Come join us on Saturday, October 4, 2008 for AIDS Walk Washington.
A 5K fund-raising walk/run benefiting and produced by Whitman-Walker Clinic. Whitman-Walker Clinic is a non-profit community-based health organization composed of volunteers and staff who provide dependable, high-quality, comprehensive and accessible health care to those infected with or affected by HIV/AIDS. Recording Artist Cheri Dennis will be join in for a post-Walk performance.
DID YOU KNOW
- DC has a higher rate of HIV infection than most sub-Saharan African nations
- It's estimated that one in every 20 adults in the District of Columbia is infected with HIV.
- More than 15,000 people in the Washington metropolitan area live with AIDS. Tens of thousands more people are estimated to be infected with HIV.
- DC has the highest rate of new AIDS cases per 100,000 people in the United States -- a rate that is 12 times the national average.
Participating Sponsors include 93.9WKYS, BET Rap It Up,NBC4 and many more...
Update: Registration for the walk has closed so hopefully you are already signed up.
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