Health News
2005-12-21
BMS campaign
raises $100,000 for National AIDS Fund
Bristol-Myers
Squibb's annual “Light to Unite” World AIDS
Day campaign attracted more than 100,000 online
Bristol-Myers
Squibb's annual “Light to Unite” World AIDS
Day campaign attracted more than 100,000 online
participants, raising $100,000 for the National AIDS
Fund, BMS announced. Visitors to the “Light to
Unite” Web site were invited to light a virtual
candle to mark World AIDS Day; for each candle lit,
BMS contributed $1 to the AIDS organization. More than
100,000 people visited the site between November 17 and
December 1.
“Our
annual 'Light to Unite' campaign provided thousands of
people with the opportunity to embrace the World AIDS
Day message of support and hope for people living with
HIV,” says Ron Cooper, BMS vice president, in a
press release. “This campaign further demonstrates
the Bristol-Myers Squibb commitment to helping lead
the fight against HIV/AIDS worldwide. We are pleased
to make a gift to the National AIDS Fund, which will help
local AIDS organizations throughout the United States
implement state-of-the-art prevention and care
programs within their communities.”
The National AIDS
Fund, working with 29 state and local funding partners,
provides more than $8 million annually to more than 400
community-based AIDS service organizations. The fund
and its community partnerships have allocated more
than $126 million in funds to local AIDS groups since
1988.
BMS sponsored a
special World AIDS Day section on the Web site of The
Advocate's sister publication, HIV Plus. To
access the special section, go online to www.hivplusmag.com/worldaidsday.
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