SF AIDS Walk Recap

Congratulations Team Jews’ Next Dor and thanks to everyone who sponsored our walkers. As the final totals have been tallied, our team of 31 registered walkers raised $3,754.00. Our team ranked 162th out of 684 teams of varying sizes.

In total More than 25,000 walkers came together to raise a near-record $4,512,934 for the thousands of men, women and children struggling with HIV/AIDS in San Francisco and the entire Bay Area. As we’ve mentioned before, this year’s walk supported a record number of local organizations.

Our walkers had a great time you can see in all the pictures from the event. Click on the link below for multiple albums of pictures. While the weather was a bit icky early in the day, it got to be a nice day and everyone had a great time talking while we walked. Our Stanford and Cal fans event got to enjoy the bands from these schools. Radio stations were out cheering along with playing music, and the Fat Chance Belly Dance Troupe was there again, as we were.

Pictures, more pictures, even more pictures, and yes, more pictures.

For more on AIDS Walk SF visit the walks homepage at http://www.aidswalk.net/sanfran/

AIDS Walk SF in the News

Team Jews’ Next Dor is gearing up for AIDS Walk SF this Sunday, July 20, 2008. Thanks to everyone who’s sponsored our walkers, you can still do so on our team page. Or join us Sunday morning, at Golden Gate Park, Sharon Meadow. Check in as a walker at 9am then join us at our team table.

Here’s a bit about this year’s walk that was in the recent news.

Reuters: AIDS Walk San Francisco Takes Big Green Step Forward

KRON 4: AIDS Walk San Francisco Boosts Number of Teams and Benefiting Agencies

From Reuters

AIDS Walk San Francisco Takes Big Green Step Forward

San Francisco's Largest AIDS Fundraising Event Goes GREEN with Online
Communications, Recycling and Awareness

SAN FRANCISCO, July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- The San Francisco AIDS Foundation
and AIDS Walk San Francisco announced today key initiatives to 'Green' the HIV
fundraising event that is already a San Francisco institution. The initiatives
include the introduction of Green Walkers, composting, and enhanced recycling.
    "With the Foundation's focus on the overall health of our community, as
well as our commitment to preventing new HIV infections, 'greening' AIDS Walk
made great sense," said Mark Cloutier, Chief Executive Officer of the San
Francisco AIDS Foundation. "Every person who participates will walk towards a
future where people and our shared environment are both healthier." 

New HIV Benchmarks Worldwide: Join AIDS Walk SF

Register for Team Jews

We reached our team member goal! Thanks to all those, including Rabbi Pressman, who have signed up to walk 10 with us in the fight against AIDS. You can still sign up to join our team, Jews’ Next Dor online until Noon on Wednesday, July 9th.

But now we need everyone’s help to reach our fund raising goal. AIDS Walk San Francisco benefits the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. Proceeds from the event also fund HIV/AIDS Community Grants, administered by the Horizons Foundation.  In 2008, grants will be distributed to 50+ HIV/AIDS organizations serving the six Bay Area counties.See the full list of who benefits here, not to mention the great exercise the walkers get. You can sponsor our whole team, or individual walkers, a few of our walkers have taken the Star Walker Challenge, to raise $1,000, please help them reach their goals. Thank you in advance for all your tax deductible donations. Let’s help AIDS Walk SF have a another record breaking year! Together we can step up and stop AIDS.

San Francisco AIDS Foundation -  www.SFAF.org .  Established in 1982, the San Francisco AIDS Foundation develops innovative solutions, combining  evidence-based strategies with community experience to fight HIV/AIDS and promote holistic good  health.  With the unrestricted funds raised by AIDS Walk San Francisco, the Foundation is able to provide direct services to thousands of people living with HIV/AIDS and focus intensive prevention programs to  those most at risk of contracting the disease.

The San Francisco AIDS Foundation continues to lead the way in HIV/AIDS advocacy, lobbying for critical  policy change in Sacramento and Washington, and working to ensure unfettered access to life-saving HIV  treatment and care.

Your support enables the Foundation to realize its mission of ending the pandemic and human suffering  caused by HIV.

