12th Annual First Frost AIDS Walk/Run Results
Powerhouse anniversary draws crowd for 12th
Annual First Frost AIDS Walk/Run
An important anniversary and great luck with the weather drew crowds to the New York State Zoo at Thompson Park Sunday for the 12th Annual First Frost AIDS Walk/Run, presented by Empower Federal Credit Union.
The event raised $39,081!
2011 marks 30 years since publication of the first medical article about the disease eventually known as AIDS. The theme for the First Frost AIDS Walk/Run this year is “30 years of AIDS is enough!”
More than 60 million people worldwide have been infected by HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Twenty-five million have died. AIDS has no cure. “The people being infected in Northern New York today weren’t alive when AIDS was ‘discovered’,” said AIDS Community Resources Executive Director Michael Crinnin. “My goal is to keep the AIDS dialogue going; to keep parents talking; to keep church leaders talking; to keep elected officials talking about staying safe from AIDS.”
The First Frost AIDS Walk/Run is AIDS Community Resources’ largest outreach and fundraising event in Northern New York. 100% of the money raised stays in Northern New York to benefit ACR’s youth HIV prevention programs and emergency client services.
AIDS Community Resources wants to thank our First Frost AIDS Walk/Run sponsors for their invaluable assistance: Title Sponsor Empower Federal Credit Union; Walker Sponsors Kinney Drugs Foundation, Northern Light Chiropractic, Samaritan Medical Center, and Tilted Kilt. Media sponsors are 7 News, 790 WTNY, Fox 28, Froggy 97, WNER, and Z93. Special thanks to NYS Zoo at Thompson Park, and Starbucks Coffee.