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Here is some more information about the Walk, its beneficiaries and State Street's participation.  The picture to the left is State Street team from 2005.   Please consider walking on April 25 th with your fellow co-workers. 

 AIDS WALK Kansas City 2009, presented by the AIDS Service Foundation of Greater Kansas City, is scheduled for April 25 at Theis Park, located at the intersection of 47th St. and Oak, near the Country Club Plaza. All proceeds go to benefit those living with HIV/AIDS in Kansas City.

State Street supports the AIDS Service Foundation, has been the underwriting sponsor for World AIDS Days for the past two years, and is a Silver Sponsor for the AIDS Walk.    We have set a goal to have participation of 10% of State Street employees in this year’s Walk. 

AIDS Service Foundation of Greater Kansas City

The mission of the AIDS Service Foundation is to raise awareness and funding for local service organizations which provide shelter, medical care and emergency services to the women, men and children living with HIV/AIDS in our community. 

Today there are more than 5,700 people living with HIV/AIDS in the Kansas City area and of that number more than 700 are young people between the ages of 13 and 24.
Whether you participate as a walker, support a walker or donate to AIDS WALK 2008, you’ll be helping the following organizations:
• Good Samaritan Project Good Samaritan Project to continue to provide a diverse array of services including case management, mental health counseling, transportation, emergency assistance and prevention/education programs for those most at-risk.
• Kansas City Free Health Clinic to provide primary medical care, case management, behavioral health counseling and HIV testing and prevention in both English and Spanish.
• SAVE, Inc. to give daily shelter and to provide affordable long term one-bedroom apartments to otherwise homeless families and individuals affected by HIV/AIDS.
• Hope Care Center to operate a skilled, long-term care facility.
You can register and create your personal on-line fundraising page by going to www.firstgiving.com/aidswalkkc. Or you can join State Street’s team by signing up in the lobby on March 12 and April 2 in the lobby from 11:30-1:00. 

Here are some facts about AIDS/HIV that you may not know:
• 1 million US residents are currently living with HIV.  An estimated 25% don't even know the have it.
• Approximately 40,000 new infections occur each year (according to the New York Times, new, unreleased CDC statistics estimate an increase to 60,000 annually).
• Half of all new infections are not covered by insurance.
• 54% of new infections occur among African Americans while only representing 13% of the US population.
• 30% of new infections are among women, 70% among men. 
• 75% of new infections in women are heterosexually transmitted.
• 64% of new infections among women occur in African Americans.
• The death rate among those with less than a high school education is    approximately 5.5 times the death rate among those with some college.
• In a random test, 79% of people 18-24 who tested positive to HIV/AIDS were unaware of their status, 70% of those 25 – 29 unaware. Ethnically, 67% of African Americans were unaware of their status versus 18% of whites unaware who tested positive.
• Half of all new infections occur in people 25 years old or younger