AIDS Project Worcester

AIDS Project Worcester mourns the death of Joe McKee

Joe McKee, the executive director at AIDS Project Worcester, died unexpectedly on April 25. A fierce advocate for those who did not have a voice, a compassionate humanitarian, a gentle friend and patient mentor, he is sadly missed by staff, board, volunteers, and consumers.

Joe's funeral was held Saturday, May 5, at St. John's Church, 44 Temple Street. After the Mass, Kevin Cranston, director of the Bureau of Infectious Disease at the Massachusetts Department of Public Healthe spoke eloquently about Joe's life, compassion, and dedication.

To honor his memory and life's work, we will continue to follow his vision of HIV/AIDS education, prevention, and advocacy.

To read several newspaper articles about Joe's passing, go here and here.

AIDS Project Worcester now offers Hepatitis C Rapid Test

In addition to free HIV testing, APW has just begun to offer free Hepatitis C testing with results available within 20 minutes. See the agency's Counseling & Testing web page - under the Prevention/Education tab - for more details.
The agency gratefully acknowledges the generosity of Vertex Pharmaceuticals, which supports the Hepatitis C testing initiative.

25th Anniversary Plans Underway
Save the Date!
October 4, 2012, 6-9 p.m.
Hogan Center, College of the Holy Cross

Pre-event Reception
Silent Auction
Dinner
Music
Awards Ceremony

To learn about sponsorship opportunities or ticket sales, please call Martha Akstin at 508.755.3773, ext 18 or email her at makstin@aidsprojectworcester.org

4th Annual Gospel Fest
Saturday, September 8, 3-5 p.m.
Hadwen Park Congregational Church
6 Clover St., Worcester

Save the date and join friends and family for APW's 4th Annual Gospel Fest at Hadwen Park Congregational Church.
More details - including a list of singers - will follow.

Fuller Foundation awards APW $25,000 for creation of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) clinic

AIDS Project Worcester would like to acknowledge the generostiy of the Fuller Foundation for its recent grant to support the creation of an evening walk-in STI clinic at the agency.
We appreciate the Foundation's belief in our mission.
Check back to read more news as the renovation proceeds.

Greater Worcester Coummunity Foundation, Inc. awards APW $7,325 for creation of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) clinic

AIDS Project Worcester would like to acknowledge the generosity of the Greater Worcester Community Foundation for its recent grant to support the creation of an evening walk-in STI clinic at the agency.
We appreciate the Foundation's belief in our missin. Check back to read more news as the renovation proceeds.

AIDS Memorial Quilt
An important part of our 25th Anniversary - which will be held Thursday, October 4, 2012, at the Hogan Campus Center at
the College of the Holy Cross - will be the display of two 12-foot x 12-foot panels of the national AIDS Memorial Quilt.
For more information about the quilt, go here.

The Newest Prevention Campaign

Recognizing that heterosexual transmission is a leading cause of new HIV infections in Worcester, the Prevention and Education Department at AIDS Project Worcester has released a new advertising campaign to raise awareness among communities at highest risk for HIV transmission and to encourage safer sex and routine HIV testing.

We thank the following people who made this campaign a reality: Craig Weinreich, Toyin Akinbuli, Banjo Olaniyan, and Jesse Pack.

For more information about the posters, email Jesse Pack at jessep@aidsprojectworcester.org.

Go here and here to see the posters.

Prevention Campaign

To recognize that HIV infections among gay and bisexual men make up a significant portion of all new HIV infections in Worcester County and that many new HIV infections happen during the course of primary relationships, AIDS Project Worcester has released an ad campaign.This campaign is meant to both affirm relationships between men as well as raise awareness of the need for increased HIV testing among male same-sex couples.

This ad campaign is comprised of posters and wallet cards in English and Spanish that are being distributed among community venues and provider agencies frequented by gay and bisexual men.

You can download color copies of our new ads by going here for the English version and here for the Spanish version.

This campaign was made possible by the generosity of Jesse Pack, Craig Weinreich, Dan Aponte, and a grant from MetLife.
For more information, contact Jesse Pack at jessep@aidsprojectworcester.org

Green and Gold Community Garden Ribbon Cutting

Read the Worcester Magazine story here.

Boston Gay Men's Chorus
Thank you to all who contributed, attended, and supported the Boston Gay Men's Chorus' benefit concert for AIDS Project Worcester at Mechanics Hall on Sunday, April 3.

To read a T&G review of the performance, go here

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