Countywide : AIDS Walk May Draw 2,000 to Irvine
About 2,000 walkers, joggers and skaters are expected in Irvine on Sunday morning to participate in the fifth annual AIDS Walk Orange County.
The 10-kilometer walk is expected to raise about $375,000 to help fund services for county residents with AIDS, to help with AIDS education and to fund research into the disease.
For the record:
12:00 a.m. June 8, 1991 For the Record
Los Angeles Times Saturday June 8, 1991 Orange County Edition Metro Part B Page 3 Column 5 Metro Desk 2 inches; 37 words Type of Material: Correction
AIDS Walk--Art Xavier Balderrama, one of three founders of the annual AIDS Walk Orange County, died of lung cancer and did not have acquired immune deficiency syndrome, a spokesman for the walk said. A June 7 story incorrectly stated the cause of Balderrama’s death.
About two-thirds of the money raised comes from the walkers, who collect sponsorships for each kilometer, walk director Catherine Winthrop said Thursday. The rest of the money comes from corporate donations. Thirty corporate sponsors have already pledged $95,000 for the walk.
Since the walk began in 1987, the nonprofit AIDS Walk Orange County has collected $1.2 million, she said.
All money raised is donated to organizations in Orange County to help local residents. Organizations receiving money from this year’s walk include the AIDS Services Foundation, AIDS Response Program, American Red Cross, AIDS Coalition to Identify Orange County Needs, AIDS Education Project at UC Irvine, Laguna Shanti Project, Orange County Center for Health, Laguna Beach Community Clinic, the Cancer Institute at UCI and The Homeless Shelter.
Registration for the walk will start at 8 a.m. at Mason Regional Park in Irvine, with an opening ceremony at 9:30 a.m. The walk will begin at 10 a.m. and conclude at noon with entertainment and free foot massages.
This year’s walk is dedicated to three AIDS Walk founding board members who died last year from AIDS-related complications: Werner P. Kuhn, Kirk Linville and Art Xavier Balderrama.
Kuhn served as president of the National Gay and Lesbian Business Council and was executive director of the Gay and Lesbian Community Service Center of Orange County from 1985 to 1990.
Linville was co-chair of Laguna Outreach, a gay and lesbian education organization, and was active in the Elections Committee of Orange County. Balderrama was politically active in the gay community and led a drive to promote services for disabled students at Cal State Fullerton.
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