Race Details August 28, 2010 Registration at 8 am The walk and run are 5k in length Click here to register Download 2010 Aids Walk Run Pledge Sheet (PDF, 184kb) 2010 Aids Walk/Run Facebook page This year marks the 18th AIDS Walk in Grand Rapids. Last year, despite the slowing economy in Michigan, we had [...]
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Time: 6:00 pm
Helping people live healthier lives, and make healthier communities. Mondays and Thursdays from 6 pm - 8 pm at 54 S. Division in the Heartside building. Free anonymous syringe exchange, safer shot supplies, safer sex supplies, and risk reduction counseling. Free anonymous hepatitis C antibody testing. No appointment needed. Free overdose prevention and intervention training. at 6:00 pm - Free Rapid HIV TestingFree Rapid HIV Testing
Time: 6:00 pm
The Kent County Health Department will be partnering with the Clean Works program to offer fast, free, confidential HIV testing. Results in 15 minutes. Show-You-Know and S.T.O.P the spread of HIV. Offered from 6 - 8 pm at 54 S Division in the Heartside building. at 6:00 pm
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Ultra Pure Heroin And Overdose
The Grand Rapids Press recently reported that there has been an increase in Ultra Pure Heroin entering the country from Mexico and that this has led to an increase in overdose fatalities around the country. What the Grand Rapids Press fails to mention is that overdose has consistently been a major problem in Kent County [...]
“Think About It”
I saw an old friend recently and she was telling me how her 3 year old has adopted the phrase “think about it.” He pops this phrase into conversation at random times and it can be quite funny. “Mom, I am not wearing the crocs today…think about it” or “No, it is not time to [...]
Positively Connected
I have a hard time getting my thoughts down on paper. They are swirling in my head all the time, and I think to myself, I need to write about this or blog about that, then when I actually sit down to do it, my mind goes blank. I have so much I want to [...]
Congratulations Tami!
Our very own Tami Vanden Berg…board member extraordinaire…has just captured the title of “Young Entrepreneur of the year.” Check it out: “The Chamber calls Tami a community activist”. Ya-hoo! http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2010/05/grand_rapids_chamber_of_commer_3.html
War on AIDS Is Falling Apart
Clinics in Uganda, Kenya, and other nations are losings AIDS/HIV grants and funding in the coming months. AIDS2031, a panel convened to look ahead to the epidemic’s 50th anniversary, issued a pessimistic report in November that concluded: “Without a change in approach, a major epidemic will still be with us in 2031.” Read more at [...]
China Lifts Ban on HIV Positive Visitors
Finally, after twenty years, China lifted its ban on HIV positive visitors at the end of April. This came just a few months after the United States lifted its own ban on HIV positive visitors in January. Please read more at the New York Times website.
Dining Out For Life — One week from today!
Just a friendly reminder to attend the grand rapids Red project’s Dining Out For Life event next Thursday evening, April 29th. Six local restaurants are participating. Gaia, JB’s Pizza Parlor, Brick Road Pizza, Kopper Top, Jamaican Dave’s, and Brandywine. Restaurant information is on our poster to the right. Thanks to Exact Graphics for our wonderful [...]
Advocate for Syringe Access in North Carolina
It is a right of any human being to have access to the knowledge and tools needed to stay healthy. For people who inject drugs one of these tools is a clean, sterile syringe. Syringe access programs help decrease incidence of HIV and hepatitis C, they take dirty syringes off the streets preventing accidental needle [...]
Tell Your Senator to Support Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Funding
Take Action! Support Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Funding E-mail Your Senator Today! Why: More than one million adults, children, and adolescents are living with HIV in the US. Fifty percent of people living with HIV do not have reliable access to care, and 21 percent are unaware of their HIV infection. Meanwhile, many state and local governments [...]