Community AIDS Network (CAN), celebrating its 26th year serving the needs of the HIV/AIDS community in Florida, will be hosting a luncheon to commemorate World AIDS Day. World AIDS Day takes place on December 1st of each year. It’s a day for people to unite in the fight against HIV, to show support for people living with HIV, and to remember those who have died from an AIDS-related illness.
The World AIDS Day Luncheon will be held at Robert L. Taylor Community Complex (1845 34th Street, Sarasota, FL) on December 1st, 2017 from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Lunch will be provided along with music, dancing, awards, and raffles. To RSVP, please contact Jessly Santiago at (941) 803-7939 ext. 14402 or email jessly@cccsrq.org.
Other World AIDS Day events include a World AIDS Day Breakfast at the Courtyard Marriott (100 Riverfront Drive, Bradenton, FL) on December 1st, 2017 from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. This event is hosted by a committee which includes Community AIDS Network, Project Smile of Manatee Inc., Florida Department of Health in Manatee County, Boys & Girls Club of Manatee County, Manatee County Rural Health Services, Tidewell Hospice, and Manatee Pride/Prism Youth Initiative Inc. RSVP by Nov. 29th to (941) 366-0134 ext. 10142
A World AIDS Day Interfaith Service will be held at St. Andrew United Church of Christ (6908 Beneva Road, Sarasota, FL) on December 1st, 2017. Reading of the names will be at 6 p.m. and an Interfaith Service will be held at 7 p.m. A love offering will be taken to benefit the Community AIDS Network. No RSVP required.
On Saturday, December 2, 2017, Community AIDS Network (CAN) will host the 2017 AIDS Walk Sarasota-Manatee to coincide with World AIDS Day and to raise awareness and funds for HIV. AIDS Walk Sarasota-Manatee will begin at 8 a.m. in beautiful J.D. Hamel Park in downtown Sarasota, continue over the Ringling Bridge, and lead back to the park for shared testimonials, free food, and raffle prizes. The cost to walk is only $10 and participants can register through midnight on November 27, 2017 at www.cccsrq.org/aids-walk-sarasota-manatee-2017 or on the day of the event.
About Community AIDS Network
Community AIDS Network is a private, not-for-profit organization dedicated – through our clinical arm, Comprehensive Care Center – to the treatment, care and continual wellness of people living with HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis C and other STDs. The clinics offer the finest medical, dental, psychological and lifestyle counseling to all patients, regardless of their financial, insurance status or ability to pay. For more information visit cccsrq.org.
