amfAR is America's first AIDS research foundation. According to their website: "In the course of its 25-year history, amfAR has invested more than $366 million in its programs, spawning numerous significant advances in HIV prevention, treatment and care. These accomplishments have helped extend, improve, and save the lives of countless people around the world living with HIV/AIDS or vulnerable to HIV infection."
Celebrity Kenneth Cole is a designer and supports amfAR. He joined the board in 1987 and became chairman in 2004. "It was really apparent that there was a looming dark cloud that needed a voice. ...I got involved and it changed me." Four of the six drugs that are used for people with HIV/AIDS have roots at one point in amfAR funding. "So, amfAR has had a very profound impact," Cole states.
