Hastings Public Interest Law Foundation (HPILF) is a student organization at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, located in San Francisco, California. HPILF supports communities that lack access to legal resources. One of our primary projects is the HPILF Grant Program, which provides stipends to law students doing volunteer summer public interest work, including legal services for marginalized or vulnerable communities. Our grant recipients have worked at an array of legal aid organizations serving youth, the LGBTQ community, indigent criminal defendants, low-income senior citizens, victims of crime, and people with disabilities. The Annual HPILF Gala is one of UC Hastings’ most highly anticipated events of the year. Last year’s Gala was hosted virtually, and we are so grateful and excited to be hosting this year’s HPILF Gala in person. All proceeds from the Gala directly benefit the HPILF Grant Program. Our goal for this year’s Gala is to raise enough funds to give every student who applies to our Grant Program summer funding. We would like to invite you to help us celebrate this year and join us as we raise funds to support the upcoming grant season. We are currently seeking in-kind donations for our silent and live auctions, as well as beer or wine donations for us to showcase and serve at the Gala. We welcome donations on any level. The Gala will provide a venue for donors to connect with the UC Hastings community. We anticipate approximately 700 guests will attend the HPILF Gala, however, all donors will also be published to provide you with access to the 20,000+ alumni of our school, which includes notable attorneys such as Vice President Kamala Harris, former mayor of San Francisco Willie Brown, and members of the California Supreme Court. Gifts to HPILF made payable to the UC Hastings Foundation are tax-deductible under the Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3). The UC Hastings Foundation tax ID number is 23-7135898. I hope you will be able to join us in our endeavor to support law students doing public interest work.