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San Francisco Chronicle - July 21, 2008
Chris Cadelago
"We're blessed to live in a very enlightened city in the Bay Area where people continue to recognize the urgent need of confronting the crisis of AIDS," said Craig Miller, founder and producer of AIDS Walk San Francisco. "We're excited with the final numbers this year, especially given the state of the economy."
The 6-mile walk from Sharon Meadow to the park's western corner and back featured appearances by Loretta Devine (ABC's "Eli Stone") and Mikalah Gordon (Fox's "American Idol"). The theme of this year's walk was thoroughly green, and it included composting, better recycling and the introduction of Green Walkers, who opted not to receive any printed or mailed materials. Many participants declined to take the reams of printed information always handed out at events like this. For what waste they did have, the walkers scrupulously used recycling and compost receptacles.
When the donations were counted, organizers came up just shy of the $4.65 million raised last year.
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