Jack Mackenroth, Reality Television Star From "Project Runway" To Educate About Living with HIV and Combating Stigma At Academy of Friends' Academy Awards Night Gala in San Francisco

Jack Mackenroth, Reality Television Star From "Project Runway" To Educate About Living with HIV and Combating Stigma At Academy of Friends' Academy Awards Night Gala in San Francisco

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WHO: Jack Mackenroth, from the hit reality television series
"Project Runway," will be in San Francisco for the largest
Academy Awards(R) party outside Hollywood, representing Living
Positive By Design, his national HIV and AIDS education
initiative.

WHY: Through Living Positive By Design, Jack will highlight the
importance of having a positive outlook on life while
effectively managing HIV. Jack has been HIV-positive for more
than 20 years and is one of the more than one million people
who are living with HIV and AIDS in the United States, many of
whom still have to deal with the stigma of having the disease.
In San Francisco alone, more then 15,000 residents are living
with HIV or AIDS.

For additional information on Living Positive By Design,
visit: www.LivingPositiveByDesign.com

For additional information on the Academy of Friends' Academy
Awards Night Gala, visit:
www.academyoffriends.org/html/thegala_2009gala.htm

WHEN/ Sunday, February 22nd, 2009
WHERE: Academy of Friends' Academy Awards Night Gala
Ft. Mason Festival Pavilion, Ft. Mason Center
San Francisco

Interview opportunities will be available with Jack and/or a
local infectious disease specialist on Saturday, February 21st
through Monday, February 23rd including on-site at the Gala.

CONTACT: To schedule an interview, please contact:

Rachi Govil Michelle Ouellette
Cohn & Wolfe Cohn & Wolfe
O: (212) 537-8157 O: (212) 537-8263
M: (908) 415-8933 M: (781) 710-3732
rachi.govil@cohnwolfe.commichelle.ouellette@cohnwolfe.com

Living Positive By Design is made possible by support from
Merck & Co., Inc.

/PRNewswire - Feb. 17/

Source: Living Positive By Design

Web Site: http://www.livingpositivebydesign.com/

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