D.C. Walk to End HIV set for Oct. 22
washingtonblade.comD.C.’s Whitman-Walker Health is inviting “thousands” of D.C.-area residents and visitors to participate in its annual Walk to End HIV scheduled to take place at 9 a.m.
Saturday, Oct. 22, at the Gateway D.C. Pavilion in Southeast Washington as well as in other locations. “Held for the past 36 years, the Walk to End HIV is Whitman-Walker’s signature fundraiser that calls on thousands to strap up their shoes and walk or run to support Whitman-Walker Health’s mission of providing dependable, high-quality, comprehensive and accessible health care to those living with or affected by HIV/AIDS,” a statement by the organization’s website says.
Organizers each year ask participants who decide to walk or join the simultaneous 5 kilometer Run to End HIV to enlist friends, family members, and co-workers to pledge a donation in their name to the Whitman-Walker Foundation, which helps to fund Whitman-Walker’s HIV/AIDS programs and services. “You can also choose to complete the race wherever you would like,” the Whitman-Walker statement says. “You can walk, run, use a treadmill,” it says. “We encourage you to get out with your employees and/or family and walk or run on October 22 at Gateway DC Pavilion to help us fight HIV,” the statement continues. “We’ll have some wonderful race-day surprises for you to enjoy,” it says. “Share your pictures and more on social media with #walktoendhiv.” Gateway DC Pavilion is a recently opened city park with various amenities located at 2700 Martin Luther King Jr.
Ave., S.E. The statement says donors can contribute online or send a check made payable to Whitman-Walker Foundation. It suggests that the walker or runner’s name be placed on the check’s memo line and the check sent to Whitman-Walker
