National Pie Day Day 335 of 2007 30 days left in this year

HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “It is a sickness no kahuna can heal.”

• AIDS is believed caused by HIV, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus.
• Over 22 million people have died from AIDS.
• Over 42 million people are living with HIV/AIDS
• 74 percent of those infected live in sub-Saharan Africa.
• Over 19 million women are living with HIV/AIDS.
• Each day an estimated 7,000 people die of AIDS.
• There are 14,000 new infections every day (95 percent in developing countries).
• The UN estimates that, currently, there are 14 million AIDS orphans and that by 2010 there will be 25 million.

TODAY – December 1st
Maui AIDS Foundation  marks World AIDS Day with a ceremony and a dance tonight that begins at 5:30 p.m. The 20th annual James Manness Memorial Dance beginning at 7:30 p.m., both at the Kahili Golf Course “Marilyn Monroe House” in Waikapu. There is a $5 admission fee. The public is invited to both the ceremony and the dance.

The Maui AIDS Foundation (242-4900 -  www.mauiaids.org) is  a private, nonprofit organization that has been battling the spread of the disease while helping the victims and their families through prevention, care and housing. Learn more about AIDS …