20th Annual AIDSWALK Tucson Registration Forms Available Everybody’s Walk!

The Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation (SAAF) is happy to announce that registration forms are now available for the 20th annual AIDSWALK Tucson at any local Walgreens store in Tucson, or by calling the AIDSWALK Hotline at 520-791-WALK (9255). On Sunday, October 19, 2008, SAAF and Title Sponsor Desert Diamond Casino and Hotel will be hosting the 5Kwalk and 10K fun run on the central mall of The University of Arizona® campus.

Individual walkers and teams may also visit www.aidswalktucson.com to register online. Walkers can create an online fundraising page and encourage family, friends and co-workers to join with them in this important quest. This year more than ever, the backing of the Tucson community is needed so people living with HIV/AIDS have access to supplemental assistance to improve their quality of life. Each individual who walks or runs and raises funds helps to make a difference! One hundred percent of donations raised at AIDSWALK stay in Southern Arizona.

Through the generosity of AIDSWALK runners and walkers, SAAF can provide care and support for people living with HIV/AIDS in southern Arizona, including case management, housing, transportation, a food pantry and a mobile meals program, medical and dental assistance and support groups. Equally important, the funds raised at AIDSWALK also help to provide outreach to groups at high risk of HIV/AIDS through seven different culturally targeted prevention programs, as well as through general community education that helps to reduce the risk of HIV.

Your personal support of AIDSWALK helps provide critical services for people living with and affected by HIV/AIDS, and also helps to fund critical prevention programs for people at risk for HIV. Register, raise funds, and come out and walk! And be sure to stay for the 9:30 Celebration for the “Living With HIV” Warriors! HIV/AIDS doesn’t discriminate. This is everybody’s walk.

For more information about AIDSWALK or to request onsite registration please visit www.aidswalktucson.com. Be a friend of AIDSWALK on MySpace and join our AIDSWALK group on Facebook. Or simply contact SAAF at (520) 791-WALK (9255).

The event schedule is as follows:
6:30 a.m. Registration opens
7:00 a.m. 10K Run starts
7:15 a.m. Daybreak Quilt Opening Ceremony
8:15 a.m. AIDSWALK 5K Opening Ceremony
8:30 a.m. 5K Walk begins
9:30 a.m. Support Celebration of the ‘Living With HIV’ Warriors, and Awards