WHAT: 24th annual AIDS Walk Orange County. Financial goal of $650,000 to help people in Orange County who are living with HIV/AIDS. The funds raised will be shared among nine local nonprofit agencies that provide food, emergency shelter, financial assistance, and health services to the approximately 10,000 men, women, & children living with HIV/AIDS in Orange County.
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SPECIAL: ANT, popular comedienne. "Last Comic Standing" and frequent guest on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno and the Tyra Banks Show - ANT is AIDS Walk Orange County Honorary Chair and will be on-hand at the Opening Ceremony at 8:00 a.m.
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WHERE: The Great Park, Irvine
Directions: Off the 5 Freeway at Sand Canyon Avenue and Marine Way in Irvine. Parking is free. Follow the signs after entering the park.
WHEN: Saturday, May 22, 2010
7:00 AM - Day of Event Registration Begins
8:00 AM - Opening Ceremony
9:00 AM - Walk Kicks Off!
9:30 AM - Balloon opens for rides (weather permitting)
1:00 AM - Event Ends
WHO: Orange County residents participating as individuals or in walk teams from area companies; schools; churches, temples, synagogues and mosques; families. Following the walk participants will be able to enjoy Family Fun Zone, information booths, Food Festival and the Great Park's free helium balloon ride.
AIDS Walk 2010 is organized and produced by AIDS Services Foundation Orange County (ASF) thanks to the generosity of several corporate and foundation sponsors.
Media Contact: Barbara Lohman, ASF, +1-949-809-5751, +1-714 342-7464 (cell), [email protected]
Media kit available. Call for parking and press access.
/PRNewswire-USNewswire -- May 21/
SOURCE AIDS Services Foundation Orange County
