The Greater San Diego Business Association presents “Sunset at the Cove,” a mixer taking place from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 4, on the rooftop of La Jolla Cove Suites.

Participants will be afforded full ocean views and a variety of foods and cocktails catered by Moreno Gombia of the Gourmet Group, Scott Burdman of Capriotti’s and Michael Mack of Bourbon Street. Dora Guillen of La Jolla Cove Suites is also cosponsoring the event.

“It’s always exciting to present a new venue for our mixers,” says Joyce Marieb, executive director of the GSDBA. “We’re hoping to attract some of our North County members who don’t always have a chance to drive down to Hillcrest for these events.”

The cost is $5 for members and $7 for guests. Admission price includes food, a raffle entry for prizes and a free drink.

La Jolla Cove Suites is located at 1155 Coast Blvd. For more information about GSDBA events and memberships, call (619) 296-4543.

San Diego Pride Construction is taking part in an annual rummage sale from which 100 percent of the benefits cuts go to Living Compassion and funding the African Vulnerable Children’s Project, which provides shelter for children and adults who have lost loved ones to the AIDS epidemic in Africa. The rummage sale takes place May 1 at 2643 C St. Last year’s rummage sale raised over $800, which provided a home for a family and several orphans.

Contact San Diego Pride Construction at (619) 795-0111 for further information.

San Diego LGBT Pride has extended its submission deadline to Friday, May 6, for a photo contest that focuses on a recently installed bench in Balboa Park commemorating the organization. The contest gives participants a chance at winning passes to this year’s festival, as well as other prizes. Winning photographs will also be featured in Pride’s 2005 Souvenir Program.

The rules are simple: Search and locate the Pride bench along the walkway by the Timken Museum of Art and then creatively incorporate it into a digital or regular hardcopy photograph. The bench cannot be moved or marked in anyway.

The bench was purchased by Pride and given to the city last year as a show of appreciation for its support. It features a brass plate inset of the Pride logo and a dedication plaque to the San Diego community.

Five winning photos will be selected, which will also be displayed on Pride’s website. Additionally, each winner will receive a pair of weekend passes to this summer’s Pride festival, plus a T-shirt and hat.

Photo submissions must be received by May 6. They can be emailed to director@sdpride.org or sent by regular mail to: Photo Contest, P.O. Box 34352, San Diego, CA, 92163.

A Cinco de Mayo fiesta and the annual Mr., Miss & Ms. Cinco De Mayo contest to benefit the Imperial Court’s Tijuana AIDS Fund takes place Saturday, April 30, at The Hole, located 2828 Lytton Ave.

This event features a traditional Mexican buffet starting at 6:00 p.m., and includes enchiladas, fajitas, rice and beans, and desserts. The show and contest begins at 7:30 p.m., with special guest emcees, and includes entertainment, an auction and a raffle.

Cinco De Mayo 2005 is presented by Emperor Carlos Silva and friends in conjunction with the 33rd reign of the Imperial Court de San Diego, to benefit the Tijuana AIDS Fund. A $10 contribution is requested at the door.

For more information, contact Paloma Ole at (619) 280-8773 or Carlos Silva at (619) 692-9076.

The Transgender Community Coalition will host its second annual Transgender Day of Empowerment on Saturday, April 30, at 6:00 p.m. at The Center.

The event is designed to bring together transgender and allied communities in an effort to foster increased support, respect and empowerment within San Diego.

Transgender Day of Empowerment will feature two keynote speakers, Valerie Spencer and Chris Daley. Spencer is a well-known transgender empowerment activist and longtime member of the Unity Fellowship Movement. Daley is a non-transgender gay man with experience providing direct legal services, analyzing policy and preparing high-impact litigation related to the transgender community.

The Transgender Day of Empowerment event will also include musical entertainment, presentations of several community service awards and a resource table providing information on services available to the transgender community of San Diego. The evening is sponsored by The Center and Family Health Centers of San Diego.

This year’s evening-long event will take place at The Center. Admission is free and refreshments will be provided. For more information, contact AJ Davis at (619) 692-2077 ext. 212 or adavis@thecentersd.org.

Scouting For All San Diego will have a booth at San Diego EarthFair 2005, taking place in Balboa Park on Sunday, May 1, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

SFA members will speak to the public about the organization’s ongoing efforts to encourage the Boy Scouts of America to include as participating members all youth and adult leaders, regardless of their spiritual belief, gender or sexual orientation.

“All we’re asking is that the Boy Scouts of America turn back the clock to a time when local troop leadership made membership decisions for both their own local leaders and local youths,” said Howard Menzer, southwestern director of Scouting For All.

“The now blanket discriminatory membership policy dictated by the BSA national headquarters in Irving, Tex., five years ago bars all gay and atheist youth, youth with gay or atheist parents and gay and atheist leaders. Hate wastes so much energy and accomplishes nothing.”

SFA also will distribute educational literature, give away SFA T-shirts and badges with requests for donations and encourage visitors to sign petitions supporting the organization’s cause.

For more information about Scouting For All at EarthFair, email howmen@sbcglobal.net.

On Friday, May 6, Mama’s Kitchen teams up with 65 of San Diego’s finest restaurants for Mama’s Day 2005 “Mama Goes Wild.” The 14th annual celebration will feature entertainment, a silent auction and an Absolut martini bar. This year, dozens of San Diego’s most well-known celebrity chefs will provide guests with a culinary adventure, showcasing their most popular and lavish specialties to help support Mama’s mission: providing food and nutrition to people affected by HIV/AIDS throughout San Diego County.

It is estimated that in San Diego County alone over 5,400 individuals and families are struggling to survive with AIDS, and an estimated 15,000 people are infected with HIV.

Mama’s Kitchen was founded in 1990 when volunteers from the AIDS Assistance Fund, a food bank for people with AIDS, discovered that many of their clients were becoming too ill to take care of themselves. They realized that a reliable home meal-delivery service was needed to ensure that these individuals would continue to receive nutritious food. Today, Mama’s Kitchen prepares and delivers three meals a day for every day of the week to about 300 men, women and children affected by AIDS in San Diego County.

“We are looking forward to Mama’s Day,” said Alberto Cortés, executive director of Mama’s Kitchen. “Last year’s event proceeds provided over 71,000 meals to San Diegans in need, and we hope to exceed those proceeds this year. The success of this event is directly attributed to the overwhelming support from the San Diego public and our corporate sponsors.”

This year’s lead sponsor is SAIC. Other sponsors include Sycuan Resort & Casino, Union Bank of California, San Diego Magazine, Hyatt Regency La Jolla, Neiman Marcus, Absolut Vodka and Pfizer La Jolla.

Mama’s Day 2005 begins at 6:30 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency La Jolla. Tickets are $125, with all proceeds benefiting Mama’s Kitchen. For further information or to purchase tickets, call Richard De Lancey at (619) 233-6262 ext 104.