Every 9.5 minutes, someone in the United States is infected with HIV/AIDS. Your active effort will address the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Capital Region. We are starting a movement to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS.
Too often, we think of HIV/AIDS as a problem of our nation's larger cities. In the Capital Region, the number of persons affected by HIV/AIDS is increasing at an alarming rate. As a result, our community has numerous HIV-related needs which have yet to be fully addressed.
In response to these unmet needs, the Community AIDS Partnership of the Capital Region (CAP-CR) was formed in early 1994 under the sponsorship of the not-for-profit CARES, Inc. CAP-CR is a partner with the National AIDS Fund and the Elton John Foundation. It represents a collaboration of local funders, persons with HIV/AIDS, community and business leaders, clergy and AIDS service providers in Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Columbia, Greene, Fulton, Montgomery, Delaware, Otsego and Schoharie counties. Local funds raised by the Partnership are matched by the National AIDS Fund whose purpose is to enhance local collaboration and expand private sector funding for AIDS services. The AIDSWalk is the primary fundraising activity of the Community AIDS Partnership of the Capital Region.