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November 30, 2007

World AIDS Day: Fundraising dance, dinner

Feel like dancing? Well then you’re in luck.

Youth United for Global Action (YUGA) is hosting a 5-hour dance-a-thon tomorrow, World AIDS Day.

The event, sponsored by Plan USA, will raise money for the group’s HIV/AIDS program in Uganda. Dancers need to register, but anyone can come and sponsor a dancer, make a donation or just pay the $10 cover.

According to YUGA, 100 percent of donations will be used to help fund secondary education, AIDS-related workshops, vocational training and other support programs for young people affected by AIDS.

The dance-a-thon is at the Loom Studio, 69 Eagle St, Providence. It starts at 7 p.m. and goes until midnight – so wear comfortable shoes.

The fundraising begins tonight, though, at a sold-out dinner sponsored by AIDS Project RI where the Red Ribbon Community Service Awards will be presented.

Honorees include David Abbott, Dr. Anne DeGroot, Sen. Rhoda Perry and Rep. Thomas Slater, among others.

There will also be a silent auction and a performance by the Providence Gay Men's Chorus.

-- projo.com staff writer Brandie M. Jefferson

Posted by Brandie Jefferson  at 2:30 PM | Permalink

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