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The Southern Illinois AIDS Walk was held Oct. 16 in Carbondale, Ill., with more than 200 participants. Those who participated raised close to $8,000 for the Southern Illinois AIDS Holiday Project. This project provides groceries, toys, clothes, gift and grocery store gift cards for 150 low-income families impacted by HIV/AIDS in the 19 southernmost counties of Illinois. The goal for the year is to raise $15,000. Groups are needed to help sponsor these families, and donations are still being accepted.

Donations can be made to the AIDS Holiday Project c/o Newman Center, 715 S. Washington, Carbondale, Ill., 62901 or online at

www.CarbondaleAIDSWalk.org. To sponsor a family or to volunteer to be a co-chair of next year’s walk, contact Wally Paynter at 812-480-0204 or wallypaynter@aol.com.