Community
This weekend to host
AIDS vigil, fundraiser
AIDS support
group hopes
to get $53,000
By Hon Walker
Shanti in Oregon, .1 local
s 11 jiporl agent \ 11 >r people
whose lives have been imp.it I
ed bv AIDS, is sponsoring its
fourth annual Kiverw.dk fund
raiser Sunda\
Also this weekend will he the
sei ond annual lor al AIDS 1 an
(Delight memorial, held in i on
junction with vigils occurring
internationally
From 1 1 a in Saturday to t 1
am Sunday, participants will
he on the free speech plaza in
front of the Fane County Court
house. Hill Avenue at Oak
Street
All are weir time to partir 1
pate, for one hour or 24. said
Kit hard Rodrigues of the Com
munitv AIDS Consortium The
event will include hourly
marches around the building
"It will be a peaceful event,"
Rodrigues said "It is a time tor
reflection, remembrance, shar
ing. support, and a time for
healing
Fugene is one of TUI metro
pnlitan areas in III nations that
are participating in the vigil.
Rodrigues said
According to April 24 states
ties from the l.ane Counts I’uh
In Health Service. Iarne Counts
has 40 reported cases ot AIDS
with 20 reported deaths
From 1(1.000 to 15 000 peo
pie in (Iregon are estimated to
he ilifec ted ss ith the IIIY vilus
that 1 ,loses AIDS Rodrigues
Despite these numbers lie
s«i it I. \II)S is t .»< 1111 vi frum llit'
|)til)ln art'iia
AIDS is not on the 1 rout
pages of newspapers and it's
not in thr minds of thr media
nun h anvrnurt'
However AIDS is still
here. he saitl U i- kmm it's
on tins i iinipus It s m thr guv
and straight communities. and
it's in tin- drug using and non
drug using < ominunitit's
A goal ot this weekend s \ ig
d is to nnnind the publii that
attention and at tion must eon
tinue, Rodrigues said
rhe event’s sponsors inc lude
the CommtiniU AIDS Consor
tium. the Kugene Minority
AIDS (audition, the Metropoli
tan Communitv Church. Satin
das Market. Shanti in Oregon,
the \\ illamette AIDS ( aiuni il
and a number of local business
es
On Sunday. Shanti w ill hold
its Kiverwalk tundraiser I’artii
ipants niiiv pu k ii(i registration
forms in advance, or they may
Shanti
in Oregon, Inc.
shim up ,it 11 111 Siiml.i\
morning at the Alton linker
I1.irk shelter to register
Those joining the walk will
i ontnhnte pledges and dona
lions tor Shanti, and prizes will
he given to those gathering the
most pledges
I’roi eeds will go toward the
non profit, volunteer based or
gani/.ation
This year's goal is $">.1,000,
said Shanti executive director
William Warren The costs
would he used to keep alive an
agency that is "scraping along
at this point" as well as to hire
a lull time client servii e i oordi
nator. Warren said
The goal is an increase from
past Kiverwalks last year's
event yielded $4,000. hut high
er visibility and public itv this
year will mean more partit I
pants m this year's event than
ever. W arren hopes
"We think it's realistK he
said We've been .is hi«h pro
lib' as ue i .in without sai rifu
mi; i lient i imluleiillalit\
Nlianti provides counseling
.iikI prailical support servii es
tor people intei ted v\ itli the
111 \ v nils, as wad I as then fami
l\ ft lends and l()\el s I he
act in v i urrentlv sen es III r:|i
eats Warren said.
(.oiinmnnty supported lund
Misers such as the Kiverwalk
provide about HP percent ol the
agency s operating budget
Warren said The spring walk
is Shanti's largest fundraiser
The Kiverwalk will begin
with opening remarks at l_’ ill
p m at Alton Baker Park At 1
p in partic ipants w ill join a
Ink walk along the Willamette
Kiver I he course will follow
the hike path to the (ueemvay
Bridge neai Valley Kiver (am
ter. then return to the park after
crossing the Atit/en footbridge
The event will he followed liy
entertainment and refreshments
at I
Anyone interested in partici
paling in the i audit-light me
morial or the Kiverwalk may
conlai t Kodrigues at 4H4 Pin i
in Sliauti at t4d ■ u(IH8
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Specials
Mee Siam
$3.95
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