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Volunteers sought for Campaign to End AIDS walk 9:55 a.m., Oct. 20, 2005--The Delaware HIV Consortium is seeking volunteers for the Campaign to End AIDS Walk, which will travel from New York City to Washington, D.C., and will stop in Wilmington on Tuesday, Oct. 25 and at UD on Wednesday, Oct. 26. The consortium has organized a caravan of about 100 walkers to make the journey from New York to Washington. The walkers will take part in two rallies; one scheduled at noon, Tuesday, Oct. 25, at Rodney Square in Wilmington, and another rally at 12:30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 26, in the Trabant University Center. Participants in the walk will be staying at the Central YMCA in Wilmington between the two rallies. Volunteers are still needed to participate in the Newark portion of the walk on Oct. 26. The caravan will meet at 7:30 a.m. at the Kirkwood Detox Center on Kirkwood Highway near Price’s Corner. A water break will follow at 10 a.m. at the McDonald’s at the intersection of Kirkwood Highway and Route 7. The walkers are scheduled to arrive at the Trabant University Center around 1 p.m., where the rally will begin. After the rally, the walk will continue down Elkton Road to the 76 Truck Stop. There is no formal registration for the walk, so participants can join the walk at any point during the day. Volunteers also are needed to pass out posters, get people to sign Advocacy Cards and sign the Delaware End AIDS banner. To become a volunteer or donate supplies, call Susan Tanner at (302) 654-5471. The Campaign to End AIDS is a national, grassroots effort to demand lifesaving treatment for all people living with HIV/AIDS, strong worldwide HIV prevention efforts based on science, research for a cure and better treatments and an end to AIDS stigma and full civil rights for people living with HIV/AIDS. The Delaware HIV Consortium is a statewide, nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating the spread of HIV/AIDS and to creating a seamless continuum of care for all people infected and affected in Delaware. The walk, which was originally set for Sept. 28, was rescheduled because of Hurricane Katrina. For more information about the Campaign to End AIDS, visit [www.campaigntoendaids.org], and for information about the Delaware HIV Consortium, visit [www.delawarehiv.org]. Article by Kim Sharrah, AS ’06 To learn how to subscribe to UDaily, click here. |
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