HIV/AIDS Awareness

Missed goals, dwindling participation leads Pittsburgh to cancel AIDS walk

Published in AIDS Weekly, June 14th, 2004

Faced with recent declines in participation and missed fund-raising goals, organizers of the Pittsburgh AIDS Walk said this will be the last year for the walk.

The Pittsburgh AIDS Task Force blames competition from other charity walks, a tight economy and a decreasing level of attention being paid to AIDS, challenges also being cited by organizers in other cities.

In its strong years, several thousand people participated in the Pittsburgh Aids Walk and in its best year, 1999, it raised $250,000 for AIDS related services from education and prevention to housing and legal assistance. Last year's walk on a rain-soaked June day drew just 800 people and...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2004-06-14)

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