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Aids Walk Atlanta & 5 K Run

Friday, November 30, 2012

World AIDS Day is Saturday; AID Atlanta names Woolard interim executive director

Former Atlanta City Council President Cathy Woolard tapped as interim executive director for Midtown organization that works to save and transform lives with a continuum of care that provides access, linkage, and retention to HIV care.

World AIDS Day is held on December 1st each year and is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, show their support for people living with HIV and to commemorate people who have died. World AIDS Day was the first ever global health day and the first one was held in 1988. In observance of World AIDS Day, Mayor Kasim Reed and the City of Atlanta has partnered with (RED)™ to illuminate City Hall red throughout he month of December. For the third consecutive year, Atlanta will join more than a dozen cities around the world to illuminate landmarks red for World AIDS Day and raise awareness of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. A harrowing stat is that Fulton County comprises 10 percent of Georgia’s population, but accounts for…

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

AIDS Walk Atlanta & 5K Run Returns to Midtown Sunday

The Midtown restaurant, The Lawrence, is offering gourmet picnic baskets for sale with a portion of the sales going to benefit this weekend's 22nd annual event at Piedmont Park.

On Sunday, Oct. 21, Piedmont Park will again be the site for what has become the largest AIDS-related fundraising event in the Southeast, the 22nd annual AIDS Walk Atlanta & 5K Run. Produced by AID Atlanta, the AIDS Walk Atlanta & 5K Run raises funds for organizations in the metro-Atlanta area that provide imperative programs for more than 25,000 people infected or affected with HIV/AIDS. With the support and dedication of teams and corporate sponsors, the 2011 AIDS Walk Atlanta & 5K Run raised $1 million during its campaign. To register to walk or run please click here, and to register to be a part of the volunteer crew click here. Another way to give to the event is to purchase a creative, gourmet picnic basket from the Midtown …

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