aids walk nyc 2010

Sunday Marks 25th NYC AIDS Walk
More than 45,000 people are expected to take part in New York City’s 25th annual AIDS Walk Sunday morning.

Organized by the Gay Men’s Health Crisis, the AIDS Walk has raised more than $110 million to fight AIDS in New York since 1986.

GMHC hopes to raise $5.3 million through this year’s event, which kicks off at 10 a.m. in Central Park.
2010 is the 25th year of the Aids Walk NYC. The money raised at the walk benefits GMHC. GMHC is the world’s first and leading provider of HIV/AIDS prevention, care and advocacy.

Since 1986, the Aids Walk NYC has raised more than $110 million to fight AIDS in New York. There are many people who are walking in the Aids Walk NYC for the 25th time. 45,000 people are expected to walk the 10K walk through NYC’s Central Park tomorrow for the 25th Aids Walk NYC.
This year, organizers are hopeful for an even more successful turnout. The money raised will go toward funding not only for GMHC, but many other AIDS organizations in the tri-state area. In the past 25 years the walkers have contributed $110 million, just for the area alone. Nationwide, the tally tops half a billion dollars!

Already this year, corporate support reached a record-breaking level. Duane Reade, the AIDS Walk presenting sponsor, has already raised more than $234,000 just in red ribbon sales. This surpasses any single fundraising effort yet.

GMHC is a nonprofit organization which, “fights to end the AIDS epidemic and uplift the lives of all affected.” With a long list of supporters, including Whoopi Goldberg, Hilary Duff, Alec Baldwin, Cyndi Lauper, Harvey Fierstein, Patti LaBelle, Nathan Lane, Jon Stewart and numerous other celebrities,with thousands of citizens, organizations and political officials, GMHC proudly strides its way into a quarter century of giving back, lifting up and taking in those who need it.