In April 2007, AIDS Walk Fort Lauderdale gathered together caring and thoughtful individuals committed to reversing the course of the AIDS epidemic in Broward County.  People of all ages, races and backgrounds participated -- including more than 4,000 individual walkers and teams from over 100 businesses and nonprofit organizations.

Returning in 2008 as Florida AIDS Walk, this event has expanded its scope to all of Florida.  Florida AIDS Walk will recruit participants statewide to raise awareness that nearly 84,000 Floridians are living with HIV/AIDS.

Funds raised by Florida AIDS Walk will support the expansion of free HIV testing and prevention education in Florida’s Broward and Miami Dade counties, as well as healthcare for HIV-positive individuals throughout the state.

Florida AIDS Walk is produced by Event 360 for AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), a nonprofit organization dedicated to HIV/AIDS prevention, education, accessible healthcare, research and patient advocacy.  In Florida, AHF currently serves more than 10,000 people living with HIV/AIDS. AHF’s Out of the Closet Thrift Store, scheduled to open its first Florida locations in early 2008, will offer free HIV testing and treatment referral through an AHF Pharmacy built adjacent to the store.