Friday, January 23, 2004

SECOND ANNUAL WARM-UP WALK FOR AIDS SILICON VALLEY - SUNDAY, APRIL 13

SECOND ANNUAL WARM-UP WALK FOR AIDS SILICON VALLEY - SUNDAY, APRIL 13

Santa Clara County AIDS Coalition and Paramount's Great America proudly present the annual Warm-Up Walk for AIDS Silicon Valley

(PRWEB) March 18, 2003

Santa Clara County AIDS Coalition and Paramount's Great America proudly present the annual Warm-Up Walk for AIDS Silicon Valley, to be held at Paramount's Great America on Sunday, April 13. Registration begins at 7 a. m. The 1K Walk begins at 8 a. m. and ends at 9:30 a. m. The event will be held rain or shine.

Each Walker bringing $40 or more in pledge money to registration on Warm-Up Walk day will receive a ticket for free admission to Paramount's Great America for that day. In addition, parking will be free for all participants arriving before 8:30 a. m. After 8:30 a. m., parking will be $10.

Registration will be held at the Paramount Pavilion. Participants are asked to enter via the gate to the immediate left of the park's main entrance; just look for the Walk For AIDS banners. Pre - and post-walk activities will include food, coffee, beverages, foot massages, agency information booths and exhibits, and the Santa Clara County Mobile Testing Van.

The Warm-Up Walk For AIDS benefits seven local agencies that provide HIV/AIDS prevention, education and support services to the people who live and work in Santa Clara County. Santa Clara County AIDS Coalition works to raise money for and increase awareness of HIV/AIDS issues in the local community.

Pledge forms are available by contacting Santa Clara County AIDS Coalition at (408) 451-Walk, or sccac@pacbell. net. Online registration and pledge gathering will be available on our website, at http://www. walkforaids. org (http://www. walkforaids. org).

About Walk for AIDS Silicon Valley

Walk For AIDS Silicon Valley, now in its 14th year, is the largest fundraising event benefiting HIV/AIDS prevention, education and support services in Santa Clara County. Our benefiting agencies reach over 30,000 people annually with education and information, and more than 5,000 people through direct services. Our mission is to increase community awareness of HIV/AIDS through fundraising and community mobilization in Santa Clara County.