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Note to Editors and Reporters: Please substitute this story for the version
sent to you on Monday (Oct. 21).  Tim Janis is not (yet) Grammy winning
but he is Billboard charting!  We regret the error and the inconvenience
to you!

BILLBOARD-CHARTING TIM JANIS' NEW SPECIAL EDITION CD
IS RAISING FUNDS, AWARENESS FOR HIV+ AFRICANS

NEW YORK, NY - 10/24/02 - A special AIDS in Africa Benefit Edition CD by
Billboard-charting US musician Tim Janis will help fight the HIV/AIDS
epidemic in Africa and provide care and compassion for HIV+ Africans.

The special edition CD, based on Janis' new "A Thousand Summers" album, is
available exclusively from Church World Service, and features several bonus
tracks Janis recorded in South Africa this May with the Sinikithemba HIV+
Choir of Durban and the world-famous Imilonji KaNtu Choral Society of
Soweto.

While touring in South Africa with international humanitarian aid agency
Church World Service, Janis performed a "Symphony of Hope" in Durban and
Johannesburg -- helping raise awareness and thousands of dollars to promote
the de-stigmatization of AIDS in the epicenter of the AIDS pandemic.

Beginning on World AIDS Day, December 1, at The Riverside Church in New York
City, the Sinikithemba HIV+ Choir will join Tim Janis for a series of
concerts to benefit for Church World Service's HIV/AIDS work in Africa. The
concert series will include a Washington, D.C., appearance; a
Boston/Cambridge performance sponsored by Harvard Medical School, and other
concerts in Massachusetts and Connecticut.

The U.S. performances, this spring's South African performances, and Janis'
AIDS in Africa "A Thousand Summers" Benefit CD are part of Church World
Service's multi-year initiative to address problems of health, hunger and
malnutrition, poverty, and self-sufficiency across Africa.  Church World
Service is an agency of the 36 Protestant, Orthodox and Anglican member
denominations of the National Council of Churches.

All proceeds from sales of the CDs will directly benefit CWS' AIDS programs
in Africa. CDs can be ordered directly at www.churchworldservice.org, or by
calling toll free (800) 297-1516. Cost for the CDs: $15 each plus $3
shipping/handling.

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CONTACT:	Carol Fouke, CWS New York Media Liaison
 Phone: (212) 870-2252; e-mail: carolf@ncccusa.org

		Jan Dragin, Boston
		Phone: (781) 925-1526; e-mail: jdragin@gis.net