Thank you so much to everyone who participated in the Walk on Sunday! 

For those of you who were not able to pick up your incentive prizes at the Registration tent, they will be available for pick up at the AAC office on the 5th floor of 294 Washington Street in Boston.  Don’t forget - you can keep collecting donations throughout the year and any money you send in can earn you more great incentive prizes. 

Here’s a reminder of what you can earn:
$100 - AIDS Walk Boston Tote Bag
$300 - AIDS Walk Boston T-Shirt
$1000 - Extra Mile Club Hooded Rain Jacket

We encourage you to pick up your prizes; however, if you are not able to come to our office, we will be happy to mail your incentive prizes for a donation.  To arrange this, please call the Walk Line at 617-424-WALK.

Thanks again and good luck with your continued fundraising!

Thank you to everyone who participated in AIDS Walk Boston 2008. You contributed to a truly special day and inspiring event and we at AIDS Action Committee are thankful for all of your hard work. Read more about the event here.

Club Café is hosting a post-walk buffet brunch on Sunday from 11am until 4pm. They have generously offered to donate 20% of the full proceeds to AIDS Walk Boston! Club Café is located at 209 Columbus Avenue at the intersection of Berkley and Columbus, just a short 4 block walk from the Esplanade. Visit their website at www.clubcafe.com.

The Walk is only a few short days away!  Here is the schedule for the day:

7:30 am       Registration Opens
9:30 am       Opening Ceremonies
10:00 am    AIDS Walk Boston starts
10:30 am     Larry Kessler Run starts
11:00 am     Wellness Festival Opens
2:00 pm      Closing Ceremonies

Remember, the Walk takes place rain or shine!

Here are a few more useful tips to prepare for the Walk:
1.  Dress in layers - in case of colder weather.
2.  Bring snacks and water.
3.  Wear sunscreen.
4.  If you’re walking in a team, decide on a meeting place in advance and exchange cell phone numbers with your team members. 
5.  Be ready to have fun!

Thanks for all your hard work and we’ll see you on June 1st!

AIDS Walk Boston is in 3 days! We are getting excited and hope that you are too. We have a few last recommendations to make Walk Day fun and easy. You will receive a packet in the mail with event information, an extra pledge sheet and an envelope. Please read the enclosed information carefully. Be sure to write your name on the pledge sheet, record the information for each donation that you are bringing on Walk Day, and put everything inside the envelope with your name in it so that we can attribute the fundraising to your efforts. When you get to the Walk, head over to the Registration/Donations tent to hand in your envelope (if you did all of your fundraising online, you only have to visit the tent if you earned a fundraising incentive prize). Thank you for all of your hard work and we look forward to seeing you on June 1^st!

The Walk is just days away!  It is not too late to challenge others to donate.  Currently, there are 3,276 registered participants. If each person raises another $10, the Walk will benefit by over $30,000!  Ask friends and family for one more dollar, collect any spare change, and return all of those bottles and cans from the Memorial Day BBQ! Keep your enthusiasm and fundraising momentum going until Sunday!

Helene Mayer has been walking since 1996, when she joined the MGH AIDS Walk team while employed as a medical social worker. Many of her patients were HIV positive, and she felt she needed to do something to help.

Since then, she has formed the Mayer Virgile Family Team, a team made up of Helene, her husband, and their four childen. Over the years, she has walked while pregnant twice, once with her first born and again with her third born, has held her team together with her strong committment to stopping this epidemic. Like many parents, she walks so that one day, her children might know a world without HIV/AIDS.

As she puts it, “I remember seeing the faces of my patients who died during the beginning of the pandemic and remember comforting their families. It has always been my hope that, by walking, I may be bringing closer the time when families will no longer have to face this kind of loss. I walk for my children’s futures… and for mine.”

To visit Helene’s personal page, click here.