AIDS Benefit Concert Thursday at RBR

It's truly inspiring how involved our local schools are in helping others. Last night the to raise money and awareness for , and tonight 's students are putting on a concert to benefit people in the area living with AIDS.

Students will sing, dance, act and perform spoken work pieces from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the RBR commons. It is the 11th year the school's C.A.R.E.S. (Compassion, Awareness, Respect, Education, and Support) club is hosting the event, the intent of which is to promote awareness of HIV/AIDS and its impact upon youth.

Admission to the event is $5 and all proceeds benefit Broadway CARES/Equity Fights AIDS and The Center of Asbury Park, two organizations which exist to support those living with HIV and AIDS.

C.A.R.E.S. at RBR was founded over a decade ago by a grieving student who sought to bring meaning to the death of a family member who died from the AIDS virus.

Since its inception, C.A.R.E.S. has promoted AIDS awareness among the RBR student body through a lunchtime speaking series that features speakers involved with treating and preventing HIV, along with people living with the disease offering first hand accounts of their experiences.

Club members have also carried the flag in national and global AIDS awareness campaigns like World AIDS Day by distributing red ribbons to all students.