15th AIDS Walk/Run Breaks Record
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Central New Yorkers raised an amazing $150,200 on Sunday, June 3, 2007, at Beaver Lake Nature Center, making the 15th Annual AIDS Walk/Run the most successful ever. The AIDS Walk/Run is AIDS Community Resources’ (ACR) original (1993) and biggest fundraiser. Proceeds support youth HIV prevention and education programs like the Teen AIDS Task Force (TATF), the Q Center (for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning youth), and for emergency client services in Central New York.
AIDS Community Resources’ Director of Special Projects, Wil Murtaugh, said, “We are seeing tremendous interest in HIV/AIDS prevention. People want kids to get clear information about their health and safety.”
TATF is the only school-based HIV prevention education program in New York State. It is abstinence-based and works with schools and community groups to prevent infections of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases in youth. TATF now has 19 chapters in Central New York. “There is much work to be done in Central New York to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS,” Murtaugh said. “Our TATF chapters encourage youth to make sound decisions.”
The Q Center, which provides HIV counseling, after school tutoring, arts and computer programs for LGBTQ youth aged 13 to 22, is a significant expansion of ACR’s youth HIV prevention initiatives. The Center is the only organization offering a wide range of services specifically for LGBTQ youth in this area of New York.AIDS Community Resources wants to thank our sponsors for their invaluable assistance in presenting the AIDS Walk/Run: Empower Federal Credit Union, Data Key Communications, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Time Warner Cable, Wal-Mart Foundation, National Grid, Boehringer & Ingelheim, Constellation Energy, Eckerd, Gilead Sciences, the Kinney Drugs Foundation, Sam’s Club, Starbucks, Syracuse Homes, and TJ Sheehan.