| November
15, 2006 – For Immediate Release
Information: AIDS Assistance Program: Walter
Reed, 760.325.8481
Desert AIDS Project, David Brinkman, 760.323.2118,
ext. 262
Gay Associated Youth, Greg Wetmore, 760.328.8700
Working Wonders, Evelyn Hernandez Valentino, 760.324.7586
WORLD AIDS DAY COMMEMORATION
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2006
(PALM SPRINGS, CA – November 15, 2006)
World AIDS Day will be commemorated on Friday,
December 1 by Desert AIDS Project, AIDS Assistance
Program, Bear Hawk Services, Gay Associated Youth
and Working Wonders. From 3-6 p.m., there will
be a craft fair, Tree of Life ornaments for a
$5 donation, information and entertainment, and
from 6-7:30 p.m. a Celebration of Remembrance,
candlelight vigil and tree lighting will take
place. Reverend Amanda Speed will share her gospel
music, and Father Hugo L. Londoño will
give the benediction.
The event will be held at Koffi at the Corridor,
515 North Palm Canyon Drive in Palm Springs. For
additional information, call 760.323.2118 ext.
257. Following the World AIDS Day events, there
will be a Healing Service at Temple Isaiah at
8 p.m.
World AIDS Day is an international day of remembrance
for those who have lost their lives to AIDS, to
celebrate those living with the disease, and to
reaffirm the fight to find a cure for the devastating
pandemic. With the theme, “Stop AIDS. Keep
the Promise,” it is designed to encourage
public support for programs that prevent the spread
of HIV/AIDS and to provide education and awareness
of issues surrounding HIV/AIDS. In the more than
two decades since the first reports of the disease,
AIDS has become a global epidemic. Worldwide,
an estimated 40 million people are living with
HIV, nearly half of them women and girls between
the ages of 15 and 24. Nearly one million Americans
are currently living with HIV/AIDS, up from 900,000
in 2001. According to the California Department
of Health Services, in Riverside and San Bernardino
Counties, more than 4,400 people are living with
AIDS, and there are nearly 3,000 people living
with HIV.
Desert AIDS Project at the Greenburg-Peet Family
Center is the organization in our community where
people living with HIV and AIDS can receive comprehensive
services to help manage HIV disease. D.A.P. offers
primary medical care through its Wells Fargo HIV
Health Center. The Project provides widespread
education and prevention services for schools,
civic organizations, businesses, churches and
health organizations throughout the communities
it serves. Confidential HIV testing is also provided.
For more information, call 760-323-2118 or visit
www.desertaidsproject.org
.
Information Contact:
Mary Kay Plock, 760-323-2118 ext. 22 |
