APLA Health has always been ambitious. In 1983, AIDS Project Los Angeles (now APLA Health) was founded to help stop AIDS in Los Angeles County. Our early mission was to educate our community with factual, up-to-date information about AIDS. We launched one of the nation’s first AIDS hotlines, initially housed in an old closet with all that we knew about AIDS — a single page of facts and resources on a clipboard.

For nearly 4 decades, we have maintained and worked to end the HIV and AIDS epidemic in Los Angeles County, the second largest in the United States! There are still significant disparities in healthcare, though, that APLA Health is working to eliminate. We are located in the areas where people need us and can get to us without a car, and we continue to provide factual resources and culturally competent care for our community. From a small closet to more than 20 sites throughout LA County, we remain committed to our community now more than ever.
How are you doing?
Take to your digital platform and share your stories. Share your successes, your unlikely triumphs, your reason for Walking. Are you, your friends, your team doing anything to mark the end of this 8-week fundraising sprint? AIDS Walk Los Angeles is a community and your voice is valuable to us, so let us hear you.

Heck, you might even be able to get a few more donations from your followers. Use #AWLA2020 and tag us @aidswalkLA.
End of this week = end of this Walk!
First, we just want to say thank you to everyone who participated, donated, and led a team during this AIDS Walk Los Angeles, which has been unlike any we’ve ever put together. You absolutely CRUSHED IT for APLA Health and over 18,000 people in LA County who rely on their programs for Care, Support and Education.

The work isn’t quite done yet though! You still have until September 13 (Sunday) to ask for donations. And there’s a good incentive to keep going this week — our top Walkers will get a special shoutout on AWLA social media after the Walk. So dig in, reach out to your network, and let’s squeeze every last drop of success out of your amazing efforts in 2020!
AIDS Walk Los Angeles
213.201.9255 (WALK) · aidswalkla.org