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21st Annual AIDS Walk Saturday, Sept. 29 |
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| 21st Annual AIDS Walk Saturday, Sept. 29 | |
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by Robert Raketty -
SGN Staff Writer The 21st Annual Seattle AIDS Walk will be held, rain or shine, in Volunteer Park (14th & Prospect) on Capitol Hill in Seattle on Saturday, September 29. Funds raised will benefit Lifelong AIDS Alliance, the Pacific Northwest's leading AIDS service provider. The Walk goal is to raise $800,000. Non-registered walkers can sign-up and additional donations can be dropped off as early as 8 a.m. The AIDS Walk program begins an hour later, 9 a.m. KING 5 Television's evening anchor, Jean Enersen, will emcee. The AIDS Walk starts at 10:00 a.m. A post-walk concert featuring LeRoy Bell & His Only Friends, who have toured with music legends such as B.B. King, will be held at 11 a.m. During the program, Congressman Jim McDermott (D-WA) will deliver the Congressional Victory Against Hunger Award. Lifelong's food program, Chicken Soup Brigade, which provides fresh nutritious meals and bags of groceries to 1,226 people in King County, was one of only 22 organizations nationwide to receive the award this year. In addition to the award itself, Lifelong's Interim Executive Director David Richart and Board President Marc England, will receive a $1,000 check from the Congressional Hunger Center and Victory Wholesale Group. AIDS Walk participants will also hear from several team captains during the program. Barbara Velategui, a Lifelong Board Member and 37 year veteran teacher at Newport High School in Bellevue and a student member of the school's AIDS Student Peer Educators at Newport (ASPEN), will speak about their reasons for participating in the walk. Throughout the morning, attendees are also invited to tie a red ribbon to a live "Red Ribbon Tree" in honor of loved ones or as a symbolic message of hope for the future. For more information about the AIDS Walk and how you can participate and/or contribute, go to www.llaa.org, email aidswalk@llaa.org or call 206-328-8979. |
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