A celebration of life for Richmond/Ermet AIDS Foundation co-founder Barbara Richmond will be held Sunday, February 23 from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Rainbow Room at the San Francisco LGBT Community Center, 1800 Market Street.
Ms. Richmond died January 4 after a battle with lung and bone cancer. She was 88.
Ms. Richmond and her childhood friend, Peggy Ermet, founded REAF in the early 1990s after their sons died of complications from AIDS. Ermet died in 2000.
REAF produces the popular "Help is On the Way" concerts that have raised a little more than $3 million over the years to various HIV/AIDS organizations. The popular shows, which continue to be held, generally draw upon local theater and cabaret talent, as well as visiting performers who are starring in local productions.
A brief program is planned for the memorial and people can share their remembrances of Ms. Richmond.