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Local News
Southern Utah Plans Eleventh AIDS Walk
One Mile ‘Fun-Walk’ to raise funds for HIV/AIDS Task Force
St. George, Utah—The HIV/AIDS Task Force of Washington County is holding the eleventh annual AIDS Awareness Walk Saturday, Nov. 12. The walk will start at the Coyote Gulch Art Village parking lot in Kayenta.
Registration begins at 8:00 a.m., hot beverages and a muffin will be provided by Xetava Gardens. At 8:40 a.m. there will be brief announcements from walk organizers. Walkers will start at 9:00 a.m. and wind their way through a one-mile route through the neighborhood.
Free HIV testing will be offered at 10 a.m. This testing will be done using the new rapid testing method approved by the Utah Department of Health. Test results can be read in about twenty minutes.
The one mile fun-walk will go through the beautiful residential area in Kayenta and back to the parking lot where there will be fruit and water from local supporters and the display of the Southern Utah AIDS Quilt.
The registration fee for walkers is $5. The first 50 walkers to register at the event will receive a 2005 AIDS Awareness Walk T-shirt and a coupon for the hot drink and muffin at Xetava Gardens. Walkers are encouraged to ask friends, family members and co-workers to walk with them or to support their walk with a donation to the HIV/AIDS Task Force of Washington County.
The Task Force is also seeking volunteers to help at the walk and donations from local businesses for participant prize drawings. For more information on walk participation, volunteer opportunities or donations, call Ruthann Adams at the Southwest Utah Public Health Department, 435-986-2589.
The Task Force is a group dedicated to educating the community about HIV and how to prevent it. They say HIV infections are rising steadily in Washington County, especially in young people ages 15 to 24, and those who engage in high-risk sexual practices and/or drug related behavior. Over 40 percent of the new HIV infections in Utah are drug related. Washington County has the second highest infection rate of counties in Utah.
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