PALM BEACH COUNTY, FL – One in 42 blacks in the county are positive for HIV/AIDS. This alarming trend is true in minority communities throughout the United States and National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day was created to stop this trend. On February 9 the Palm Beach County Health Department in conjunction with the Minority AIDS Network will be hosting an AIDS Awareness Walk at the Wells Recreation Center, Riviera Beach, beginning at 8:00 am.

    This year we are issuing a challenge to all agencies, organizations, fraternities, sororities Civic Organizations, churches and the like to participate in the this walk, said the Health Department’s Regional AIDS Coordinator Lorenzo Robertson. The group generating the most number of participants will also receive a plaque commemorating their efforts to stop the spread of HIV.

    In addition to the walk, Wells Recreation is sponsoring a Health Fair from 10 AM to 2 PM followed by a Town Hall Meeting with U.S. Representative Alcee Hastings at Hurst Chapel, A.M.E. Church 1617 Silver Beach Road.

    Registration for the walk will begin at 7:00 AM on Saturday the ninth. Persons can pre-register by calling Lorenzo Robertson, 561-722-8876, Elizabeth Robinson, 561-844-1266 Ext. 149 or Caroline Williams-Hill 561-659-7988.

  Minority AIDS Network Flyer

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