The annual AIDS walk has a rich history in San Francisco. It started in 1987 and has raised $96 million since then. Just this year, fundraisers collected nearly $1 million more to benefit multiple Bay Area organizations.
Thousands of participants walked a 5K in Golden Gate Park Sunday morning for the annual AIDS walk. The event has a rich history in San Francisco . It started in 1987 and has raised $96 million since then. Just this year, fundraisers collected nearly $1 million more to benefit multiple Bay Area organizations. Many people walk with someone on their mind. For Sabrina Silva, it's her dad."He passed away at the age of 37, I was 10, and it was the year that this walk started," said Silva.
And people feel safe to be around it because you can feel what you want to feel," said Gert McMullin, who is known as the "mother of the quilt."McMullin has been sewing the panels since 1987. She laid it out so participants could see the names before starting the walk. "You only see 32 , we have 6,065 back in San Leandro. That’s 50,000 panels and 110,000 names, so that’s what they’re doing it for and many, many thousands more," said McMullin.
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