Volunteer of the Year Rick Saputo


I try to make a positive impact on the lives of people I care about. Rick Saputo


Rick Saputo, publisher of the BottomLine and Pulp magazines, has worked tirelessly to support the movement of LGBT and human rights throughout our region.The list of organizations that Rick supports and works for encompasses a wide spectrum of community eff ort: Equality California (current board member), Desert AIDS Project (partners for life), AIDS Assistance Program (diamond sponsor), Inland Empire AIDS Project, Golden Rainbow Center, Well in the Desert, Human Rights Campaign (lifetime partner), Greater Palm Springs Pride, San Diego Pride, PSLOD, Mama’s Kitchen San Diego, The Center San Diego, Greater San Diego Business Association, Desert Business Association, Stepping Stone San Diego, Opera in the Park and The International Film Festival, to name a few.


Rick worked in the corporate world for seventeen years after graduating from college. He and Tim Beale, his current business partner, decided to move to Palm Springs in late 1989 and start a company. They bought The BottomLine and Pulp magazines. The BottomLine has been a desert staple for thirty years and Pulp is going on eleven years. The BottomLine and Pulp Magazines are also distributed in Rick’s second home town of San Diego. Rick’s Partner, Larry Hanson, has been a big supporter in all he does and helps EQCA on various committees. Rick’s immediate family is too large to mention, over thirty strong headed by his 85 year old mother. Rick is proud to say that they have all been very supportive.


In speaking of the most gratifying memories of his volunteer service to Equality California, Rick says, “There are gratifying moments that happen as we move forward just as there are setbacks. Most recently would be the Judge Vaughn Walker ruling. A huge step in the right direction. Listening to Jerry Brown’s support for our movement was also very inspiring.“


Greater Palm Springs Pride applauds Rick’s service to the community, leadership and volunteerism and takes pleasure in recognizing him as Pride’s Volunteer of the Year.


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