It’s one national list that nobody wants to top: New Jersey ranks fifth with 35,000 residents who are living with HIV/AIDS.
They need help, and the New Jersey AIDS Walk once again will try to help, with fund-raising walks in Morristown, Atlantic City, Asbury Park, Newark and Ridgewood on Sunday, May 5.
For the third straight year, Morristown-based New Jersey AIDS Services and its residential facility, the Eric Johnson House, will serve as host organization for the walks. Registration for the local walk starts at 11 am on the Morristown Green, with step-off at 1 pm.
To participate or to make a donation, go towww.NJAIDSWalk.org.
More details from NJ AIDS Services are below.
FROM NEW JERSEY AIDS SERVICES:
Thousands to walk in solidarity throughout the state of New Jersey
Date: Sunday, May 5, 2013
Time:Registration begins at 11:00 a.m.; Step-off at 1:00 p.m.
Locations: Atlantic City, Asbury Park, Morristown, Newark and Ridgewood
Morristown – For the third consecutive year, New Jersey AIDS Services and The Eric Johnson House of Morristown have been chosen as the host organization of the 2013 New Jersey AIDS Walk to be held on Sunday, May 5th 2013 in the center of Morristown on the Green. On this one day in five locations across the state of New Jersey, at exactly the same time of day, thousands upon thousands of people will walk in solidarity in the 2013 New Jersey AIDS Walk.
The New Jersey AIDS Walk, Inc. is a 501 (c) 3 organization which collaborates with several New Jersey cities that are home to leading HIV/AIDS service organizations. These cities unite to produce state-wide awareness and fundraising walks. Janssen Pharmaceuticals and Walgreens Pharmacy serve as the statewide sponsor of this event. Walks in all five cities are open to the public and registration is free. Walks will take place in Asbury Park, Atlantic City, Morristown, Newark and Ridgewood. A unified step-off in all cities will be at 1 p.m.
Collaborating AIDS service providers organizing and hosting this year’s walk include: Buddies of New Jersey (Ridgewood), New Jersey AIDS Services (Morristown), North Jersey Community Research Initiative (Newark), South Jersey AIDS Alliance (Atlantic City), and the Center in Asbury Park (Asbury Park).
“The NJ AIDS Walk is a model of how collaboration among social service organizations can raise awareness and leverage support, accomplishing so much more than working independently”, said Laurie Litt-Robbins, CEO of New Jersey AIDS Services which organizes and hosts the walk’s Morristown location.
New Jersey has the fifth highest rate of HIV infection in the county. With more than 35,000 people currently living with HIV/AIDS in New Jersey, we have never needed community support more. Join us in fighting this pandemic by supporting the thousands of people living with HIV/AIDS in the Garden State by walking with us in the 2013 New Jersey AIDS Walk.
Local Morristown Sponsors include Morristown Medical Center and Prudential. For more information on how to get involved as a walker or volunteer, please visit www.NJAIDSWalk.org and click on the walk location you wish to support.
