Timothy Ray Brown “The Berlin Patient” Memorial Campaign and Community Consortium Announced
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Wednesday, February 10, 2021
San Francisco & Palm Springs, Feb. 10, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A consortium HIV/AIDS organizations have launched the Timothy Ray Brown The Berlin Patient Memorial Campaign (TRB Memorial Campaign), a community effort to memorialize Browns journey and life.The consortium will raise funds for a memorial boulder with a touching inscription in the National AIDS Memorial Grove in San Francisco and a memorial bench and plaqueinWellness Park adjacent to the Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs.
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- San Francisco & Palm Springs, Feb. 10, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A consortium HIV/AIDS organizations have launched the Timothy Ray Brown The Berlin Patient Memorial Campaign (TRB Memorial Campaign), a community effort to memorialize Browns journey and life.The consortium will raise funds for a memorial boulder with a touching inscription in the National AIDS Memorial Grove in San Francisco and a memorial bench and plaqueinWellness Park adjacent to the Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs.
- Timothy Ray Brownwas an American considered to be the first person curedof HIV/AIDS .Brown was diagnosed with HIV while studying abroad in Berlin, Germany in 1995, and later developed acute myeloid leukemia.
- The coordinating consortium consists of the National AIDS Memorial, Lets Kick A.S.S.
- The National AIDS Memorial is serving as fiscal sponsor for the Campaign.