Light a Virtual Candle - AIDS Awareness

i got this in the email from ben hong. to all of you wonderful readers, here's a chance to do a good deed today. it won't take more than a minute, it's not gonna cost you a single cent, and the $1 in donations that you're gonna generate from that single click is hardly capable of saving a life, but it helps to help people, no matter how minute or puny the action.

"WE CAN NO LONGER AFFORD TO LIVE IN THE DARK

Shedding light on the impact of HIV/AIDS here in the U. S. starts with ONE person. YOU.

Visit www.LightToUnite.org to light a virtual candle. For each candle lit, Bristol-Myers Squibb will donate $1 to the National AIDS Fund. Once you have visited, PLEASE PASS IT ON.

Did you know?

Every hour, approximately 5 new cases of HIV/AIDS are diagnosed in the U.S. That's over 40,000 new cases every single year. What's an hour? It's a television show, a load of laundry, a lunch.

Did you know?

Women account for nearly 1 in 3 new HIV infections in the U. S.

Did you know?

22 million people have died since the world first heard about the disease now known as "HIV" and "AIDS", 25 years ago.

Did you know?

Over 1 million people are still infected with HIV/AIDS in the U. S. alone, with thousands dying each year

How do we STOP the spread of AIDS?

With Education, Empowerment and Compassion ONE person at a time."

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