San Francisco, Sept. 30th: Grand Opening of New AHF "Magic Johnson" HIV/AIDS Clinic on Church St.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sep 28, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) --
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Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the US' largest
non-profit HIV/AIDS healthcare provider, which provides medical care
and/or services to more than 100,000 individuals in 21 countries
worldwide, is honored to announce the grand opening of the Church St. AHF
"Magic Johnson" Healthcare Center, AHF's first "all-in-one" site--and
the first of its kind in the nation. In addition to the "Magic Johnson"
clinic, the new facility includes an AHF
Pharmacy, an "Out
of the Closet" Thrift Store and free
HIV testing--all in one location.

WHAT:         Grand Opening/Ribbon-cutting Ceremony--"Magic Johnson" Clinic
              AHF's First "All-in-One" Site with a Clinic, Pharmacy, Thrift Store
              and free HIV Testing
WHEN:         WEDNESDAY, September 30th 2009---10:00
              AM
WHERE:        AHF "Magic Johnson" Healthcare Center
              100 Church St. (Adjacent to "Out of the Closet" Thrift Store)
              San Francisco, CA 94114
WHO:          The Honorable Mark Leno, California State Senate, D-San
              Francisco/San Rafael, District 3
              The Honorable Leland Yee, Ph.D, California State Senate,
              Assistant President pro Tempore, D-San Francisco/San Mateo,
              District 8
              Michael Weinstein, President, AIDS Healthcare Foundation
              Adam Ouderkirk, Bay Area Regional Director, AIDS Healthcare
              Foundation
              Whitney Engeran-Cordova, Director, Public Health Division,
              AIDS Healthcare Foundation
              Other Honored Guests, TBA
CONTACTS:     Ged Kenslea, AHF Dir. of Communications, (323) 791-5526
              cell (323) 860-5225 office
              Adam Ouderkirk, AHF Bay Area Regional Director, (415)
              519-1759 cell

California State Senators Mark Leno (D-San Francisco/San Rafael)
and Leland Yee, Ph.D., (D-San Francisco/San Mateo) will help AHF
officially open this new venture in the fight against AIDS, with a
ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday, September 30th
at 10am at the new AHF "Magic Johnson" Healthcare Center
located on 100 Church St., San Francisco, CA 94114, adjacent to AHF's
"Out of the Closet" Thrift Store.

"I am delighted to announce the launch of this new San Francisco
HIV/AIDS care facility named in honor of Magic Johnson at AHF's first
'all-in-one' site--and the first of its kind in the nation," said Michael
Weinstein, AHF President. "It is our hope that this new
state-of-the-art HIV/AIDS healthcare center combined with free HIV
testing services and an AHF Pharmacy--the first nonprofit pharmacy in the
neighborhood--will offer the community a uniquely accessible and truly
patient-centered experience."

AHF has been serving clients in San Francisco since 2002 through its AHF
"Magic Johnson" Healthcare Center and AHF Pharmacy (at its former
location), and through HIV testing services. All of AHF's sixteen
healthcare centers--located in California and Florida--provide
comprehensive, patient-centered care designed specifically for
HIV-positive clients, offering access to the additional specialists,
medications and services they need to be as healthy as possible. This
newest facility is AHF's fifth clinic named in partnership with and in
honor of HIV-positive basketball legend Magic Johnson. Other AHF "Magic
Johnson" Healthcare Centers include sites in the West Adams District of
Los Angeles; in Oakland; and in Miami and Jacksonville, Florida.

"AHF is proud to open this new facility in the heart of San Francisco,
providing comprehensive services in one convenient location right next
door to our popular 'Out of the Closet' Thrift Store," said Judith
Briggs Marsh, Domestic Vice-Chair of AHF's Board of Directors and a
longtime Bay Area resident. "At a time when funding for vitally
necessary AIDS care is being cut, AHF is gratified to be able to find
ways to expand and fund lifesaving HIV/AIDS services. Ninety-six cents
of every dollar AHF earns through the thrift store and the pharmacy is
used to fund HIV/AIDS treatment, prevention and advocacy."

In addition to providing specialized expertise for people living with
HIV/AIDS, AHF Pharmacy also offers the community a friendly, personal
and not-for-profit alternative to the large, retail pharmacies. AHF
Pharmacy is a full-service pharmacy, able to fill any prescription and
open to everyone--HIV-positive or not. Revenues generated contribute to
caring for AHF patients as well as supporting its prevention and testing
programs worldwide. As its spokesperson in print and television
advertisements, actor
and activist Blair Underwood has urged widespread use of the AHF
pharmacy as an opportunity to help others, saying: "Any pharmacy can
fill a prescription. Only one can change lives."

"AHF is reinventing the idea of a local, neighborhood pharmacy by
offering customers highly specialized services and a way to give back,"
said Adam Ouderkirk, AHF's Bay Area Regional Director. "As
the first nonprofit pharmacy in the area, the AHF Pharmacy offers
everyone in the community an opportunity to help people in need locally
and in countries around the world to get the lifesaving HIV/AIDS medical
care and treatment they need."

"In addition to the clinic and pharmacy, AHF's new Church St. facility
will also offer free, confidential HIV testing using the oral rapid
test," said Whitney Engeran-Cordova, Director of AHF's Public
Health Division. "AHF is glad to be able to offer this free
service to the community and to work with other local agencies and the
Department of Public Health to maximize access to HIV testing for the
people of San Francisco."

With nineteen locations throughout California and Florida--including five
in the Bay Area--AIDS Healthcare Foundation's popular and award-winning
"Out of the Closet" thrift store chain is the nation's largest retail
fundraising vehicle for HIV/AIDS medical care. Several "Out of the
Closet" Thrift Store locations offer free HIV testing services,
including the Polk St. location and soon at the newly opened Oakland
store. AHF is the operator of the largest non-government HIV testing
program in California currently providing more than 30,000 tests this
year,

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) is the US' largest non-profit
HIV/AIDS healthcare provider. AHF currently provides medical care and/or
services to more than 100,000 individuals in 21 countries worldwide in
the US, Africa, Latin America/Caribbean and the Asia Pacific Region. www.aidshealth.org

SOURCE: AIDS Healthcare Foundation

AHF 
Lori Yeghiayan 
Associate Director of Communications 
Telephone: (323) 860-5227, Mobile: (323) 377-4312 
loriy@aidshealth.org 
or 
Adam Ouderkirk 
Bay Area Regional Director 
Mobile: (415) 519-1759 
adam.ouderkirk@aidshealth.org

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