Katelyn Baker
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A team of Bay Area medical cannabis companies is set to out-fundraise corporate giants like Levi's, Williams-Sonoma, Kaiser and Pixar during this year's San Francisco's annual AIDS Walk.
Berkeley Patients Group staff reported Thursday that they raised over $50,000 for AIDS research from 20 industry sponsors including Oakland's Dark Heart Nursery, Harborside Health Center and the Cann-I-Dream Foundation - which supports pediatric medical pot patients.
The coalition calls themselves "Team Cannabis" and sponsors a checkpoint on the AIDS Walk SF 10K walk this weekend in Golden Gate Park. Team Cannabis encourages patients and allies to join them in donating to the cause and walking with them this Sunday in Sharon Meadows. Fundraising continues through the calendar year.
BPG spokesman Victor Pinho said Team Cannabis has found open arms supporting AIDS Walk SF, and out-fundraised Google by raising $66,000 last year.
"The thing that sticks in my mind that gives me chills is the level of acceptance that the general populace has. We didn't receive one bit of negative feedback and were welcomed into the event," he said. "We're looking forward to another fantastic walk."
AIDS philanthropy goes to the heart of the medical cannabis movement worldwide, which started in San Francisco in the '90s as a response to the then-incurable disease.
Berkeley Patients Group founder Jim McClelland died of the disease a few years after founding one of the nation's oldest medical pot providers. Research has shown cannabis helps manage AIDS wasting, insomnia, and likely slows the progression of the disease.
"What we are doing is picking up where Jim left off and carrying on his legacy as best we know how to," said Pinho.
The Team Cannabis fundraiser fits a pattern of corporate philanthropy at the major Berkeley retailer, who has given out over $100,000 to community initiatives in the past few years, as well as gives away free medicine to the sick and needy as part of Berkeley's city-mandated compassion program.
All dispensaries in Berkeley must earmark a percentage of their cannabis for the terminally ill, who are among the least likely to be able to afford cannabis supplies, which can run hundreds or thousands of dollars per month.
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Full Article: Pot Shops Blow Past Google, Kaiser In Fundraising For AIDS Walk San Francisco
Author: David Downs
Contact: SF Gate
Photo Credit: None Found
Website: SF Gate
Berkeley Patients Group staff reported Thursday that they raised over $50,000 for AIDS research from 20 industry sponsors including Oakland's Dark Heart Nursery, Harborside Health Center and the Cann-I-Dream Foundation - which supports pediatric medical pot patients.
The coalition calls themselves "Team Cannabis" and sponsors a checkpoint on the AIDS Walk SF 10K walk this weekend in Golden Gate Park. Team Cannabis encourages patients and allies to join them in donating to the cause and walking with them this Sunday in Sharon Meadows. Fundraising continues through the calendar year.
BPG spokesman Victor Pinho said Team Cannabis has found open arms supporting AIDS Walk SF, and out-fundraised Google by raising $66,000 last year.
"The thing that sticks in my mind that gives me chills is the level of acceptance that the general populace has. We didn't receive one bit of negative feedback and were welcomed into the event," he said. "We're looking forward to another fantastic walk."
AIDS philanthropy goes to the heart of the medical cannabis movement worldwide, which started in San Francisco in the '90s as a response to the then-incurable disease.
Berkeley Patients Group founder Jim McClelland died of the disease a few years after founding one of the nation's oldest medical pot providers. Research has shown cannabis helps manage AIDS wasting, insomnia, and likely slows the progression of the disease.
"What we are doing is picking up where Jim left off and carrying on his legacy as best we know how to," said Pinho.
The Team Cannabis fundraiser fits a pattern of corporate philanthropy at the major Berkeley retailer, who has given out over $100,000 to community initiatives in the past few years, as well as gives away free medicine to the sick and needy as part of Berkeley's city-mandated compassion program.
All dispensaries in Berkeley must earmark a percentage of their cannabis for the terminally ill, who are among the least likely to be able to afford cannabis supplies, which can run hundreds or thousands of dollars per month.
News Moderator: Katelyn Baker 420 MAGAZINE ®
Full Article: Pot Shops Blow Past Google, Kaiser In Fundraising For AIDS Walk San Francisco
Author: David Downs
Contact: SF Gate
Photo Credit: None Found
Website: SF Gate