Check out the 40 page Program Guide in PDF now. New statistics are currently coming out on HIV, see what the SFAF has to say about them. Still 25% of people don’t know they have HIV.

Jews’ Next Dor – 9980 is participating in this year’s AIDS Walk San Francisco on Sunday, July 20!

Jews’ Next Dor – 9980 is participating in this year’s
AIDS Walk San Francisco on Sunday, July 20!

Lace up your sneakers and walk with us along with 25,000 San Franciscans as we fill Golden Gate Park in support of this important cause. AIDS Walk San Francisco is a 10km (6.2 mile) fundraising walkathon benefiting San Francisco AIDS Foundation (SFAF) in addition to over 50 other AIDS service organizations throughout the six Bay Area counties. Established in 1982, the San Francisco AIDS Foundation is one of the oldest and largest community-based AIDS service organizations in the United States. The mission of the agency is to end the pandemic and the human suffering caused by HIV.

Did you know that…

• In 2007, a much-heralded HIV vaccine developed by Merck failed to work in a large clinical trial, dealing another serious setback to efforts to stop the AIDS epidemic?
• In the U.S., between 40,000 to 60,000 people are newly infected with HIV every year?
• California ranks second in the nation in cumulative AIDS cases, surpassed only by New York?
• The number of people living with AIDS in California continues to increase. There are over 59,000 Californians living with HIV/AIDS.

Click on the AIDS Walk logo above to get to http://www.aidswalk.net/sanfran.

Click “Register to Walk” and “Join a Team.”

Select Jews’ Next Dor – 9980 from the pull-down menu.

Or, register by phone:

Call the AIDS Walk office at (415) 615-9255.

Give our team name and number – Jews’ Next Dor – 9980 – when you register.

Please pass this message along to your coworkers, friends and family!

STEP UP. STOP AIDS.

Announcing the AIDS Walk San Francisco 2008 Benefiting Organizations!

This year there are 57 AIDS service organizations throughout all six Bay Area counties that are receiving community grants from the funds raised at AIDS Walk San Francisco. That is the most benifciaries of the walk to date, please help team Jews’ Next Dor in helping these organizations by sponsoring our walkers or joining our team.

The full list of beneficiaries can be viewed on the AIDS Walk San Francisco website. Take a moment to see what organizations are at work in your community and check out their websites. These organizations provide indispensible service to the community and they deserve all of our support, so let’s keep up the great work!

AIDS Walk San Francisco benefits the San Francisco AIDS Foundation.

Proceeds from the event also fund HIV/AIDS Community Grants, administered by the Horizons Foundation. In 2008, grants will be distributed to the following 50+ HIV/AIDS organizations serving the six Bay Area counties:

360: Positive Care Center – http://www.positivehealth.ucsf.edu/

AGUILAS – http://www.sfaguilas.org/

AIDS Community Research Consortium – http://www.thevolunteercenter2.net/org/2705558.html

AIDS Emergency Fund, San Francisco AIDS Fund – http://www.aidsemergencyfund.org/

AIDS Housing Alliance/ SF – http://www.ahasf.org/

AIDS Legal Referral Panel – http://www.alrp.org/

AIDS Prevention Action Network

AIDS Project of the East Bay – http://www.apeb.org/

Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center – http://www.apiwellness.org/home.html

Asian Americans for Community Involvement – http://www.aaci.org/home.htm

Asian Health Services – http://www.ahschc.org/

Bay Area Young Positives – http://www.baypositives.org/

Bill Wilson Center – http://www.billwilsoncenter.org/

Billy DeFrank LGBT Community Center – http://www.defrank.org/

Black Coalition on AIDS – http://www.bcoa.org/

California Institute of Integral Studies – http://www.ciis.edu/

Community Awareness and Treatment Services – http://www.careforhomeless.org/

Community Health Empowerment / Exchange Works – http://www.chiefcic.com/

East Oakland Community Project – http://www.eocp.net/

Flowers Heritage Foundation – http://www.flowersheritagefoundation.org/

Get Screened Oakland – http://www.getscreenedoakland.org/

HIV Education and Prevention Project of Alameda County – http://www.casasegura.org/

