Wed. July 14, 2004
Chicago, IL -
Test Positive Aware Network (TPAN) kicked off The Aware Affair ticket sales campaign on Wednesday July 14, 2004 at Rhapsody. The Aware Affair is the annual benefit gala for TPAN, being held on September 10, 2004 in the Crystal Ballroom of the Hyatt Regency Chicago hotel. TPAN Board of Directors and the Aware Affair benefit committee invite individuals, businesses and organizations that value the community based programs and services offered by TPAN to become table captains.
Each table captain is asked to coordinate the purchase of one or more tables on ten. Available tickets for the Aware Affair are Positively Aware at $225 each (includes premier seating and special listing in the tribute book) and Passionately Aware at $175 each. Tickets are available online at AwareAffair.tpan.com or by calling (773) 989-9400. For more information, please contact Jeffrey Allen at the above telephone number.
Michael A. Leppen, Abbott Virology, C & M Medical Management, Gilead Sciences, and Roche Pharmaceuticals are directing sponsors for the Aware Affair. Access Community Health Network, Boehringer Ingelheim, BMS Virology, Hyatt Regency Chicago, Pfizer, Orbitz, Serono, GlaxoSmithKline, PS 5244 Productions, and Statscript Pharmacy provide additional sponsorship. Chicago Free Press, Gay Chicago, Windy City Times, and ChicagoPride.com are providing media sponsorships.
TPAN provides peer-led HIV Treatment Education, programming, outreach, support services, information dissemination, and advocacy. TPAN publishes and distributes two HIV/AIDS journals, Positively Aware and Positively Aware en Español, as well as the bilingual Chicago Area HIV Services Directory, and the Chicago Area Directory of HIV Professionals.
Photo: (above) Roger Simon, Stan Sloan and Mike Bauer at the Aware Affair Kickoff on July 14th, 2004.
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