2025 Annual Banquet

Join us December 7th at FareStart for an elegant evening with delicious food for a combination Annual Banquet and holiday event. 
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We’ll start with a social hour at 5:00 pm, followed by a dinner buffet at 6:00 pm.
Additional details:
  • FareStart is at 2004 Westlake (arrow #3 on the map)
  • Free parking is available at the Amazon Doppler Parking Garage, located at the 7th and Westlake intersection across from FareStart  (arrows #1 and 2 on the map). The garage requires you to pull a ticket, which you need for exiting the garage later
  • This year, our Mature Friends Toys for Tots collection   will be conducted as part of the Annual Dinner, so consider bringing a new, unwrapped toy to help bring joy to a child’s holiday
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Snappy attire is not required – but encouraged!  ​

An important part of the evening will be a presentation to honor our many volunteers, including a special award for   Volunteer of the Year!   To nominate a volunteer for this special recognition, please email the name and reason to [email protected].

A little bit about why we chose FareStart …  
FareStart is a James Beard Award-winning model for social change that dates back to 1992. Their concept helps people gain the job and self-empowerment skills to overcome poverty, and offers the community a pleasant dining experience, and generates revenue to support the FareStart program. Their innovative, entrepreneurial approach has provided nearly 15,000 youth and adults with job training and provided 19 million meals to local nonprofits, shelters, respite centers, youth and adult daycare centers and schools.

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Mature Friends functions as a non-profit, non-partisan, non-sectarian resource organization based in Seattle to provide social activities, education, and protection against discrimination to the over-40 LGBTQ communities and their allies.