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TITAN MEDIA TO SPONSOR HEALING WATERS FOR SAN FRANCISCO PRIDE 2007
By: Keith Witchka, Staff Writer
We just got this in from the fabulous Titan Media / Io Group organization. Titan Media, parent company of gay adult brands TitanMen, TitanMen Fresh, ManPlay and MSR Video is pleased to announce that it will be sponsoring and underwriting the Healing Waters float in the 2007 San Francisco Pride Parade.
Healing Waters is a San Francisco-based non-profit organization that helps people living with HIV/AIDS reclaim their lives through outdoor adventures. The support is in memoriam of long time Titan Media employee and friend Eric Skiver, who passed away in late 2006 from HIV/AIDS related complications.
Healing Waters’ mission is to empower, inspire and enrich the lives of people challenging HIV/AIDS through wilderness adventures. Since 1996, Healing Waters has provided whitewater rafting trips on
the Kern and American Rivers, kayaking trips in the San Juan Islands of Washington, teen-camp LIQUID for HIV+ teens, day trips around the Bay Area and paddling adventures in Monterey and beyond. Working with qualified volunteers, they provide an emotionally and physically safe environment in the outdoors for individuals to take a moment to celebrate living, and challenge their own beliefs about their strengths and abilities. More than 2,900 men, women and teenagers have been helped by Healing Waters.
“We are very proud to be supporting the incredible work being done by the two staff members and more than 180 volunteers at Healing Waters,” says Bruce Cam, President of Titan Media.
“Eric Skiver was a dear and devoted friend for many years. I know how much he appreciated the trips he made with Healing Waters over the years; he also enjoyed and looked forward to the many weekends where he was one of the Healing Waters volunteer cooks. I hope that through our support others may experience that same sense of joy and accomplishment that was so special to Eric. All of us at Titan miss Eric very much and hope that Eric’s joy can live on through others.”
The theme for the float is Fun in the Sun with Healing Waters. The float will show parade attendees the types of activities Healing Waters provides, including mountain climbing, backpacking, kayaking and whitewater rafting.
The float was designed by volunteer raft guide Devon Raphael and built by Healing Waters volunteers. According to Mike Dugan, Healing Waters Executive Director,
“Healing Waters would not have a float without the generous financial support from Titan Media. We are a small nonprofit without a budget for major public relations activities. Healing Waters would like to thank the Titan Media staff for their tremendous support.”“As part of our continuing efforts to help support non-profit community based organizations, we are very proud to be underwriting Healing Waters for Pride 2007,” says Keith Webb, Vice President of Titan Media.
“We have always felt that Pride should be focused on the community and all the amazing work being done by non-profit organizations, not about our models dancing on floats. There is a time and place for everything in our community and we believe that Pride should be focused on the community.”
To support and/or volunteer at Healing Waters please contact:
Healing Waters
167 Fell Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
Tel. 415.552.1190
Fax 415.552.1186
Email info@hwaters.org
www.HWaters.org
