“Younger members of our communities are vulnerable when not provided enough knowledge to avoid getting this easily preventable viral infection and not to become a continuous cycle of new generations with HIV in decades to come.”
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Small bites: World AIDS Day Community Luncheon
HIV and the trans experience is the theme for this year’s World AIDS Day Community Luncheon. Also: Miracle on Haywood Road and Sippin’ Santa launch; Vivian hosts Hungarian wine dinner; and plenty more in this week’s Small bites.
Tourism industry supports local nonprofits
“We are continually amazed by the philanthropic nature of our culinary and hospitality community here and how generous they are to the local community,” says Mary Nesbitt, chief development officer of Asheville-based hunger relief nonprofit MANNA FoodBank.
A victory for health care via housing
“In the world of HIV treatment, we have a saying: ‘Housing is health care.’ What it means is that it is very difficult to link people living with HIV/AIDS to health care if they do not have stable housing.”
WNCAP shares a preview of its Sept. 23 ‘Raise Your Hand’ benefit auction
The annual event raises money for WNCAP’s operation and programming, including HIV/AIDS education, outreach and advocacy.
Nonprofit WNCAP says education is key to prevention of HIV and other illnesses
Before taking the stage at a local middle school to talk about HIV/AIDS prevention, Michael Harney overheard one pre-teen boy offer a preview to another. “He’s going to pray to the vagina,” one boy said. Apparently, word gets around, says Harney. “I fall on my knees and offer thanks for vaginas because none of us […]
Conscious party: Playing for life
A benefit concert by pianist David Troy Francis and vocalist Carol Duermit stands to earn $40,000 for the Western North Carolina AIDS Project in one evening. Asheville Country Club hosts the early show on Saturday, Jan. 31.
State of the Arts: Celebrating the art of musical instruments
Many of us view banjos, violins, drums and flutes as quasi-utilitarian musical instruments. But a new show opening Friday, Jan. 16, at the Asheville Area Arts Council has elevated their status to that of individual works of fine art.
For your Health: Local wellness news and events
The WNC AIDS Project, Park Ridge Health South Asheville and WNC’s largest corn maze in this week’s health events round-up.
Know your status: National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day reminds locals to get tested
Today may be National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, but a local agency says HIV education and testing in the African-American community remains a priority throughout the whole year. (Photo from HIV/AIDS Awareness Walk in November 2011 by Megan Dombroski)
Quilt binding
The Memorial AIDS Quilt is on display in Asheville all week, leading up to World AIDS Day on Saturday, Dec. 1. Photo by Leigh Mitchell.
Eat (with) your heart out this Thursday by participating in Dining Out for Life
It’s that time again: Thursday, April 26 is Dining Out for Life. Throughout the day, more than 100 area restaurants will donate 20 percent of their gross sales to WNCAP, a public-health nonprofit that provides free HIV-related services in 18 WNC counties. (Photo courtesy of Dining Out for Life)
World AIDS Day is today
Visit the AIDS Memorial Quilt at Pack Place and attend a candlelight vigil to commemorate this world-wide observance.
Know your status
In the 30 years since AIDS was first reported in the United States, great strides have been made in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the disease — but it's still here. With that in mind, on Nov. 5, the Western North Carolina AIDS Project held its annual Awareness Walk in downtown Asheville. Volunteers, local […]
PHOTOS: WNCAP HIV/AIDS Awareness walk on Nov. 5
The Western North Carolina AIDS Project held the annual AIDS awareness walk Saturday to remind people of the three ways HIV is spread: “sex, blood, and ignorance.”
WNC wellness review: Hagan gets honored by MS Society, WNCAP hosts auction, and flu shots
In this week’s health-and-wellness review, the Western North Carolina Aids project hosts their Raise Your Hand Benefit Auction, the health department urges folks to get flu shots, and more.
WNCAP’s Raise Your Hand Benefit Auction on Sept. 24
In 1981, the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention published a report about a rare pneumonia that struck down five young, previously healthy gay men in Los Angeles. Five years later, the Asheville-based Western North Carolina AIDS Project formed.
Dining Out for Life after party
Eat lots (it’s for a good cause) on Thursday, April 29. Then head to The Grove House to celebrate the success of WNCAP’s annual fundraiser.
Project Green Runway
Wednesday! Sustainable fashion show spotlights green, recycled and upcycled design; raises funds for WNCAP
Remembrance of things past
Remember AIDS? Though supplanted in the public eye by the latest disease du jour, there was a time in the ‘80s and ‘90s when you couldn’t turn around without seeing or hearing something about AIDS—which first targeted gay men yet quickly went global. Besides sparking the fear and loathing of whole classes of people, the […]
Heap your plate with charity
It’s Thursday, April 24, dinnertime. You’re beat down. You don’t feel like cooking. That tofu you bought last week has pink spots. The baby spinach is wilted. Whatever will you do? You might consider joining thousands of other people in the same predicament and pull up a seat at one of the more than 100 […]