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 | Heterosexuals are considered at risk for the first time after two women whose sexual partners had AIDS contract the disease. |
| Fear of casual transmission spreads. Bus drivers on San Francisco's public transportation system are seen wearing masks. Bobbi Campbell, a person with AIDS, is interviewed from a sound-proof room so television personnel won't have to place microphones on his body. |
| The first U.S. conference on AIDS is held in Denver. |
| San Francisco holds the AIDS Candlelight Vigil -- the first time that people with AIDS have come together in a public demonstration. The vigil was organized by Bobby Reynolds, Gary Walsh and Bobbi Campbell. We have since lost all of these men to AIDS. |
| The National Association of People with AIDS is founded. |
 | A modest holiday food drive unexpectedly spawns a new service -- a food bank for people with AIDS. Cary Norsworthy, the first Food Bank coordinator, recalls that collection bins overflowed with goods and trucks pulled up to the KS Foundation's offices to unload food. "Suddenly we were faced with the question of how to store and distribute all that food," Norsworthy says. The food was kept in a closet and clients filled their own grocery bags on an honor system. Gradually, more formal systems for distribution were implemented. To raise money for the Food Bank, a number of "Foodraisers" are held. |
| The KS Foundation holds numerous community forums and produces its first educational materials. |
| The KS Foundation serves 150 individuals and answers 6,413 hotline calls from its 10th Street office. The paid staff expands to eight people, most of whom expect the crisis will soon be over. |
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