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Dr. Derek Brown, of Paoli, Ind., and
a graduate of Vincennes University (VU), is serving as the Honorary Chair of
the 4th Annual VU Greater Vincennes AIDS Walk.
The event will take place on March
23 at 2:00 p.m. at the VU Student Recreation Center, in Vincennes, Ind., with
free HIV testing beginning at noon.
Testing positive for HIV in 1994,
Dr. Brown has worked for a nonprofit agency called H.E.L.P. (Health Education
Learning Project.) in Fort Worth, Texas, in which he spoke to high school teens
about living with AIDS. He moved back to the Midwest two years ago, and is
focusing on making people aware that HIV/AIDS is not gone. Through the AIDS
Walk, Dr. Brown hopes to reach at-risk people and provide them with health
education and prevention information.
People can donate online, form a
team at http://www.VincennesAIDSWalk.org,
or send checks to AIDS Walk c/o VU Student Activities, 1002 N. 1st Street,
Vincennes, IN 47591.
For more information about the walk,
please contact VU Student Activities Director Cindy Beals at (812) 888-4126 or
cbeals@vinu.edu, VU Student Development Coordinator Kara Westfall at (812)
888-5877 or kwestfall@vinu.edu, or AIDS Holiday Project Chair Wally Paynter at
(812) 480-0204 or wallypaynter@aol.com.
The Friends of AIDS Foundation is
dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for HIV positive individuals and
empowering people to make healthy choices to prevent the spread of the HIV
virus. To learn more about The Friends of AIDS Foundation, please visit: http://www.friendsofaids.org.
TOGETHER WE REMAIN STRONG!
