AIDS Walk 2006 awards more than $50,000 in grants
The board of directors of the AIDS Walk of Oklahoma City recently awarded grants to nine local non-profit organizations totaling $50,100. Grantees and their respective award amounts are:?
Regional AIDS Intercommunity Network (RAIN) $5,000; AIDS Support Program/The Winds House $5,700; Red Rock Behavioral Health Services/Red Rock North $5,400; Northern Lights Alternative $6,100; Planned Parenthood of Central Oklahoma $6,100; Guiding Right $5,400; Other Options $6,400; Latino Community Development Agency $5,000; and the HIV/AIDS Legal Resource Project of Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma $5,000.? Since 1998, the AIDS Walk of Oklahoma City has distributed more than $333,000 in grants to local non-profit organizations providing critically needed services to individuals living with HIV or AIDS.?
The 2007 AIDS Walk of Oklahoma City is scheduled for Sept. 30 at the Myriad Botanical Gardens.
For more information, go to www.aidswalkokc.org.
