What: Scotiabank AIDS Walk for Life - Ottawa
When: Saturday, September 24, 2011
5:00PM Registration; 5:00PM Community Fair; 6:15PM Opening Ceremonies; 7:00PM Memorial, walk will begin immediately following Memorial
Where: Marion Dewar Plaza - Ottawa City Hall
September 22, 2011 - The Scotiabank AIDS Walk for Life is Canada's most important national fundraising and
awareness event for the community-based AIDS movement. In Canada, approximately 58,000 people are living with HIV/AIDS and as many as
4,500 people are newly infected each year. One person every two hours is being infected with HIV every single day. Approximately
3,000 people in Ottawa are living with HIV/AIDS and infection rates continue to rise. With no cure or vaccine currently
available, prevention remains our only hope.
This year, the Scotiabank AIDS Walk for Life - Ottawa will host the twenty-first annual Walk. The Walk will help to increase
awareness of HIV/AIDS nationally and raise much-needed funds to support seven local organizations that provide HIV/AIDS related
services in the community.
2011 Honorary Walk Chair: Elizabeth Whyte, President, Graduate Students' Association, Carleton University
Emcees: Anneke Cundasawmy, Keller Williams Ottawa Realty and David Hoe, Life Coach.
Each year Ottawa hosts a candlelight walk to honour and remember those how have gone before us, stand in support of those
living with HIV/AIDS. This year the start of the walk will be marked with a ceremonial lighting of candles to light the way in hope for
an end to the virus.
100% of all fundraising revenues collected will stay in the community to support the partner agencies, including: Bruce
House (lead agency) ( www.brucehouse.org ), AIDS Committee of Ottawa
( www.aco-cso.ca ), Pink Triangle Services
( www.pinktriangle.org ), Planned Parenthood
of Ottawa ( www.ppottawa.ca ), Snowy Owl AIDS
Foundation ( www.snowyowl.org ), Wabano Centre
for Aboriginal Health ( www.wabano.com ) and
Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa ( www.ysb.on.ca ).
Proceeds enable them to continue to offer prevention and education programs, as well as treatment, care and support for
people living with and affected by HIV/AIDS in the Ottawa region. Last year, hundreds of walkers, sponsors and corporate sponsors
helped raise over $90,000 for these organizations .
Whether you are walking, volunteering, or making a donation, you can make a difference in the fight against HIV/AIDS
right here in our city.
Scotiabank AIDS Walk for Life
The Scotiabank AIDS Walk for Life is a project of the Canadian AIDS Society in partnership with the British Columbia Persons with AIDS
Society, the AIDS Committee of Toronto, and community-based AIDS organizations across Canada. During the national week-long event,
cities and communities from across the country host Walks to raise funds for local services and programming and to raise awareness
about HIV/AIDS. As Canada's most important HIV/AIDS awareness and fundraising event, the Scotiabank AIDS Walk for Life has now
raised close to $28 million for community-based HIV/AIDS service organizations since 1996 and has attracted over half a
million participants. www.aidswalkforlife.ca
| National Sponsors |
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| Title: |
Scotiabank |
| Platinum: |
Santa Margherita |
| Gold: |
Gilead |
| Bronze: |
Bristol-Myers Squibb |
| Official Courier: |
Canpar |
| Promotional Partners: |
Cineplex Media, Empire Theatres, enRoute Magazine, Maclean's Magazine, Marketwire, Rainbow Cinemas, Magic Lantern Cinemas |
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| Local Sponsors |
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| Patron: |
CTV, Hot 89.9, The Ottawa Citizen |
| Platinum: |
Events InStyle, Marquardt Printing, Mastermind Events, Ottawa Kiosk, Rainbow Cinemas, Todrics |
| Gold: |
Barefoot Wine & Bubbly, Delta Hotels, Dorothy's Closet, Storm Internet, Thimble Cakes, Tivoli Florist, VIA Rail Canada |
| Bronze: |
Brasseurs de Temps, Chicken Farmers of Canada, City of Ottawa, Rideau Centre, The Works |
"Reproduced with permission - Scotiabank AIDS Walk for Life"
Scotiabank AIDS Walk for Life
