6:30 p.m. in the War Memorial Building at Balboa Park, located at 3325 Zoo Drive.

For more information, contact Atkins’ office at 619-236-6633.