Go Daddy's Bob Parsons and Renee Parsons present check to Carol Poore of Southwest Center for HIV/AIDS
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Domain registrar and Web hosting provider Go Daddy (www.godaddy.com) announced on Monday it has donated $500,000 to the Southwest Center for HIV/AIDS (www.swhiv.org) to launch the Go Daddy Women’s Health Center in Phoenix.
Go Daddy CEO and founder Bob Parsons announced the donation at the company’s annual holiday event held Saturday at Chase Field in Phoenix.
With a budget of more than $4 million, the amusement-theme party featured carnival rides, more than $1 million in employee cash giveaways, Go Daddy Girls, and musical guests Jewel, George Thorogood and the Destroyers and ZZ Top.
Parsons presented a “big check” to Carol Poore, president and CEO of Southwest Center for HIV/AIDS in front of more than 5,000 employees and guests at the party.
“This is an important cause few people talk about,” said Parsons. “The issue of women living with HIV and AIDS doesn’t get much publicity, but more than a quarter-million women and girls in this country are infected with HIV. We believe Go Daddy can make a difference and that the Go Daddy Women’s Center will provide relief for many women suffering from this terrible disease.”
In addition to helping create the center, Go Daddy’s donation will support the expansion of HIV/AIDS prevention and educational partnerships with local domestic violence shelters, and provides title sponsorship of the Southwest Center’s 2011 Gala-Night for Life, home tour-Tour for Life, and restaurant event-Dining out for Life.
As part of Southwest Center’s new community health and education facility, the Go Daddy Women’s Health Center will be partially funded by the City of Phoenix 2006 bond election.
Currently, Southwest Center for HIV/AIDS is located at 12th street and McDowell and serves 70 percent of Arizona’s 14,000 residents impacted by HIV/AIDS.
Since its inception in 1988, Southwest Center has provided HIV/AIDS testing and counseling, prevention education, wellness support services, and clinical trials.
In 2010, Southwest Center for HIV/AIDS offered educational presentations and support services to nearly 700 HIV-positive women as well as more than 550 women considered to be at-risk but not infected.
The new building will be at an undisclosed central Phoenix location in 2011.
Go Daddy has donated more than $3.4 million in 2010, including $100,000 to the Arizona Humane Society and $100,000 to Nashville’s Salvation Army to help victims of the Nashville floods.
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