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508.0. "FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE '88" by SALEM::LUPACCHINO (From All Walks of Life 6-5-88) Fri Apr 29 1988 18:18

   DIGITAL Equipment Corporation is a major corporate sponsor of the    
   3rd Annual "Walk for Life" on June 5 to benefit the AIDS Action      
   Committee and 18 other agencies.  The goal is $880,000 in '88.       
                                                                        
   Through the leadership of Alan Zimmerle, Corporate EA/EEO Manager,   
   Corporate Personnel is funding DEC's contribution to the Walk.  By   
   helping to underwrite the cost of the Walk ($100,000), all monies    
   raised can go directly to AAC and the 18 local agencies which        
   represent a diverse response to the AIDS crisis.  Joining DIGITAL in 
   this effort are two dozen other companies/organizations including    
   John Hancock, Lotus Development, Polaroid, Boston Globe, Bank of     
   Boston, Shawmut Bank, N.E. Hospital Medical Centers, Northeastern    
   University and all three major TV stations WBZ-TV, WCVB-TV, and      
   WNEV-TV.                                                             
                                                                        
   Information for employees about the Walk - including pledge cards    
   and sign-up sheet - will be done through Health Services, Employee   
   Activities, Northeast Area Field Personnel and the AIDS Program      
   office.  All monies raised for the Walk will be matched through our  
   Matching Gift Program.  (DEC employees, by the way, have              
   individually contributed more than $7,000 to AAC since July 1 and     
   those funds have been matched.)                                       
   
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   SITE CONTACTS: Employees are	enouraged to be site contacts at their 
   locations for the Walk.  Activities coordinated by site contacts
   range from making walk brochures and sponsor sheets available to 
   employees to holding lunctime seminars about the Walk.  These seminars 
   may involve inviting an AIDS ACTION COMMITTEE member to speak at their
   location and/or showing AAC's excellent Walk videotape.
          
   If anyone is interested in becoming a site contact, please notify
   Ann Marie Lupacchino (SALEM::LUPACCHINO, DTN 261-3444 or Scott Von Rhee
   (DECSIM::VONRHEE, DTN 225-5745).

   Looking forward to walking with you in June!
	
   Ann Marie and Scott

    The Walk is a 10KM (6.2 mi.) stroll through Boston/Cambridge on
    the morning if June 5th.  We encourage you, your SO's and families
    to join us at this terrific fundraiser.
    
    Non-walkers are welcome to assist on the day of the walk and should
    contact Liz Page, AAC's Walk Coordinator, at 437-6200 ext 214.
        
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    This year's Walk was a tremendous success...15,000 Walkers
    raised over $1.3 million.  My thanks to all who participated!
    
    Ann Marie