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Raising money to fight AIDS: AIDS Action will put on its 20th annual walk for AIDS fundraiser

Bay Windows - May 26, 2005
Ethan Jacobs, ejacobs@baywindows.com.

Ask Jim McDonnel, a 69-year-old Jamaica Plain resident, why he takes part in AIDS Action's AIDS Walk every year, rain or shine, and he will tell you a story about an Old South Church prayer meeting that changed his life.

In 1989 McDonnel, who served as a deacon at Old South Church, attended a prayer meeting for people living with HIV/AIDS and their supporters. During the two previous years McDonnel had taken part in the AIDS Walks as a way to make a difference in the gay community, but he had no firsthand connection to the epidemic. As the attendees at the meeting went around the circle and explained why they were there, McDonnel was stunned when one of his closest friends revealed that he was HIV positive.


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