Student organizations to host World AIDS Day events

The University of Central Arkansas? Rotaract club will collaborate with the Healthy Environment and Life Protection (HELP) club to host World AIDS Day events on Wednesday, Dec. 1.

Members of Rotaract and H.E.L.P. will distribute red ribbons and other awareness materials on campus throughout the day. The day?s events will continue in Brewer-Hegeman Conference Center Rooms 5a-b from 6-8 p.m.

Speakers will address this year?s theme, ?Women, Girls, HIV and AIDS,” which seeks to raise awareness on the many issues that surround females concerning HIV and AIDS in the global community. A panel discussion will follow and refreshments will be served. The event is free and open to the public.

The Rotaract club of UCA is a nonprofit, nonpolitical, international service organization for young adults sponsored by the Conway Morning and Noon Rotary clubs. It is designed to provide an avenue for college students to fulfill Rotary International’s motto, “Service above Self.” There are over 163,000 members in some 7,088 Rotaract clubs in 151 countries. Rotaract clubs around the world work in their communities to provide needed humanitarian services and to increase international understanding.

For more info about World AIDS Day events, contacts Anna-Kate Mayhew, president of UCA Rotaract Club at (501) 733-7360; Larry Burns, president of UCA H.E.L.P Club at (501) 538-3602; or Dr. Phillip Bailey, advisor of UCA Rotaract Club at (501) 450-5645.