D.C. WALK FOR AIDS RAISES $220,000

About 3,000 people walked more than six miles around the Mall yesterday afternoon in a walkathon to raise money for AIDS care and lobbying efforts, according to U.S. Park Police.

Organizers said yesterday they had raised about $220,000 in pledges and donations from the second annual Next Step AIDSWALK. But with additional pledges expected in coming weeks, organizers said they expect to collect more than the $265,000 that was raised last year. The walkathon began at the steps of the Capitol and made a loop around the Mall past the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial.

Money from the 10-kilometer walkathon will benefit, among others, the Whitman-Walker Clinic, which provides counseling and legal, medical and financial support to people with acquired immune deficiency syndrome, and the Human Rights Campaign Fund, a political action committee that focuses on AIDS-related issues.

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