Homeless Youth Alliance – http://homelessyouthalliance.org/index.html

Huckleberry Youth Program – http://www.huckleberryyouth.org/

Immune Enhancement Project – http://www.iepclinic.com/

Institute for Community Health Outreach – http://www.naap-ca.org/

Larkin Street Youth Services – http://www.larkinstreetyouth.org/

Lesbian Health & Research Center at UCSF – http://www.lesbianhealthinfo.org/

Lyon-Martin Women�s Health Services – http://www.lyon-martin.org/

Marin AIDS Project – http://www.marinaidsproject.org/

Meals of Marin – http://www.volunteersolutions.org/marin/org/10243114515.html

Needle Exchange Emergency Distribution – http://www.berkeleyneed.org/

New Conservatory Theatre Center – http://www.nctcsf.org/

New Leaf: Services For Our Community – http://www.newleafservices.org/

Outlet Program – http://www.projectoutlet.org/

Pacific Center for Human Growth – http://www.pacificcenter.org/

Pangaea Global AIDS Foundation – http://www.pgaf.org/

Pets Are Wonderful Support – http://www.pawssf.org/

Planned Parenthood: Shasta-Diablo – http://www.ppshastadiablo.org/site/c.feJPIVOzErH/b.876657/k.CC43/Home.htm

Positive Resource Center – http://www.positiveresource.org/

Project Inform – http://www.projectinform.org/

Project Open Hand – http://www.openhand.org/

Pro-Latino – http://www.prolatino.org/

Quan Yin Healing Arts Center – http://www.quanyinhealingarts.com/

Rainbow Community Center of Contra Costa County – http://www.rainbowcc.org/

SF LGBT Community Center – http://www.sfcenter.org/

Shanti – http://www.shanti.org/

St. James Infirmary – http://www.stjamesinfirmary.org/

STOP AIDS Project – http://www.stopaids.org/

Tenderloin Health – http://web.mac.com/tenderloinhealth/Tenderloin_Health/Welcome.html

Tri-City Health Center – http://www.tri-cityhealth.org/

UCSF AIDS Health Project – http://www.ucsf-ahp.org/

Valley Medical Center Foundation – http://www.vmcfoundation.info/

Vital Life Services – http://www.vitalcalifornia.org/

Women Organized to Respond to Life Threatening Diseases – http://www.womenhiv.org/

Women�s HIV Program at UCSF – http://www.whp.ucsf.edu/

Women�s Community Clinic – http://www.womenscommunityclinic.org/

STEP UP STOP AIDS: HIV/AIDS Statistic 5

There are an estimated 33.2 million people living with HIV as of the end of 2007. Of these, 2.5 million are children under 15 years of age.

STEP UP. STOP AIDS.

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Stats from AIDS WALK SF and the SF AIDS Foundation

STEP UP STOP AIDS: HIV/AIDS Statistic 4

San Francisco accounts for almost 20% of California’s total number of AIDS cases.

STEP UP. STOP AIDS.

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Stats from AIDS WALK SF and the SF AIDS Foundation

STEP UP STOP AIDS: HIV/AIDS Statistic 3

Nearly, 1,000 San Franciscans will become newly infected with HIV this year.

STEP UP. STOP AIDS.

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www.aidswalk.net/sanfran

Stats from AIDS WALK SF and the SF AIDS Foundation

STEP UP STOP AIDS: HIV/AIDS Statistic 2

Worldwide, people under the age of 25 account for 50% of new HIV infections.

STEP UP. STOP AIDS.

Join or sponsor team Jews’ Next Dor at
www.aidswalk.net/sanfran

Stats from AIDS WALK SF and the SF AIDS Foundation

STEP UP STOP AIDS: HIV/AIDS Statistic 1

In the United States, one-quarter of those infected with HIV each year is unaware of their status.

STEP UP. STOP AIDS.

Join or sponsor team Jews’ Next Dor at
www.aidswalk.net/sanfran

Stats from AIDS WALK SF and the SF AIDS Foundation