HopeHealth will host its annual AIDSWalk on Saturday, December 6, with the theme “Walk A While In My Boots.”

This year’s keynote speaker will be HIV advocate Johneri’O Scott. Scott has lived with HIV for over 10 years and now dedicates his life to advocacy and visibility for people living with HIV. The event will take place outside at HopeHealth’s Streater Community Center (301 N. Dargan Street in Florence) near the blue sun sails. Event registration begins at 9 am, with a resource fair and coffee bar also offered. The event program begins at 10 am, with an awareness walk/trail ride scheduled for 10:45 am. Lunch and t-shirts will be provided for the first 250 participants.

Tiffany Straus, Associate Vice President of Constituent Engagement, shared, “For more than 30 years, HopeHealth has been a leader in South Carolina’s response to HIV/AIDS by providing care, education, and advocacy for those most impacted. The AIDSWalk is a chance for our entire community to come together, honor those we’ve lost, celebrate those thriving today, and continue breaking down the barriers of stigma and misunderstanding.”

HopeHealth is a nonprofit leader in providing affordable, expert primary and specialty health care services for all ages in Florence, Aiken (Infectious Diseases), Clarendon, Orangeburg, and Williamsburg Counties. Our federally qualified health centers are the health care home of choice for nearly 85,000 patients. To become a patient, call 843-667-9414 or visit hope-health.org.