Dear friends, As you may have read in our e-newsletter AWARE, as a Ryan White sub-grantee, AIDS Services Foundation has been participating through the Orange County Health Care Agency in the “in+care Campaign.” The campaign is a collaborative effort between the Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA) HIV/AIDS Bureau and the National Quality Center. It is [...]Read more

Dear friends, Today is National HIV Testing Day. First and foremost on my mind is to ask you to get to a testing site, wherever you may be, and get tested. Most urban and suburban communities offer free, rapid HIV testing to the general public. If you’re in Orange County, please visit the ASF offices [...]Read more

Dear friends, According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there are over 290,000 women living with HIV in the United States. The fact that men account for most of the cases of the HIV/AIDS in the U.S. doesn’t lessen the severity of the impact on infected women and girls. Research shows, in [...]Read more

Dear friends, ASF is joining the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) HIV/AIDS Bureau in emphasizing the importance of case management to the health and well-being of our clients, in particular, and our community, as a whole. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released some startling statistics… 1 in 5 people living [...]Read more

Dear Friends, Happy New Year! I’d like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your support in 2011. The efforts of our amazing Board, donors, volunteers, staff and other supporters resulted in an outstanding year for ASF. And, wishing you all the best, we look forward to an even greater 2012. Our 25th [...]Read more

Dear Friends, World AIDS Day 2011 is tomorrow, Thursday, December 1. This year the theme is “Getting to Zero”. Here is what that means – No new infections. Zero discrimination for those living with the virus and zero AIDS-related deaths. At ASF, we work to achieve these outcomes every day. In Orange County ASF will [...]Read more

Dear Friends, This Saturday, October 15, marks the eighth annual National Latino AIDS Awareness Day (NLAAD). NLAAD was established to “draw attention to the critical role HIV testing and prevention education plays in stemming the spread of HIV/AIDS among Hispanics/Latinos.” The day, always commemorated during Hispanic heritage month, is used by national and local organizations [...]Read more

Dear Friends, Margaret Mead, the cultural anthropologist, once remarked “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” ASF was launched at a fund raiser around a Laguna Beach backyard swimming pool by a small group of volunteers who saw an emerging [...]Read more

Dear Friends: Media from Maine to California, Texas to Colorado and many places in between have been reporting on the 30th anniversary of HIV/AIDS. In truth, the virus has been around even longer. But it was 30 years ago when the prevalence of this new and frightening disease caught the world’s attention. Last week my [...]Read more

Dear Friends: Last week the Kaiser Family Foundation released “HIV/AIDS at 30” – its eighth survey since 1995 measuring American’s attitudes and understanding about HIV. The survey included a random sample of 2,583 adults and was conducted by telephone. While the results show that many Americans remain misinformed about how HIV disease is transmitted there [...]Read more