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--- richardbpc@... wrote:

> 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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