Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts with the label Carson Kressley

10,000 People Expected at 34th annual AIDS Walk LA

Organizers expect 10,000 people to walk 10 kilometers through downtown Los Angeles Sunday for the 34th annual AIDS Walk Los Angeles, raising funds for HIV/AIDS service organizations. The walk will start at 10 a.m. in Grand Park. The opening ceremony will begin at 9:15 a.m. featuring celebrities, musical performances, and HIV/AIDS activists and leaders. Television personality Carson Kressley, three-time Emmy-winning actress Jean Smart and actress-singer Frenchie Davis are scheduled to attend the opening ceremony. Post-walk festivities will begin at 12:30 p.m. at Grand Park, headlined by Australian singer-songwriter and musician Betty Who and singer-actor-drag performer Todrick Hall. The proceeds from the walk benefit APLA Health, a nonprofit, federally qualified health center serving more than 15,000 people annually, according to its director of communications, Alex Medina, and more than 20 other HIV/AIDS service organizations. APLA Health provides 20 services from 16 locati