The 19^th annual Pierce County AIDS Walk goes down Saturday, another valiant effort on the part of our community and the Pierce County AIDS Foundation to raise money and awareness for H.I.V., AIDS and the lives they affect. Or, more eloquently put in PC AIDS Foundation promotion: "a family friendly event to celebrate the commitment we have made as a community to end the AIDS epidemic, and to commemorate the lives that have been touched by HIV." Get involved.

[Downtown Tacoma-Theatre Park, 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., donations encouraged, Broadway between Ninth and 11^th streets, piercecountyaids.org]