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The 22nd Annual Seattle AIDS Walk
Saturday, October 4, 2008
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Upcoming Lifelong Events
- Saturday October 4: Announcing the 22nd Annual Seattle AIDS Walk official date! Start planning your team and visit the 2008 Seattle AIDS Walk website!
Upcoming Community Events
- Tuesday, October 7: MOMs Pharmacy is hosting an Open House from 9 a.m to 6 p.m., at their new Capitol Hill location at Lifelong AIDS Alliance. Come see the newly remodeled space and learn more about the great options and services offered by MOMs Pharmacy.
- Saturday, October 11: The Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS (DIFFA) annual Party At the Mansion will be held at the Ranier Club at 8 p.m. For more information, click here.
- October 17-21: The 2008 National Gay Mens Health Summit will take place in Seattle this year, where individuals from across the country will gather to build a multi-issue, multicultural gay men's health movement. To find out more information, please visit www.gmhs2008.org.
- Sunday, October 19: Lifelong AIDS Alliance is co-presenting a film at the LGBT Film Festival called "Sex Positive", which will be screened at 7:00 p.m. at the Cinerama. For more information and tickets, please click here.
- Thursday, October 23: Macy's Passport Event has been dazzling fashion fans for 26 years with this event. Featuring showcased fashion, celebrities and theatrics at Seattle's Pacific Place, this event donates all proceeds to Lifelong AIDS Alliance and is a must-attend event.
- Saturday, November 22: is the annual TASTE of the GSBA (Greater Seattle Business Association) event. This event will take place at the Sheraton Hotel Downtown Seattle at 5:30 p.m. For more information, click here.
Continuing Community Events
- Whole Foods Market Westlake offers shoppers a .10 cent refund for bringing in their own re-usable grocery bags. Shoppers have the option to donate their refund back to Whole Foods Seattle AIDS Walk team. Good for the environment, great for Lifelong!
Lifelong in the News
- On October 5, The Seattle Times wrote a feature story about the Seattle AIDS Walk, what it means to the community, and why it continues to be such an honored event year after year. Read the full story here.
- On October 2, Q13 Fox News featured a news story about individuals who are homebound and how Chicken Soup Brigade is helping. Watch the entire story here
- On September 24, the Federal Way Mirror Newspaper wrote a feature article about AIDS and sexual education in schools, and highlighted the 22nd Annual Seattle AIDS Walk and Lifelong AIDS Alliance. Click here to read the full story.
- On September 19, the Seattle Post Intelligencer wrote an article about Chicken Soup Brigade and how their meal delivery is making a difference in people's lives, especially those who are homebound. Click here to read the full story.
- On September 10, KUOW 94.9 Radio did a feature story about the Bellevue School District strike, and how kids are staying busy. Highlighted in the story was the Newport High School ASPEN (AIDS Student Peer Educators at Newport) students, who have been keeping busy by raising money for the Seattle AIDS Walk. Click here to read the transcript.
- On August 29, the Seattle Post Intelligencerfeatured a letter to the Editor written by Lifelong's Board President, about the need for increased funding for homebound people who are going hungry. Click here to read more.
- On August 11, The Seattle Post Intelligencer featured an article discussing Lifelong renting space to MOMsPharmacy and how the services that MOMs offers will benefit the community. To read the whole story, click
here.- On August 11, The Seattle Times featured an article about how the cost of gas is affecting local non-profit organizations. Chicken Soup Brigade was interviewed and featured in this article. To read the entire article click here..
- On August 5, Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance wrote an article discussing how Lifelong's Delivery Assistant, Jacob Sperati, balances his work at Lifelong with his faith and his desire to inspire others to get involved. Read the full story here.
- On June 30, Northwest Public Radio (NWPR) discussed Chicken Soup Brigade and how gas prices are affecting volunteer delivery drivers and their ability to deliver meals and groceries to clients. Read the full transcript here.
- On June 27, KING 5 news featured a story about Chicken Soup Brigade and the effect that increasing gas prices are having on our delivery drivers. Watch the full story here.
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