Julie Newmar, TV’s Catwoman, to Emcee Out of the Closet’s “Cheap Chic” Fashion Show Benefiting AHF

“Tough Times, Great Solutions” is Timely Theme of this 21-and-Over Fashion Show and Auction Featuring Trendy and Affordable Fashions from Popular “Out of the Closet” Thrift Stores, Benefiting AIDS Healthcare Foundation

Free HIV Testing Will be Offered During Event

By: AIDS Healthcare Foundation

Los Angeles, CA - April 20, 2009

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) is pleased to announce that Julie Newmar, best known as the popular TV villain Catwoman on the Batman series, will emcee Out of the Closet’s upcoming “Cheap Chic” Fashion Show and Auction on Saturday night, May 2nd at Out of the Closet in Hollywood at 6210 Sunset Blvd.  Tickets are available now at all Out of the Closet locations and at www.OutoftheCloset.org.

This 21-and-over fundraising event— built around the timely theme“Tough Times, Great Solutions!”—will benefit AHF, the largest AIDS group in the US, which currently provides more than 15,000 free HIV and STD tests annually in California via its community-based testing programs.  The fashion show, which starts at 9:00 PM (no-host cocktails served from 7:30 to 9:00 PM), will feature models decked out in trendy and affordable wares straight from the racks of “Out of the Closet,” year-round purveyor of “cheap chic” and great solutions in tough times. Attendees will have a chance to bid for the models’ outfits after the show. Admission is $15.00.  Free HIV testing will be offered 7:30—9:00 PM and 10:00—11:00 PM.

“Out of the Closet,” the world’s most fabulous thrift store, is a chain of stores in Northern and Southern California, and in South Florida, owned and operated by AIDS Healthcare Foundation. As the nation’s largest retail fundraising vehicle for HIV/AIDS medical care, the “Out of the Closet” Thrift Store chain generates 30,000 donations and nearly 1 million shoppers a year.   In addition to retail operations, seven of the stores offer free, confidential HIV testing by certified counselors through AHF’s innovative prevention and testing program, the largest such program in California.  Since 1990, the “Out of the Closet” Thrift Stores have helped raise funds for AHF’s HIV/AIDS medical care, testing and prevention programs.  Ninety-six cents of every dollar earned goes to the care and treatment of people living with HIV/AIDS.

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About AHF
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) is the nation’s largest non-profit HIV/AIDS organization. AHF currently provides medical care and/or services to more than 100,000 individuals in 21 countries worldwide in the US, Africa, Latin America/Caribbean and Asia. Additional information is available at www.aidshealth.org