Tallahassee AIDS Walk

Big Bend Cares’ fall event, the Tallahassee AIDS Walk, draws hundreds of participants each year. This year’s walk will be held on Thursday, October 17th at 6:30pm at the Southwood Nature Trail. We are celebrating the 34th 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 development@bigbendcares.org or call (850) 656-2437 ext. 224 if you or your organization is interested in becoming a partner.

Thank you to all of the amazing volunteers that have registered this year, we have well-exceeded our capacity for volunteer help this year, and have closed volunteer registration. If you have questions about volunteering, email development@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 behind the El Jalisco. 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 across Ivy Green Trail.