November 22, 2004
College Students Mobilize to Fight AIDS
Press Availability Planned for World AIDS Day, December 1
SEATTLE -- AIDS does not discriminate by age. While most of the 8,000 people who die each day of the disease around the world are ages 15 to 49, millions of children have been left orphaned and vulnerable from the disease, while grandparents have been left to care for the sick and the children they leave behind.
World Vision, the Christian relief and development organization, is working with all generations in their efforts to fight against this pandemic. Their motivation? The United Nations estimate that every 14 seconds another child is orphaned by HIV/AIDS. This means that each day, more than 6,000 children join the 15 million children worldwide who have already lost one or both parents to this disease.
In the Seattle area, students at Seattle Pacific University are taking a stand through World Vision’s Acting on AIDS, a nationwide grassroots initiative designed to mobilize college students on the global HIV/AIDS pandemic.
WHO: | Seattle Pacific University students |
WHAT: | ‘Lives are at Stake’ All-Day Event (SPU’s Tiffany Loop): One thousand metal stakes, each with a card introducing a child affected by AIDS, will be stuck in the ground on Seattle Pacific University’s front lawn, Tiffany Loop. Students and faculty have been invited to pick up one child’s picture and story and pray for the child for the rest of the day. Participants also may sponsor the child through World Vision’s Hope Initiative. ‘Lives are at Stake’ Evening Event (SPU’s Gwinn Commons, 3rd Flr): The campus community will join with local churches and residents to pray and learn about the global HIV/AIDS pandemic. Steve Haas, vice president for Church Relations of World Vision, will speak. |
WHERE: | Seattle Pacific University 3307 3rd Ave. W. Seattle, WA 98119 |
WHEN: | December 1, 2004, World AIDS Day ‘Lives are at Stake’ Evening Event begins at 9:00 PM |
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CONTACT: | Lisa Krohn | (253) 815-2633; | (206) 390-6964 (cell) |
| Bethanie Swendsen | (253) 815-2885; | (253) 381-0970 (cell) |
World Vision is a Christian relief and development organization dedicated to helping children and their communities worldwide reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty. World Vision serves the worlds poor - regardless of a person’s religion, race, ethnicity, or gender.
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