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AIDS Walk for Life October 22, 2011
This is a community project! We need your participation. Currently volunteers, planners, sponsors, donors, walkers and more. Email madhu@vcaidspartnership.org to find out how you can get involved! Complete details at www.vcaidswalk.org.
VCAP to continue AIDS Walk for Life Tradition
On May 31st, 2011 Jay Smith, Director of Ventura County Rainbow Alliance (VCRA), met with Madhu Bajaj, Executive Director of Ventura County AIDS Partnership (VCAP) to discuss the future of AIDS services and programs, and the AIDS Walk for Life.
"For 19 years, the annual AIDS Walk for Life has been an important fundraising, educational and visibility event for our County," said Smith. "With the closing of Ventura County Rainbow Alliance this summer, we want to ensure the continuation of the AIDS Walk for Life as well as other important programs and services."
As a result of that meeting and with the support of both Boards of Directors, VCAP will serve as producer and beneficiary of the 20th Annual AIDS Walk for Life. "We are very excited by the opportunity and appreciate Ventura County Rainbow Alliance reaching out to us", said Bajaj. Ventura County AIDS Partnership's mission is to strengthen the County’s response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic by raising and allocating funds specifically to fill the unmet needs in HIV prevention and AIDS care services in Ventura County.
In 1995, through partnership with National AIDS Fund (now AIDS United), Ventura County Community Foundation and United Way of Ventura County co-convened Ventura County AIDS Partnership in response to the local HIV/AIDS epidemic. VCAP is one of 29 community partners of AIDS United. AU underwrites a portion of VCAP’s operating expenses via a leadership grant. AU also provides challenge grant matching funds so that every $2 raised locally is eligible to be matched with $1. Since inception in 1995, VCAP has given over $1,385,000 to Ventura County agencies for HIV prevention efforts and AIDS care services.
"I believe the AIDS Walk for Life will be in good hands with the Partnership. It's a win-win for our community," Smith added. A transition and strategy meeting is in the planning stages. Volunteers and supporters are encouraged to participate.
Contact:
Madhu Bajaj, Executive Director of Ventura County AIDS Partnership
June 27 is National HIV Testing Day. Take the test. Take control.
Thomas: The Importance of Getting Tested VC Star June 4, 2011 My name is Joshua Thomas and on Nov. 13, 2009, I was diagnosed as HIV positive. That day, my life flipped upside down and now almost two years later, I can look back and say it was for the better... Click for more
This year's Rhythms of Life was on May 21, 2011 at EPIC in Ventura. For complete details please go to www.danceforaids.org. Photos and Videos Coming Soon!
CathyJean Butter, show producer, and Ventura College Dance Alumni and Students will weave creative and cultural dance, music, and journeys with AIDS into an inspirational and educational dance mosaic and includes performances from Capoeira at Arts for Action, Ijoya, Kealoha and Company, Nia Fitness Friends and Nuu Savi Dance Group.
Doug Halter and Randy Encinas' Hawaiian Luau Saturday September 4
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The Luau was a wonderful evening full of fun and friends, and amazing entertainment!
Together we raised $9,000 for local AIDS Programs.
Huge thanks to our hosts Doug Halter and Randy Encinas and to all our guests!
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Thank you for supporting Rhythms of Life: Dance for AIDS on March 6, 2010.
The community driven, multi-cultural dance performance inspired and uplifted
as it tells the story of AIDS locally and globally. The event raised $10,000 for local AIDS programs, engaged 270 guests and over 300 volunteers.
Dance for AIDS in the News
February 22: Dance for AIDS on Community Talk with Nancy Rodriguez Q104.7
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World AIDS Day December 1
World AIDS Day is a time to raise awareness and focus attention on the global epidemic and to remember dear friends no longer with us. It's a time to come together as a community, celebrate the good work that has been done while remembering there is so much more to do. Over 1 million Americans are estimated to be living with HIV. Worldwide, it is estimated that 33 million people are living with HIV.
Our wish for World AIDS Day is for the day when the world is without AIDS. Our wish may seem the impossible dream, but we believe it is very possible. Let it begin here, at home through compassion and understanding, awareness, advocacy and education.
What is your wish? We hope you will share it at www.facebook.com/vcaidspartnership. Please join us at California Lutheran Univeristy's World AIDS Day Events that are free and open to the public. Monday, November 30, 7:00 p.m. Screening of documentary film, “Little Secret” and Tuesday, December 1, 4:30 p.m. Positively Speaking, Keynote Address and Candlelight Vigil. For details download the poster.
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An evening of fun in the tropics of Ventura to raise much needed funds for local HIV/AIDS programs, complete with luau style dinner and polynesian entertainment. Hosts Doug Halter and Randy Encinas and friends provide a beautiful thank you remind us of why this work is important. The evening raised over $8000 for Ventura County AIDS Partnership's programs.
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Ventura County AIDS Partnership is teaming with Ventura County Public Health’s HIV/AIDS Center to conduct a needs assessment to develop grant making priorities.
Please join us for a Community Dialogue on local needs for HIV/AIDS programs.
July 29, 2009
7:30 AM – 9 AM
3147 Loma Vista Rd., Ventura 93003
In the Ventura County Public Health Auditorium
The session will provide an opportunity for participants to reach a shared understanding of community needs and resources. It will also assist VCAP/VCPH in developing grant making priorities that reflect the community’s voice.
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Paint the Town Green: Party with Passion for the AIDS Partnership! |
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Paint the Town Green raised $5000 for local AIDS Programs. With over 140 supporters for the cause in attendance, it was a night to remember.
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ACTION CENTER!
To Make a Donation Donations to VCAP are eligible for matching funds from National AIDS Fund.
Thank you to our generous sponsors who help make this event possible! Click on our supporters logos to go to their websites.
Jade Sponsors
Peridot Sponsors
Green Onyx Sponsors
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