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Ke$ha Contest with Ryan Seacrest Features AHF's "Out of the Closet" Thrift Store

Ke$ha's vintage shopping trip with the "Superfan" contest winner will take place at the "Out of the Closet" Thrift Store location on Sunset Blvd. across the street from the world-famous Hollywood Palladium. (Photo: Business Wire)

"Out of the Closet" is a chain of twenty-one thrift stores located in Northern California, Southern California and South Florida. The stores are owned and operated by AIDS Healthcare Foundation, the largest global AIDS organization, which currently provides medical care and services to more than 150,000 individuals in 26 countries worldwide in the US, Africa, Latin America/Caribbean, the Asia/Pacific region and Eastern Europe.

"We want to thank Ke$ha for choosing 'Out of the Closet' Thrift Stores and for supporting the work we do," said Michael Weinstein, President of AIDS Healthcare Foundation. "Ninety-six cents of every dollar earned through sales at 'Out of the Closet' goes into the care and treatment of people living with HIV/AIDS in the U.S. and around the globe. This contest promotion will go a long way toward educating the public about an easy and fun way to make a lifesaving difference-by donating to and shopping at their local 'Out of the Closet' store."

In addition to books, antiques, children's, men's and women's clothing and vintage treasures, AHF's "Out of the Closet" stores frequently benefit from proximity to, and the generosity of donations from, numerous Hollywood celebrities including Elizabeth Taylor, Carol Burnett and Ellen DeGeneres as well as film and television production companies. In the past, such high profile thrift store donations have included props and clothing from Director Tim Burton's film Mars Attacks!, items from Selena, the film biography on the late Tejana superstar, and clothing and shoes from the former ABC-TV sitcom, Grace Under Fire. HBO generously donated costumes, props and set pieces from the popular TV show Six Feet Under to 'Out of the Closet' when the show ended its run in 2005.

Several "Out of the Closet" Thrift Stores offer free HIV testing and counseling. These testing and outreach services are part of AHF's Public Health Division which offers mobile HIV testing and counseling services, non-traditional venue HIV and STD (sexually-transmitted disease) testing, partner counseling and referral services, as well as other community-based prevention and testing services.

Another way to support the work that AIDS Healthcare Foundation does around the world is to register and vote for AHF to win $200,000 through the American Express Members Project. Participants can vote weekly until Sunday February 20^th to help AHF reach even more people with its lifesaving services. To access AHF's Members Project page and start voting, please visit: http://www.takepart.com/node/220366.

For more information about AIDS Healthcare Foundation, please visit: www.aidshealth.org.

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AIDS Healthcare Foundation
Lori Yeghiayan
AHF Assoc. Dir. of Communications
Office: (323) 308-1834
Cell: (323) 377-4312
loriy@aidshealth.org
or
Ged Kenslea
AHF Communications Director
Office: (323) 308-1833
Cell: (323) 791-5526
gedk@aidshealth.org