A Celebration of Friends

A Celebration of Friends
Location(s)	Florida, USA
Inaugurated	2001 (Miami, United States)
Organised by	Tom (Tomcat) Pence
Website	http://www.celebrationoffriends.org

A Celebration of Friends (ACOF) is an annual social gathering for gay mature men in Florida. It was founded in 2001, and every summer it brings together hundreds of people from all over the world for a weekend event in Orlando.^[1] The organization also raises money for local charity. In the past, its funds have been distributed to organizations such as Tuesday's Angels, the Pride Center at Equality Park, and Buzzy's Boys.^[2]

For the past three years,^[when?] the annual event has been held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida^[3] In addition to the annual summer event, there is now a winter event, known as the January Jamboree,^[4] also held in Fort Lauderdale.

References

^ "Spotlight: A Celebration of Friends by Dale Madison — Florida Agenda". Retrieved 16 July 2013.
^ "A Celebration of Friends: Florida's largest event for mature men and their admirers — South Florida Gay News". Retrieved 16 July 2013.
^ "2017 Celebration of Friends Weekend". www.celebrationoffriends.org. Archived from the original on 2017-10-25. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
^ "2018 Celebration of Friends January Jamboree". www.celebrationoffriends.org. Archived from the original on 2017-10-25. Retrieved 2017-10-24.

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