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		DONATE TO OUR SHINING STAR CAMPAIGN REAF receives no government funding and relies wholly on corporate and individual support. We need your help to cover the cost of our own operations so that we can continue to support the many agencies who provide life-sustaining services to thousands of men, women and children throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. 100% of our event profits are donated to AIDS agencies designated as beneficiaries of those events. Click here to make a donation to support someone's personal fundraising goal or get your own page. All donors will be listed in our Shining Star Donors For a list of Shining Star levels and benfits, CLICK HERE OTHER WAYS TO SUPPORT REAF REAF Private Label Wines 25% of all sales are donated back to REAF! Choose from Carole Cook Big Red, Red Ribbon Cabernet, Red Ribbon Chardonney, Cabaret Cabernet or create your own Private Label Wine. 10% of all profits from Let Love Out jewelry will go to REAF when you specify REAF when you checkout. Click the image below to view their entire collection.
UPCOMING EVENTS Northern California's largest annual AIDS benefit concert & Gala AUGUST 18, 7:30PM Palace of Fine Arts UNDERWRITER TICKETS ON SALE NOW 2nd annual Pride Party benefiting REAF Starlight Room June 27, 8pm-midnight ORDER TICKETS! 5th Anniversary All-Star Gala July 12, 8pm Marines' Memorial Theater Benefiting REAF ORDER TICKETS! PAST EVENTS Help is on the Way for the Holidays XI December 10, 2012 Marines Memorial Theater August 20, 7 HELP IS ON THE WAY XVIII August 5, 2012 Herbst Theater/Green Room Dancing with the Dragstars 2 Divas & Dames All You Need is Love 2 One Night Only Cabarets Jersey Boys Anything Goes American Idiot Les Miserables Hair Billy Elliot Shrek The Musical West Side Story Dreamgirls Young Frankenstein In The Heights To see REAF's photo albums from all recent events on SHUTTERFLY CLICK HERE Top 10 Ways to support REAF Click here for details! Sign Up to join REAF's email news list! * required Email Address: * First Name: * Last Name: Email Marketing by VerticalRespons	THE FOUNDATION The Richmond/Ermet AIDS Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization established to raise funds for and awareness about AIDS service provider agencies through the production of quality entertainment events. Born from the grass-roots efforts of two mothers, Barbara Richmond and the late Peggy Ermet, who lost their only sons to AIDS as a way to honor their sons' memories and to help alleviate the suffering of many of the other sons and daughters living with HIV and AIDS, the Foundation has become one of the leading sources of funding for many local AIDS service providers. More... BENEFICIARY PARTNERS Creating partnerships with selected beneficiaries for each event, the Foundation provides the leadership and resources to bring the highest quality talent and production resources and maximize the funds raised for beneficiary partners. Deadline for 2014 beneficiary applications is October 2013. BENEFICIARY APPLICATIONs FOR 2014 WILL BE AVAILABLE IN SEPT. 2013. BENEFICIARIES FOR 2013 HELP IS ON THE WAY XIX include: * AIDS Housing Alliance * Aguilas * Project Open Hand * Shanti Beneficiaries for HELP IS ON THE WAY FOR THE HOLIDAYS XII will be announced later in the year: Read about beneficiaries and learn how to apply.... CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP Corporate and in-kind sponsors help underwrite the cost of REAF productions, ensuring that 100% of event ticket sales go directly to the beneficiary agencies. Click hereto download a corporate sponsor package for Help is on the Way XVII. Click here to learn about how to Sponsor... SILENT & LIVE AUCTIONS Community partners are also utilized to create magical and elaborate gala receptions, as well as silent and live auctions. To make a donation to an upcoming auction for a "Help is on the Way" event, download a donation form by clicking here. To see highlights of our 2010 Summer Silent Auction, click here. To be added to our mailing or email lists and learn more about REAF events, click here. AIDS INFORMATION: Who should get tested? Where can you get tested? What should you do if your test is positive? Get the answers to these and other questions about HIV and how it is spread by clicking here. Since the beginning of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, 60 million people have contracted HIV and 30 million have died of AIDS-related causes Currently, there are 34 million people living with HIV worldwide and 1.2 million living with HIV in the U.S. Every day about 7,000 people contract HIV – nearly 300 people every hour In 2011, 1.7 million people died from AIDS worldwide California ranks second in the nation in cumulative AIDS cases, surpassed only by New York More than 190,000 Californians have contracted HIV/AIDS and more than 86,000 have died since the epidemic began in the early 1980s There are up to 7,000 new HIV infections in California every year 76% of all HIV/AIDS cases in California occur among gay men, far exceeding the 53% nationally In California, men make up 86% and women account for 13% of all HIV cases Of all HIV cases in California, whites account for 48% followed by Hispanics at 28% and African-Americans at 19%. More than two-thirds of all Californians living with HIV reside in Los Angeles County and the San Francisco Bay Area Since the beginning of the epidemic a total of 28,793 San Francisco residents have been diagnosed with AIDS, which comprises 18% of California AIDS cases and 3% of cases reported nationally In San Francisco, there are currently 18,576 people living with HIV An estimated 800-1,000 people will become infected with HIV this year in San Francisco 90% of new HIV infections in San Francisco are among gay men HIV/AIDS is the #1 cause of death for African-American women ages 25-34 For a list of AIDS Services Agencies in the Bay Area, click here! Figures courtesy of UNAIDS, the CDC & SF Deparment of Public Health Play the REAF promotional video for more information - 28.8 Kbps - DSL 8:52 Streaming Video Play "Help is on the Way" - Theme 11Kbp - DSL 3:04 Streaming Audio History Press Events Donate Sponsor Volunteer Contacts Home Copyright © 2001, 2002 by Richmond/Ermet AIDS Foundation .942 Divisadero Street, Ste. 201, San Francisco, CA 94115-4407 415-931-0317 Graphic and Web design by Ken Henderson Graphic Design Original graphics © 2002 by xyberMEDiA.com Contact: webmaster (at) richmondermet.org with questions or comments.