There are special events happening in the Community Center each week.  This week's featured event is listed below.   For an in depth view of other events,  just click GO

Community Center Presents - CONSCIOUSNESS CABARET

Please join us in the D.A.P. Community Center for bestselling author and international speaker Peter McGugan. Peter will be speaking on the new science that is proving quality of consciousness creates quality of experience and greatly influences quality of health. Lunch will be served at 11:45. Please RSVP to Ed at 760.323.2118, ext. 295 or escarry@desertaidsproject.org. 

Be your best! 

There are also recurring Community Center activities each week including: 

• Reconnective Energy Healing
• Pozitively Positive
• Spiritual Living 101  
• Hepatitis C Therapy Education
• Chair Massage
• Diabetes Educatiion
• Community Center Computer lab
• Lending Library 

Every Thursday, 1:00 PM

JOIN US ON FEBRUARY 12, 2011

Tour de Palm Springs - 'TEAM: Scott Nevins'

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Client Advocacy Committee has reorganized!

Thanks to some highly motivated client volunteers, the Client Advocacy Committee will continue to function. The newly reorganized Client Advocacy Committee meets on the second Tuesday of each month at 2:00 PM in the Community Center and their next meeting is set for February 8, 2011.  Clients are invited to address the committee during the public comments portion of the meeting.  Clients are also invited to submit comments and suggestions about programs or services offered at D.A.P. to the committee through the suggestion box located at the lobby reception desk, by email at clientcom@desertaidsproject.org.  As you can see from the prior article, client comments are valued by the committee and D.A.P. and your suggestions can make a difference! (jl) 

Buy a tee-shirt and HRC will donate an HIV test kit to D.A.P.!

To celebrate the new Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Action Center and Store in Palm Springs HRC is partnering with Desert AIDS Project. HRC will debut a new tee and donate $10 from every tee sold to purchase a quick result HIV test kit that helps Desert AIDS Project continue to offer free and confidential HIV testing.  The HRC Action Center can be found at 388 ½ North Palm Canyon Drive in Uptown Palm Springs.Check it out. (jl) 

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Revivals to benefit Mama's Kitchen, San Diego LGMT Community Center, Being Alive

When Revivals opened its Hillcrest location at 1644 University in San Diego on Wednesday, February 9, Desert AIDS Project aimed to also benefit local nonprofit organizations serving those living with, affected by, or at-risk for HIV/AIDS. "Although we're based in Palm Springs, we know that AIDS continues to affect people everywhere," said David Brinkman, CEO of Desert AIDS Project. "Thirty years later, this is an epidemic that continues to rage, in San Diego just as it does nationally and worldwide.  We so respect the social services and HIV prevention efforts that Mama's Kitchen, the San Diego LGBT Community Center, and Being Alive offer.  We felt it was important to do what we could to help through our new Revivals store." After meeting with the chief executives of the three organizations, Brinkman determined that Revivals can provide an annual donation from the proceeds of the new Hillcrest store location, as well as vouchers throughout the year for some of the organizations' clients.  Each month, the store will provide a quantity of $10 vouchers, redeemable for merchandise at Revivals in Hillcrest, to be distributed however the organizations deem most suitable to meet the needs of their clients. (rv)

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Call 211 for essential human services in Riverside County

2-1-1 is a toll-free service for residents looking for information about essential human services such as affordable housing, food pantries, help for an aging parent, free or low cost health services, addiction prevention programs, employment, support groups, volunteer opportunities, and 1700 additional services! (jl)