The 2025 Tallahassee AIDS Walk will take place Thursday, September 18th at the Southwood Nature Trail. Stay tuned to our social media for updates and info! If you have questions or are interested in sponsoring this amazing event, email Serene Smallwood at ssmallwood@bigbendcares.org or call (850) 656-2437 ext. 224.
Registration is now open! Click the buttons below to register, make a team, and get your t-shirts!
Big Bend Cares’ fall event, the Tallahassee AIDS Walk, draws hundreds of participants each year. This year’s walk will be held on Thursday, September 18th at 6:30pm at the Southwood Nature Trail. We are celebrating the 35th Annual AIDS Walk this year, working alongside partner organizations Neighborhood Medical Center and Bond Community Health Center.
Individual community members, school and university groups, companies, and faith groups can register to walk as individuals or as part of a team now by clicking the ‘Register’ button above. Walkers are encouraged to also become fundraisers themselves and help us reach our goal. After a memorial walk around the Southwood Nature Trail (starting at the intersection of Ivy Green Trail and Grove Park Dr.), we will gather to listen to speakers and music.
This event will be a celebration of all of those who have fought so hard to fight the spread of HIV/AIDS. All proceeds help Big Bend Cares in providing direct-care services for our clients and HIV prevention and education for the entire Big Bend region.
Yes, the epidemic is far from over.
This is why clients, community members, staff and advocates of Big Bend Cares, Neighborhood Medical Center, and Bond Community Health Center (our 3 local HIV/AIDS service organizations) are walking together each year. We walk for the more than 100,000 people living with HIV in Florida. We walk to remember those who no longer can. We walk to remind you that you’re not alone. We walk for a nation. We walk to educate. We walk for change.
The Tallahassee AIDS Walk works to raise awareness and funds to support HIV programs in the community. All proceeds will benefit our 3 local HIV/AIDS service organizations. We honor and remember friends and family, celebrate those who are living full lives with the virus, and recognize the work that still needs to be done.
Please walk with us!
Please email lgallo@bigbendcares.org or call (850) 656-2437 ext. 109 if you have questions about becoming a partner.
Volunteer registration is now open! Click the button below to start. We love to work with groups, and encourage you to make a team with your student org, faith group, coworkers, family, etc. Volunteering will run from 5pm-9pm on Thursday, September 18th and include everything from setup, registration, and shirt distribution, to guiding walkers, supporting vendors, and cleanup.
If you have filled out the volunteer questionnaire to volunteer regularly with us, you will still need to complete the AIDS Walk volunteer signup.
If you have questions about volunteering, email ssmallwood@bigbendcares.org or call (850) 656-2437 ext. 224.
The quickest way to find the AIDS Walk venue is to enter the address for El Jalisco Southwood (3197 Merchants Row Blvd) into your map. AIDS Walk activities will be taking place in the lot directly across Ivy Green Trail from that building. This is where the music, food, and fun will be set up. Walk check-in, registration, and shirt distribution will all be located in the center of the setup. Parking will be in the lot directly behind El Jalisco. Note that the Southwood Town Center has ongoing construction around some of the lots, so it will be a slightly different layout than last year.
