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Tacky Tourist Clubs of America, Seattle Chapter produces flights of the fancy and guided tours to realms of the imagination.
Each year, hundreds of tourists (of the local, regional, and national varieties) enjoy wind, water, dancing, drinking and general frivolity aboard The Queen City Cruise at Seafair time. It was 1981 when the high-production, volunteer-created event first floated into the viewfinders of sometimes startled and often-delighted tourists. At the waterfront, at the Ballard Locks, and on Lake Union, the brightly adorned boat with its lavishly-costumed occupants (and more than a few barely-dressed occupants) often becomes a major attraction.
The Cruise and other Tacky Tourist events depend on volunteers. Proceeds from the parties are distributed to organizations that (for the most part) serve the Puget Sound region's gay/lesbian/queer communities.
Tacky Tourist Clubs also provides production assistance for The Bump -- the always-fabulous Halloween party once known as Things That Go Bump In the Night. The party, originated by Tacky Tourists, is now presented by Gay City.
Tacky Tourist Clubs of America is a non-profit, volunteer organization that provides financial support for other non-profit agencies and organizations. Our beneficiaries
The volunteers who make up Tacky Tourist Clubs build bridges between communities through activities that bring people together to work for a common goal. We seek to elevate social and civic consciousness with humor and good-natured satire.
Tacky Tourist Clubs is registered as a 501(c)4 organization.
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Since 1981, Tacky Tourist Clubs events have raised nearly $270,000 for the beneficiaries.
| Year | Amount |
|---|---|
| 2007 | $ 8,820 |
| 2006 | $ 6,700 |
| 2005 | $ 5,400 |
| 2004 | $ 6,335 |
| 2003 | $ 4,050 |
| 2002 | $ 5,665 |
| 2001 | $ 0* |
| 2000 | $ 4,150 |
| 1999 | $ 5,000 |
| 1998 | $13,200 |
| 1997 | $14,945 |
| 1996 | $14,080 |
| 1995 | $23,600 |
| 1994 | $12,850 |
| 1993 | $22,340 |
| 1992 | $16,190 |
| 1991 | $21,170 |
| 1990 | $20,181 |
| 1989 | $21,035 |
| 1988 | $15,219 |
| 1987 | $14,499 |
| 1986 | $ 8,101 |
| 1985 | $ 6,256 |
| 1984 | $ 6,394 |
| 1983 | $ 8,441 |
| 1982 | $ 5,142 |
| 1981 | $ 900 |
| Total | $290,663 |
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We are tourist-class passengers on the luxury liner of life, dedicated to the proposition that, without chemicals, polyester itself would not be possible. We seek to milk the Sacred Cow of Taste to create a Cheeselog of Love, making the world a gay place in which to live. Charity goes further at group rates.
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