my name is travis abernathy. i am a tip we would-time participant in the life program -- a two-time participant in the light program. people who know my story would tell you i have been living with aids for 35 years as of today. if it were not for the life program, i would still be in my wheelchair that i spent three years in. i ask that you find in your heart somewhere a way to make this work. without the program, i would still be trapped in my house, afraid to go out, afraid to reach out for help. i know that with a budget, you guys have a lot of things in your hands that you have to deal with, but this is one thing i cannot let go. i need the life program in order to exist, to communicate with my fellow people that understand me. outside of the life program, i have nothing. it has brought me from a very dark place in my life to a place where you saw it at now -- i am act now -- wehrhere i am at now. i ask you please to somehow make it work. without the program, so many people will not know what i know, and tha