In spite of the rain, about thirty Ragon Institute members joined the nearly 10,000 participants of the 31st annual Boston AIDS Walk and Run.

The Ragon Institute has been a long-time supporter of AIDS Action Committee’s annual AIDS Walk and this year, Team Ragon raised $32,015, coming in 2nd place for top fundraising team.

Participants walk/run for different reasons, but walk together for one common cause: to support AIDS Action Committee in its work to prevent new infections, maximize the health outcomes of those infected, and to end the epidemic here in Massachusetts. Over the past three decades, the walk has raised more than $40 million, which the AIDS Action Committee uses to provide services for people diagnosed with HIV infection and AIDS.