AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) is joining in the closing festivities of Amsterdam's renowned Gay Pride Week on August 4 with a tent at the Rainbow Market, free HIV testing, and a Cheap Chic Fashion Show at AHF's first international Out of the Closet Thrift Store
As Amsterdam's world-renowned week of Gay Pride festivities draws to a close on August 4, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) will join in for the closing event through Amsterdam's Out of the Closet Thrift Store the thrift shop on Jodenbreestraat that is the first of the Foundation's Out of the Closet Thrift Store chain to be located outside of the United States. 96 cents of every dollar earned inside Out of the Closet Thrift Stores benefits the Foundation's work providing HIV testing as well as medical treatment and care for people living with HIV/AIDS in 28 countries worldwide.
About 8,000 people are expected to attend the Gay Pride Closing event in Rembrandt Square on the afternoon and evening of August 4, where AHF will be setting up a catwalk for a Cheap Chic Fashion Show showcasing the stylish vintage clothing available at Amsterdam's Out of the Closet. Additionally, the Foundation's Netherlands team will be operating an information booth at the Rainbow Market next to Rembrandt Square alongside a multitude of local LGBT and social organizations.
Also, just five minutes away from the Rembrandt Square festivities, free walk-in HIV testing will be provided inside the Out of the Closet Thrift Store at 158 Jodenbreestraat from 13:00 to 19:00. More information about the thrift store and the free testing there can be accessed by calling +31 (0) 20 620 62 61 or visiting www.outofthecloset.org/nl.
"People travel from around the world to attend Amsterdam's Gay Pride events, so it is our honor to showcase how easy and fashionable it can be to help fight the spread of HIV and AIDS worldwide through our Cheap Chic Fashion Show and information booth," said Chris Vermaak, store manager of the Amsterdam Out of the Closet. "We are also very excited to offer an opportunity for free HIV testing so that people can not only take pride in being exactly who they are, but also in doing all they can to protect their health and live well."
About AHF
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) is the largest non-profit HIV/AIDS healthcare provider in the USA. AHF currently provides medical care and/or services to over 230,000 individuals in 28 countries worldwide in the US, Africa, Latin America/Caribbean, Eastern Europe, and Asia. For more information, visit www.aidshealth.org, find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/aidshealth and follow us on Twitter: @AIDSHealthcare
Contacts:
Out of the Closet Amsterdam
Chris Vermaak, +31.20.620.03.17
chris.vermaak@aidshealth.org
or
AIDS Healthcare Foundation
Ged Kenslea, +1 323-308-1833
Mobile: 323-791-5526
ged.kenslea@aidshealth.org
Kyveli Diener, +1 323-960-4846
Mobile: 310-779-4796
kyveli.diener@aidshealth.org
