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RENT Partner Benefit Evenings
For three special performances, $10 dollars of every ticket sold will help the following organizations fight HIV/AIDS in the DC area:
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- The first case of AIDS was reported in 1981. Since then, more than 25 million people have died from AIDS.
- More than 35 miilion people are living with HIV/AIDS throughout the world.
- People under the age of 25 account for half of new infections worldwide.
- More than 15,000 people in the Washington metropolitan area live with AIDS. Tens of thousands more people are estimated to be infected with HIV.
- DC has the highest rate of new AIDS cases per 100,000 population in the United States. This rate is 12 times the national average.
- Nationwide, someone under the age of 25 is infected with HIV every 30 minutes.
THE FIGHT IS FAR FROM OVER.
SUPPORT AIDS ORGANIZATIONS TODAY.
The Keegan Theatre is partnering with the following health organizations during its production of RENT. The goal is to raise awareness of the work still to be done in the fight against AIDS -- and to inspire our audiences to volunteer time, resources, and financial support to help respected programs like these in their battle against this relentless epidemic.
Washington Hospital Center HIV Program
The Washington Hospital Center’s HIV Program provides comprehensive primary and sub-specialty state-of-the-art medical care, psychosocial support, and ancillary services to people living with HIV/AIDS in the greater Washington, DC area. The program provides culturally sensitive quality care targeted to each individual’s needs regardless of economic or social situation, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender status or other special circumstance.
110 Irving St, NW
Washington, DC 20010-2975
202-877-0333 (clinic)
202-877-7164 (administrative office)
Donors:
amFAR
The Foundation for AIDS Research
Founded in 1985, amFAR is dedicated to ending the global AIDS epidemic through innovative research.
1150 17th Street, NW #406
Washington, DC 20036-4622
(202) 331-8600
Established in 1978, Whitman-Walker Clinic is a non-profit, community-based provider of health care in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area. Through two sites in the District of Columbia, the Clinic offers primary medical and dental care; mental health and addictions counseling and treatment; HIV education, prevention, and testing; legal services; and medical adherence case management. Whitman-Walker Clinic is committed to meeting the health needs of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community and people living with HIV/AIDS.
1701 14th Street NW
Washington, DC 20009
202-745-7000
The Clinton Foundation
More than 90% of people with HIV/AIDS live in developing countries, where access to treatment is much more limited than in the developed world. President Clinton established the Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative in 2002 to close this gap in access by negotiating lower prices for lifesaving antiretroviral treatment, and by working with governments to improve the national health care systems required to deliver crucial medicines.
