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.f t f 2 0 aidswalk SEPTEMBER 16,2011 AIDS Walk Bar Crawl supports fundraising challenge Fundraising efforts for AIDS Walk Portland are in full swing. In an effort to encourage and support teams par ticipating in its 2011 Bar.Challenge, Cascade AID S Proj ect hosted a Bar Crawl on September 10. The theme was military, and about 120 people came out in camo and ribbed white tanks to purchase the dog tags that gave them access to Hummer and Suburban limos, ac cording to CAP development director Michael Sorensen. While the crawl brought in some money on its own via admission costs and a raffle, its primary purpose was to invigorate the fundraising efforts of individual bars. “We know that our community bars serve not just as a nexus for gathering and disseminating information, but also as a force for change. Community b a rs... have been at the very heart of positive change from the days o f Stone wall to today’s unique and challenging times,” CA P said in a release for the event. Two years ago, local bars rose to that challenge and raised $30,000 for AIDS Walk, but last year that number dipped to about $12,000. Sorensen said the primary pur pose o f the Bar Crawl is to support bar teams in their fundraising efforts. CAP grants the winning bar with gold level sponsor privileges for the following year’s walk. Hobo’s triumphed in 2010, and served as the starting point for this year’s crawl. And though the final fundraising numbers won’t be in until October, Hobo’s is well on its way to another vic tory, with more than $8,000 raised thus far. ♦ There’s still time to support your favorite bar. Donate by visitingAIDSWalkPortland.org or the establishment o f your choice to sign up. — E rin R ook W W W .JU S T O U T .C O M Liz Rabiner Lippoff: Fighting for fairness “The total unfairness of the stig ma and disproportionate level of Liz Rabiner Lippoff, 59, is on the Cascade AID S Project board and is a former president, but H IV /A ID S isn’t her sole investment. Lippoff is a crusader for social ju s tice o f all forms. She does pro bono work and sits on several boards and committees. She gravitates toward causes that are often the subject o f po litical and religious attacks— causes like Planned Parenthood, mental health care and, of course, H IV /A ID S. “T he total unfairness o f the stigma and disproportionate level o f care just inflamed me and made Cascade AIDS Project something I wanted to get in volved w ith,” she says. “T h a t’s why I got on the board.” Lippoff grew up in a progressive household tucked in a conservative suburb o f Chicago. She credits her par ents for her interest in social justice. Her father, Fred Rabiner, would have been particularly interested in AIDS Walk Portland, she says. He died in 1978, but he was a hematologist involved in clinical work and research. Many of his patients were hemophiliacs— people who have hemophilia and suffer from care just inflamed me and made Cascade AIDS Project something I wanted to get involved with. That’s why I got on the board.” -LIZ RABINER LIPPOFF incident instead o f waiting to get to the hospital. But the blood supplies were often tainted with the virus. This was before H IV /A ID S was identified in the early 1980s. “If he were alive today,” she writes on her page for A ID S Walk Portland, “he would be in the lab trying to find a cure for H IV /A ID S . And he’d probably be walking by my side.” L ippoff will have plenty o f family and friends by her side come O ctober 2. She encourages them every year to walk with her. “It can be awful when there’s no hope,” she says, “but anybody that deals with any kmd o f health issue can be uplifted and inspired by not just the improvement in care, but the attitudes and joy you see at the A ID S walk.” — A aron S pencer uncontrollable bleeding. He created a home transfusion program for them in the 1960s, she says, that resulted in many patients contracting HIV. His treatm ent consisted o f blood transfusions that patients could begin immediately when they had a bleeding t HazeLDeN at Hazelden Find lasting freedom from the disease of addiction and a whole new start on life. * — LGBT-sensitive addiction treatment Stop worrying about how to discuss your HIV status. Residential primary care and extended care programs ' Culturally relevant groups and information Have more intimacy & passion, and less worry in your sex life. Safe, welcoming, respectful environment +alk In-network provider for most insurance companies ♦Aik /Positive talk) is a five session small group program for gay/bi/trans guys living with HIV Hazelden’s Springbrook campus Sign up with Benjamin: Newberg, Oregon 503 . 278.3868 bgerrltz a cascadeaids.org Incentive** offerer) for participation ________ >CAP « • • « • * • » /* • » 1 0 © 2011 Hazelden Foundation 3241-3 hazelden.org/springbrook 866 650-2045 -