Public Invited for Sunday's AIDS Walk, Run and Wellness Festival with
Festivities at 9:30 a.m., Walk at 10 a.m.
BOSTON, May 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Cyndi Lauper, in Boston to
launch the True Colors Tour this weekend, took a break from her rehearsal
on Friday night to meet with some of this year's top fundraisers for
Sunday's 23rd Annual AIDS Walk Boston.
(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080531/CLSA004 )
The 23rd Annual AIDS Walk Boston and the Larry Kessler 5K Run event is
on Sunday, June 1st with opening ceremonies at 9:30 a.m., and the Walk
starts at 10 a.m. Concurrent with and following the Walk and Run is the
Wellness Festival. The public is invited to participate in all aspects of
the day's festivities on the Esplanade, and to cheer Walkers along as they
fight HIV/AIDS, which still in Massachusetts claims 2-3 new infections
every day.
Since AIDS Walk Boston began in 1986, more than 200,000 people have
participated and raised more than $30 million for the programs and services
of AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts (AAC). In 2007, AIDS Walk Boston
had more than 15,000 participants, including a record 453 teams, and raised
$1.2 million for AAC.
The True Colors Tour, including The B-52's, Rosie O'Donnell, The Clicks
and hosted by infamous "Queer Eye Guy" Carson Kressley, kicks off its
24-city run on Saturday in Boston at the Bank of Boston Pavilion at 6 p.m.
and moves Sunday to The Jones Beach Theater on Long Island and then to
Radio City Music Hall on Tuesday.
AIDS Walk Boston website: http://www.aidswalkboston.org
True Colors Tour website: http://www.truecolorstour.com
Editor's Note -- AIDS Walk Boston: Interviews with people about why
they walk, who they honor in tribute and stories of remembrance and hope
are available and can be scheduled or granted on-site. Photo and video
opportunities can be planned or granted on-site.
Contact: Diego Sanchez, dsanchez@aac.org, 617.835.1455, 617.450.1524 or
Paul Twitchell, ptwitchell@aac.org, 617.450.1215
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