Drive/ORW Grand Prix Sept. 19th charity dinner-
Thanks to the hard work of Mike Harvey we have lined up our charity organization for the post race BBQ at the ORW Grand Prix. ORW is graciously going to be providing the food and drinks for the event. DRIVE will set up the equipement, and Mike and his fellow students from Cal Poly Pomona State University will be cooking it all up and collecting donations.
"The group that will be preparing the meal is a group of students from Cal Poly Pomona State University. We pride ourselves on bettering our lives while helping out the lives of others. We donate time and hold charitable events to help the community as a whole. I felt that it would be a great way to help the desert racing community, which I love immensely and am a member, and its surrounding community by giving back to worthy a cause. If all goes well with this event i would like to hold larger and more profitable events. this is just a stepping stone for future endeavors." .......Mike Harvey
The charity in which we will be raising money for is YouthAIDS. YouthAIDS and its Parent Philanthropy PSI(Population Services International) are working in more than 60 countries around the world to help stop the spread of HIV/AIDS, especially among the world's most vulnerable, young people. Youth Aids approach stresses self-empowerment and healthy decision-making among youth, including the use of effective health products and services such as HIV counseling and testing. Our approach targets and educates at-risk youth groups through a variety of ways, including the use of music, television and SPORTS, peer education and community mobilization.
With a $10 contribution, PSI is able to provide one youth with a year of necessary health products, services and valuable health education to help educate and protect them against HIV.
In the United States
• Roughly one million people are living with HIV/AIDS in the United States.
• Since the start of the AIDS epidemic, 1.5 million Americans have been infected with HIV and more than 524,000 have died of AIDS.
• At least 40,000 people are infected each year.
• African Americans account for 48% of new HIV infections.
• AIDS is the leading cause of death for African American women aged 25 to 34 and HIV rates among Hispanic women are increasing.
• The number of women living with HIV has tripled in the last two decades.
• At least half of all new infections are among people under the age of 25.
• Washington, DC has the highest HIV/AIDS prevalence rates in the United States - one in 20 people are living with HIV or AIDS.
Global
• 33.2 million people now live with HIV or AIDS.
• In 2007, approximately 2.5 million people were infected with HIV.
• Every day, over 6800 people become infected with HIV - almost five people per minute.
• 5700 people die from AIDS every day.
• One child dies every minute.
• 15 million children around the world have been orphaned by AIDS, losing one or both parents to the disease.
• Every fifteen seconds, another person age 15-24 becomes infected with HIV/AIDS.
Most people living with HIV are unaware they are infected. Knowing their status is critical in preventing the spread of HIV.
Without a cure, education and prevention are the most effective ways to stop the spread of HIV.
-It is this prevention and education in which PSI and YouthAIDS is trying to achieve.
YouthAIDS is a global initiative of PSI working in over 60 countries to spread awareness of HIV/AIDS and to educate and empower young people to protect themselves against the disease.
Subject: Drive/ORW Grand Prix Sept. 19th charity dinner-race 
Tue Jul 14 2009, 22:43
