News Release

 

May 10, 2012  

Support the Charles Drew Mobile Testing Project –
Participate in the 2nd Annual California AIDS Walk

**Register HERE to participate and raise funds for the
Charles Drew Mobile Testing Project**

 

Los Angeles, CA –On Sunday, May 20, 2012, Charles Drew Mobile Testing Project will participate in the 2nd Annual California AIDS Walk. The Charles Drew MobileTesting Program will be one of the five local nonprofits benefiting from the walk.  We are requesting the support and participation of Charles Drew University staff, students, faculty and friends. 

All funds raised through registered support for CDU will be donated to the Mobile Testing Project, which provides free HIV screening, counseling and referral services targeting medically underserved and at risk ethnic minority populations residing in Los AngelesCounty.

Last year, the Mobile Testing Program raised $6,000 though walker participation and donations, with an additional generous $4,000 from AIDS Healthcare Foundation.  Let’s exceed our $6,000 mark this year!

The 3K walk is along the walking trails in Griffith Park adjacent to the Greek Theater starting at 2:00 p.m.  This is a family affair with live music, carnival rides, entertainment stages and 25 of the most popular food trucks. At 6:00 p.m., walkers who have raised a minimum of $50 will be able to enter the Greek Theater to attend a free “70’s Boogie Night” concert with Magic Johnson as the emcee.   In 2010, the first year of the California AIDS Walk over 6,000 people participated and up to 8,000 walkers are anticipated this year. 

For more information visit the AIDS Healthcare Foundation website today at: http://www.walkeatdance.org/ .

**Registration: Join the team “Charles Drew Mobile Testing Project” HERE

**Donate: Encourage your family and friends to donate HERE and track our fundraising goal.  

 

Let’s walk, listen to music and support our university’s successful community outreach project!

Don’t miss out on this amazing day! Register now and go to www.walkeatdance.org or purchase your tickets at Ticketmaster.com . We look forward to seeing you there!

www.walkeatdance.org  l info@walkeatdance.org

 

 
For more information, please contact:
 

Brandon Hersh
bhersh@griffinschein.com OR 323.892.2080

 

 

 
 

About Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
CDU is a private, nonprofit, nonsectarian, minority-serving medical and health sciences institution.  Located in the Watts-Willowbrook area of South Los Angeles, CDU has graduated more than 550 medical doctors, 2,500 post-graduate physicians, more than 2,000 physician assistants and hundreds of other health professionals.  The only dually designated Historically Black Graduate Institution and Hispanic Serving Health Professions School in the U.S., CDU is recognized as a leader in translational and health inequities research, specifically with respect to heart disease, diabetes, cancer, mental health, and HIV/AIDS.  Recently, the CDU/UCLA medical program was named the “best performer” in the University of California System with respect to producing outstanding underrepresented minority physicians by the Greenlining Institute.  For more information, visit http://www.cdrewu.edu/ .

 
 

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