Richard M. Brodsky Foundation 1247 Mara Court Atlantic Beach, NY 11509
Contact: R. Brodsky Phone: (516)770-7724 E-mail: richardbpc@...
Contact: Frank Murithi E-mail: frankmurithi@...

The 2006 World AIDS Marathon returns to Kenya

Why Kenya? The 2004 World AIDS Marathon was held in Mbita, Kenya. Enough
money was raised for a 50-60 bed home for orphans to begin construction.
However,
the full impact of the December marathon was never realized until March 26,
2006 when the World Health Organization issued a report stating that Kenya was
only one of two African countries which had a declining rate for new HIV cases
from December, 2003 – December, 2005.

The 2006 World AIDS Marathon will be held in Kisumu, Kenya, on December 2nd,
2006. The marathon will be sponsored by the Richard M. Brodsky Foundation in
conjunction with Athletics Kenya. Many thanks to Kenya’s Frank Murithi, a
certified sports athletic manager, for agreeing to be the Race Director for the
marathon and half-marathon. Updates about the marathon and half-marathon,
pre-race dinner, post-race festivities and other activities will be posted
shortly.
All inquiries about the race and other activities should be sent to both Frank
and Richard as noted above, and one of us will respond.

Participants for all events will soon be able to register via the website
www.worldaidsmarathon.com. There will be cash awards for the fastest runners,
however, they will be small and the amounts will be noted shortly. The race is
foremost about the foundation’s mission: raising money for orphans so they can
live in homes where they are loved and nurtured, helping families and
individuals whose lives have been affected by AIDS or brain cancer, and
researching for
cures or vaccines for both dreaded diseases. The net proceeds from the
marathon will be going to AIDS and cancer charities as per the web link,
http://www.richardmbrodsky.org/support.html. The Board Members of the Richard M.
Brodsky
Foundation will be asking a group of 15 people who are very active in AIDS
charities to recommend where the unstipulated 40% of the net proceeds from the
marathon and related events should go. A few of the early larger donors will
comprise the group of 15. The only restriction is that this money goes to AIDS
charities in Kisumu and Kenya.

The Richard M. Brodsky Foundation, a 501(c) 3 public charity, is seeking
donations and sponsors. Donations can be accepted by mail or online via the
websites, www.richardmbrodsky.org or www.worldaidsmarathon.com. Donations
exceeding
$100 and $200 will entitle the donor to a promotional World AIDS Marathon
T-shirt: $100 for a name, $200 for a logo. For sponsors who wish to contribute
more than $500 or would be interested in having their name included in the race
title: 2006 xxx World AIDS Marathon, please contact me at richardbpc@...
for a sponsorship package.

Your contribution may also be used to fund my trip to the upcoming Toronto
International AIDS Conference where I have been invited to speak about why I
started the Richard M. Brodsky Foundation. I’m HIV-positive and I have brain
cancer and I’m currently running a marathon a month to raise awareness that
8,500
people do not have to die from AIDS every day. It’s all about having access
to AIDS medicine and leading an upbeat healthy lifestyle. I’m blessed to have
been born in a non-resource poor country where we take it for granted that
doctors and medicine can prolong our lives, but ask yourself the question: How
would you fare living in resource-poor sub-Saharan Africa where you had no
access
to doctors, medicine, clean drinking water, and an adequate food supply? Hug
you child good night, read them a bedtime story, and realize how lucky you are
that your child is not one of the 14,000,000 orphans living in sub-Saharan
Africa who has lost one or both parents to AIDS.


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