A big "thank you" to all of you who participated in yesterday's AIDS Walk San Francisco! Many of you were sponsors or team members, and this helped us make a difference in the fight against AIDS, despite the challenging economy. Congratulations for doing a great job! I would also like to express a special word of thanks to Arnold Lee and Ricky Choi for getting up very, very early on Sunday morning to set up our BBQ grill before the crowds arrived. Those of you who were able to participate in our post-walk BBQ noticed that we were assigned a great location this year, and the weather cooperated. I am grateful that we had at least nine churches participated on our team this year.
The entire event attacted 25,000 walkers. By now you may have seen the press release, announcing that the total amount raised this year is $3.5 million. While is is unfortunately a decrease of around $900,000 from last year, it reflects the current state of the economy, and is in line with the pattern experienced by AIDS Walk New York a couple months ago. We are thankful that the 25,000 were able to still raise this amount despite the local economy. Rest assured that the 60 community orgnizizations will still be receiving their grants from the proceeds, as the shortfall will instead be deducted from the amount to be received by the SF AIDS Foundation.
We do not know yet how much our Presbyterian team raised this year, but I will post the results when I receive them. In the meantime, it is still not to late to sponsor a walker! www.aidswak.net/sanfran LInk: Sponsor a Walker (If you have questions, email marc@missionbaycc.org to ask me!) Thanks again for helping make yesterday a successful event!
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