honoring the completion of the improvements and features originally envisioned in the 1991 design by the founders of the AIDS Memorial Grove, and the establishment of the initial $1.5 million endowment fund. (December) World AIDS Day “Stigma and Discrimination”. Grove Award for Volunteer Service to F. Vic Galvan, longtime volunteer and Grove tour guide. 2003 (April) Board votes to proceed with a Memorial Design Feature Competition. The idea is to add to the experience of visiting the Grove and to increase public awareness of this as the National Memorial to those lost to AIDS. World AIDS Day; Grove Award for Community Service to Paul Miller; and Award of Hope to Thomas J Coats, PhD 2004 Initial money raised to hire Andy Abrahams Wilson to write a professional treatment for a documentary film about the Grove. (May) "Groove in the Grove" gala and concert event. 2005 Memorial Design Feature Competition winner announced: “Living Memorial” by Janette Kim and Chloe Town, (December) World AIDS Day; Donor Appreciation Award to Donald O Collins; Community Service Award to Gert McMullin of the Names Project. 2006 Open Eye Pictures creates initial trailer for “Forget Me Not” — a documentary film about the Grove. (September) "Mad Hatter’s Tea Party" 15th Anniversary Gala. (December) World AIDS Day; Grove Award honors Dr Abraham Verghese; and the McCormick family (owners of Magnani Chicken), honored for 13 years of contributions to Monthly Community Volunteer Workday lunches. 2007 (December) World AIDS Day; Grove Award for Community Service honored Ruth Brinker, founder of Project Open Hand; Donor Appreciation Award to Brenda Wright Sr VP Wells Fargo. 2008 (December) World AIDS Day; Coming Of Age with AIDS Grove Award for HIV/AIDS is given to Don Jacobs Grove, a workday volunteer; Donor Appreciation Award is given to Bill Clark and Alice Russell-Shapiro, founding board members. 2009 (December) World AIDS Day; National Leadership Award is given to Dr. Stephen F Morin; Local Unsung Hero Award to Bishop Yvette Flunder, Executive Director of Ark of Refuge Inc.; First Annual Youth Scholarships awarded to student essay writers. 2010 Work begins on the South Slope Rhododendron Restoration Project, with initial donations from Polo de Lorenzo. Words of Henry Wells inscribed above bench facing Circle of Peace. (November) First annual "Light In the Grove" gala event. Pat Christen, former director of San Francisco AIDS Foundation, is honored for her role in creating the Ryan White Care Act. (December) World