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

    Request For Coverage    INTERVIEW & PHOTO OPPORTUNITY     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.com   michelle.ouellette@cohnwolfe.com           Living Positive By Design is made possible by support from                              Merck & Co., Inc.    /PR Newswire - Feb. 20/  

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