Volunteer June 2, 2019 for the 34th AIDS Walk & Run Boston

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34 th Annual AIDS Walk & Run Boston
Sunday, June 2, 2019

On Sunday, June 2, 2019, community members and teams and will come together in support of AIDS Walk & Run Boston and Wellness Festival, New England’s largest HIV/AIDS community fundraising and public awareness event. Each year, people across Massachusetts and beyond sign up to raise money for the programs and services of AIDS Action Committee, as well as start conversations with friends and family about HIV prevention, care, and advocacy.

Many of the people who seek services at AAC have more pressing, immediate priorities than managing their HIV status, including homelessness, malnutrition, substance abuse, or domestic violence. That is why, in addition to HIV counseling and testing, AAC provides services in housing assistance and legal support. AAC also operates the second largest needle exchange and education program, Access, in the state, providing safe needles and reversing hundreds of potentially fatal overdoses a year through our opioid overdose prevention trainings and distribution of Narcan.

AIDS Action Committee’s Youth on Fire program works to link homeless youth to HIV and STI tests, primary health care providers, mental health clinicians, substance abuse programs, shelter, and other critical services. Now Youth on Fire has moved to a new space that has beds for people who need a safe place to sleep.

Young adults experiencing homelessness face discrimination, hunger, isolation, abuse, and more every day. The youth who identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender or Queer are considered the most vulnerable group in Massachusetts.

Today, we have the tools to support those living with HIV/AIDS and to stop the epidemic. Together, we can get to ZERO: zero new infections, zero discrimination, and zero deaths from HIV/AIDS.

Learn more at www.aidswalkboston.org.