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Don't Turn Your Back On AIDS 2011

On Thursday evening April 28th 2011, the Flowers Heritage Foundation hosted its Fifth Annual Don't Turn Your Back on AIDS High School HIV/AIDS Awareness Art Exhibition and Awards Ceremony. This year's event was held at the Bently Reserve in San Francisco from 6:00-9:00 PM. Silent auction items included everything from weekend vacations and fine wines, to sports memorabilia, fine art, and goods and services. Live entertainment was provided by Paula West and her band. The Mistress of Ceremony was Barbara Rodgers, former news anchor with CBS 5 (KPIX). Media coverage highlighted this extraordinary event.

We received 150 compelling and insightful artworks from 15 Bay Area high schools, and raised money to support the Foundation's public health programs for another year.

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Congratulations to the winners of the AIDS Awareness through Art competition:

Grand Prize	Matt Beadle	Foothill High School
Second Prize	Madison Craig "Hidden Pain"	Foothill High School
Third Prize	Nils Thornally "In Darkness"	Foothill High School
Founder’s Choice Award	SuWan Oh "Behind the Stigma"	Foothill High School

Honorable Mention:

Alise Smith,	"Red Stripes"	Hayward High School
Dan Marquis	"Do Not Touch"	Hayward High School
Matt Jacobe,	"Hope"	Foothill High School
Daniel Michael	"Ribbon"	Foothill High School
Collin James	"Uncle Stan’s Leather Jacket"	Foothill High School
Ellen Kwan	"Drop of Blood “Silence=Death"	Foothill High School
Sydnie Sherman		Freedom High School
Dax Morgan	"The Face of Stigma"	Freedom High School
Angela Andres		Freedom High School
Tate Lyverse	"Time to Love"	Acalanes High School
Katie Mitroff	"The Stigma"	Acalanes High School
Aristotle Vlacos	"It Aint that Apparent"	Foothill High School
Darren Shumaker	"Drop the Stigma"	Foothill High School
Patricia Lee	"Don’t look away from AIDS"	Foothill High Schooll
Mina Shin	"The Faithful Have Nothing to Fear"	Foothill High School
Kathleen Latimer	"Silenced"	Acalanes High School
Sophie Fuller	"AIDS has no face"	Miramonte High School
Taeyeon Kim	"Life’s Precious"	Foothill High School
Shabnam Mashhoon	"Affliction"	Foothill High Schooll
Elora Kelsh	"Shadow of Trepidation"	Foothill High School
Keianne Yamada	"Tainted Soul"	Foothill High School

Thank you to all of the high schools that participated in the 2011 Don’t Turn your Back on AIDS art competition: Acalanes High School, Miramonte High School, Foothill High School, Freedom High School, Hayward High School.

Photos of the students’ powerful and inspiring artworks can be found at: http://flowersheritagefoundation.smugmug.com/

T H A N K Y O U !

Our generous Sponsor:

Ramsell Holding Corporation, Bently Reseve and Numi Tea as in-kind sponsors for the event.

Art Judges:

Stephanie Cannizzo - Curatorial Associate, Berkeley Art Museum

Ahmed Rahim - Founder & CEO, Numi Tea

Staff:

Gregory W. Edwards - Executive Director

Robert Thomson – Executive Project Assistant

Flowers Heritage Foundation Board of Directors: Alton Burkhalter, Hillary Flowers, Bill Green, Joe Kroll, Jimmy Loyce, Erin McGrath

Event Volunteers: Michael Harper, Jordanna Perez, Linda Burgo, Beth Frankland, Jacqueline LaFaye, Lakisha Scott, Nicole Hincapie, Gina Herrera, Colleen Higgs, Chris Dominguez, Valerie Arnold, Jennifer Klatt, Maggie Isherwood, Jerry Crank, Toby Bruce, Tazima Barnes, Alex Balderramos, Jason Barnett, Carlos Esclamado, Paula Fleming, Mohammed Ali, Kris Nicklaus