my dear friend, founder of aids walk, craig miller is here, who brought this to san francisco 34 years ago. craig, different this year, we've never had an aids walk like it. >> it's very different this year. i'm proud a few things are the same, dan ashley is with us, abc 7 is with us. it would not be july in san francisco without a gathering in support of coplehe sve as walk san francisco remains key to this community's fight against hiv. >> reporter: it sure does. we'll talk about the beneficiaries in a moment, but walk me through how different this aids walk is in terms of planning. obviously we don't have the giant stage, we don't have hundreds of volunteers, we don't have thousands of people here. but the event has taken months to plan, and virtual planning has been huge. we have some terrific stars as we always do. they're just not here in the park this year. walk us through how this year has been different for you from a planning perspective. >> we started off thinking it may be practical and feasible and safe to gather in person, in golden gate park. but as the months wore on, i