Richard M. Brodsky Foundation

To help people living with HIV/AIDS in America and Kenya, to sponsor orphan dinner dances in Kenya, to provide seed and seedlings so orphans and caretakers can grow their own fruits and vegetables in Kenya, to provide toys for children living with pediatric cancer at Schneider Children's Hospital, to provide toiletry gift / items for people living with HIV/AIDS and / or cancer. to provide FREE runs for people living with HIV/AIDS & Cancer and their friends and encourage others to provide FREE runs on 3/21, to provide FREE AIDS testing at 6/6 Event, to provide funds for AIDS/cancer research

I am HIV-positive for 12 years and a brain cancer survivor for 7 years. My doctors diagnosed me with terminal brain cancer back in 2002. I was determined to beat the brain cancer and I still run marathons with my wife in America and Africa as well. The Foundation tries to raise awareness that just because people are diagnosed with so called terminal illnesses, they can still live a productive life if they have access to the AIDS medicine and follow-up medical care, exercise, eat healthy and do not drink or smoke. In Africa the problem is far worse as there is not enough clean drinking water, inadequate supplies of nutritious food, tuberculosis, malaria and poverty contribute to early life expectancy when people are diagnosed with HIV/AIDS

co-sponsored 5 World AIDS Marathons with the Kisumu, Kenya World AIDS Marathon Group plus one World AIDS Marathon in Gainesville, Florida. Sponsored one FREE Run for HIVers, Cancer Survivors & Friends, Sponsored two 5k AIDS / Cancer Run / Walks in Seaford, Long Island, provided $22,500 in toiletry / gift items for people living with HIV/AIDS and cancer, $3,500 in toys to children with pediatric cancer at Schneider Children's Hospital, sponsored 6 orphan dinner dances for 1,900 orphans in Kisumu, Kenya and provided orange and mango seedlings at a recent orphan dinner dance in Kenya, provided $2,000 to get an orphanage started, miscellaneous donations of $4,000 for various AIDS and cancer projects both in Kenya and America

2004 Mbita World AIDS Marathon, 2005 Gainesville, Florida World AIDS Marathon & Surviving & Thriving Conference, 2006 thru 2009 World AIDS Marathon in Kisumu, Kenya. All marathons were held on World AIDS Day. May 22, 2008 and May 31, 2009 5K AIDS / Cancer Run / Walk. FREE Run Walk for HIVers, Cancer Survivors & Friends on October 25, 2009

Received 4 letters from President Barack Obama wishing and other politicians wishing me well. President Obama's grandmother flagged off the 2008 and 2009 World AIDS Marathon. For letters and photos, please visit www.worldaidsmarathon.com.

For local Events, the President of the Greater Long Island Running Club consisitng of 3,500+/- members said, 'there is no hareder working race director on Long Island than Richard Brodsky, ...'

Over $6,000 in lottery prizes was given away at the May 31, 2009 5k AIDS / Cancer Run / Walk and we had tons of food and drinks.