Provocate.org

Another great opportunity to get involved and make a diffence in the lives of fellow Hoosiers that are afflicted with HIV/AIDS. Unlike the IU-Kenya gala, you doin’t have to worry about renting a tux.

When: Sunday, October 14,
Where: University Park, Downtown Indianapolis

The AIDS Walk & Ride is sponsored by the Indiana AIDS Fund to raise money for HIV impacted Hoosiers throughout Indiana and the agencies that serve them. These agencies provide their clients with direct care, financial assistance, housing, prevention, medications and more. All of the money raised from this event is filtered back to the community through the Indiana AIDS Fund’s Gregory R. Powers Direct Emergency Financial Assistance (DEFA) program, which provides essential needs out of reach for persons with AIDS, such as food, clothing, rent, utilities and medications. The AIDS Walk & Ride will take place on Sunday, October 14, 2007 at University Park, Indianapolis. This is the 17th year for the 5K AIDS Walk and the 4th year for the 10K bicycle ride. In 2006, over 1,000 people participated, raising a total of $180,000.

For more information, including registration info, go to the event’s website.

If this sounds interesting, check out … Joe Mamlin of the IU-Kenya program discussing Hoosiers fighting AIDS and poverty in Africa October 23, and celebrate Joe’s program October 13. Ryan White’s mom talks about what has happened in fighting HIV/AIDS in the 17 years since the death of her son November 13.

Bookmark to:

This entry was posted on Wednesday, September 12th, 2007 at 4:08 am and is filed under Events, Health & Medicine, GLBT, HIV/AIDS, Philanthropy, Taking action. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.