What happens when you mix one part night-on-the-town, two parts fundraiser, a dash of HIV awareness, and a twist of philanthropy? Well, you have AIDSCARE's fourth annual BAR AIDS
fundraising event, scheduled for Thursday, August 23, 2007.

Started in 2004, BAR AIDS is an amazing philanthropic evening in the fight against HIV/AIDS. This year it has been revamped and designed as an effective tool to raise much needed funds for AIDSCARE while drawing new customers and increasing sales to the participating bars and clubs.

Modeled after the very successful Dining Out for Life program, BAR AIDS particpants will donate a portion of their August 23rd sales proceeds to AIDSCARE, a 15-year-old Chicago non-profit organization helping children, women and men living with HIV/AIDS. Through their housing, care, and support services AIDSCARE assists its residents in achieving a higher quality of life. Not just content with providing physical housing, AIDSCARE strives to provide a real home to the many folks it serves.

Boi Magazine is proud to be a headline sponsor of BAR AIDS and is an enthusiastic supporter of the work that AIDSCARE is doing in the city. So on the night of Thursday August 23, 2007, anyone who is at least 21 years old is encouraged to patronize one of the participating BAR AIDS bars listed below. Pick a place and be sure to invite

your friends, family members, and co-workers to join you in a night of fun and fundraising and possibly even go home a winner. At each BAR AIDS participating location, raffle tickets will be sold for chances to win one of several Roundtrip Travel Certificates. Each Certificate is good for round-trip coach class travel for two within the continental U.S., Alaska, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean on Delta Airlines.

Want to be more involved with BAR AIDS? Volunteer Ambassadors are still being sought to help make the night a roaring success. Ambassadors are assigned to an individual bar or club and work with the venue to ensure that they are as full as possible on the night of BAR AIDS. They do this by working with their assigned bar or club to help fill it, bringing the venue their materials, and inviting everyone they know to go out for a drink at their bar or club that night. They are also at the bar or club on the night of the event to greet patrons and encourage them to enter the BAR AIDS Raffle. The time commitment is not too large but the value to BAR AIDS is immeasurable!

For more information about BAR AIDS, including what volunteer opportunities exist for that night, call 773.935.4663 or go to the website:
www.barAIDS.org.

2007 BAR AIDS Participants:

Encore Liquid Lounge 171 W. Randolph Street
312.338.3788

REDkiva 1108 W. Randolph Street
312.226.5577

Salud Tequila Lounge 1471 N. Milwaukee Avenue
773.276.7582

Suite Lounge 1446 N. Wells Street
312.787.6103

Touché 6412 N. Clark Street
773.465.7400