AIDS Fund Philly to shutter citing decrease in HIV cases

📆 12/15/2024 11:04 AM

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Citing a 'greatly reduced' HIV crisis in the region, the AIDS Fund Philly plans to shut down at the end of the year.

Citing that the HIV crisis in Philadelphia has 'greatly reduced' the AIDS Fund Philly is scheduled to shut down for good on Dec. 31, 2024In a statement to NBC10, shared by Robb Reichard, the executive director of the AIDS Fund Philly, the group said Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024, will be when the fund will conclude operations.

Mary Evelyn Torres, the executive director of Action Wellness, said, in a statement, that the group was"honored" to take over GayBINGO events. In detailing the history of the fund, in a statement the group said, since it was stated in 1987 after"volunteers from Philadelphia's lesbian and gay community center, Penguin Place, organized a Walk-A-Thon to support area AIDS agencies and raise public awareness about the disease."

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