Michael Phelps, Olympic Gold Medalist and sometimes partyier, is featured in a new ad campaign for the Until There’s A Cure Foundation to help raise awareness and much needed funds for HIV/AIDS research. The campaign advertises the sale of specially created bracelets that raise money for charities that exist to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS and to help those afflicted with the disease. Here is our first look at Phelpsie‘s new Until There’s A Cure campaign ad and some info about the foundation:
Until There’s A Cure® is a national organization dedicated to eradicating HIV/AIDS by raising awareness and funds to combat this pandemic. Our dream is that no one else will become infected with HIV. For those who are HIV positive, we are dedicated on their behalf to educating all people about the virus and the overwhelming need for love and compassion in fighting this pandemic. Our goal is to fund prevention education, care services, and vaccine development using The Bracelet as the tool. The Bracelet will not only serve as a bridge to unite people to fight HIV/AIDS, but will help to increase awareness, compassion, understanding, and responsibility.
Until There’s A Cure is committed to:
- Funding innovative programs which promote AIDS awareness and prevention education for our generation of young Americans.
- Providing financial support for care and services for those living with AIDS.
- Actively supporting AIDS vaccine development which offers the best hope for reducing the spread of HIV.
You know, Michael Phelps may engage in questionable behavior that lands him in hot water from time to time (I mean, who among us hasn’t?) but I have to commend him for working with the Until There’s A Cure Foundation to help raise HIV/AIDS awareness. He gets kudos from on on this endorsement deal, that’s for sure. If YOU would like to join the fight against HIV/AIDS and would like to purchase your own Until There’s A Cure bracelet (available in a few different styles) then you can order one directly from the foundation HERE.
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I love Michael Phelps….
Something like this was obviously a bit of time in the making since it involved the photo shoot and whatnot, either way, its damn good timing that shortly after negative press something like this comes out.
i’ve never considered myself a huge michael phelps fan per say, but this definitely changes my opinion of him a bit. michael phelps has all kinds of fans, and it’s good to know he’s using his highly influential fame for such a worthy cause!
What a great cause! Michael really is a good person who makes mistakes like everyone else and learns from them. Mad props to him for participating in this!