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DAPCAN
Desert AIDS Project - Community Action Newsletter
April 21, 2011
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Dining Out for Life is Thursday, April 28!
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Editorial Staff | |
David Brinkman
Chief Executive Officer
Barry Dayton
Director of Marketing and Communications
Alexis Ortega
Interactive Marketing
Specialist
Rick Vila
Volunteer Co-editor
John Lewis
Volunteer Co-editor
Steve Bolerjack
Volunteer Co-editor
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| Save the date | |
Thursday April 28, 2011
Dining Out for Life
For the sixth consecutive year, participating restaurants - 35 this year, from Palm Springs and Cathedral City to Rancho Mirage and Palm Desert - will donate 33% or 50% of their sales on Thursday, April 28 to benefit client services at Desert AIDS Project. Diners on that day will be entered in a raffle for two prizes. The Grand Prize includes two tickets each to the 2011 Mid-Summer Mixer and the 2012 Steve Chase Humanitarian Awards gala - a value of nearly $1,000. One lucky runner-up will receive a $250 gift card to Ralphs. Help support Desert AIDS Project simply by dining at one of the participating restaurants. Click here for more information. (sb) (jl)
Friday, April 29, 2011, 4:00 - 6:00 PM
Pre-party for "Bulldog's Disco Bash" to benefit D.A.P.
See the D.A.P. News section below for more information. (jl)
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Positive Life Series
The next Positive Life Series will be on Tuesday, May 3, at the Sinatra Auditorium at Desert Regional Hospital in Palm Springs (on the corner of Tachevah and Via Miraleste). Well-known HIV specialist, Dr. Tony Mills MD, is the featured speaker. A light supper is served at 6:00 PM, and the program begins at 6:30 PM. ASL translation is provided. Program is sponsored by Jewish Family Services of the Desert. Contact Jeff Taylor at jefftaylorps@gmail.com or 760.835.1926 for more information. (rv)
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| Community Center Events | |
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.
Tuesday, May 3, Noon - 1:00 PM
 Community Center Presents - UNDERSTANDING VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS / BLINDNESS
Please join us in the D.A.P. Community Center for this informative luncheon / presentation on visual impairments and the causes of blindness with Ellen Jones of the Braille Institute. Lunch will be served at 11:45. Please RSVP to Ed at 760.323.2118, ext. 295 or escarry@desertaidsproject.org.
Know your body!
Every Thursday, 1:00 PM
Community Center Presents - LET'S ALL GO TO THE MOVIES
Please join us in the D.A.P. Community Center for movie screenings every Thursday starting at 1 PM. Free pizza, salad, sweets, and drinks provided.
April 28
GLADIATOR(2000)
When a Roman general is betrayed and his family murdered by a corrupt prince, he comes to Rome as a gladiator to seek revenge.
Roll film!
There are also recurring Community Center activities each week including:
- Friday Night Bingo
- Reconnective Energy Healing
- Pozitively Positive
- Spiritual Living 101
- Hepatitis C Therapy Education
- Chair Massage
- Diabetes Educatiion
- Community Center Computer Lab
- Lending Library
To see the Community Services Wing calendar of support groups and events, click GO.
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Pre-party for "Bulldog's Disco Bash" benefits Desert AIDS Project
Dig out your platform shoes and head over to the Gardens on El Paseo from 4:00 - 6:00 PM on Friday, April 29, to get in the mood for twirling under the mirrored ball that evening at "Bulldog's Disco Bash" at the McCallum Theatre. Participating restaurants and businesses, including The Gardens - El Paseo Village, Saks Fifth Avenue, Jeffrey Allen Salon and Sullivan's Steakhouse, will keep the food, drink, and fun coming - the $4 per beverage ticket price all benefits one of radio personality Bill "Bulldog" Feingold's favorite causes, client services at Desert AIDS Project. (jl)
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| A new push to let H.I.V. patients accept organs that are infected
Until recently, patients with HIV/AIDS did not receive organ transplants because doctors worried that their health was too compromised. Now they can get transplants, but organ-donor waiting lists are long. In a effort to reduce the wait, health officials and other experts are calling for repeal of the provision to the National Organ Transplant Act that makes it illegal to transplant organs from donors who are HIV+. Read more. (jl)
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HIV brain impairment may not be as common as once thought
Two studies presented at the17th British HIV Association (BHIVA) conference suggest that the proportion of people who have subtle brain impairment due to HIV may not be as high as previously thought and may, in fact, be little higher than in the general population. Read more. (jl)
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U.S. reports drop in AIDS-related cancers
Cases of AIDS-related cancers have decreased among people with HIV in the United States, but other types of cancer are on the rise in this group, a new study has found. Scientists attributed the decrease to the introduction in 1996 of highly active antiretroviral therapy, which improves immune function, reduces risk of progression to AIDS and greatly improves survival among people infected with HIV. But the study also found that the total number of all other types of cancers in people with HIV tripled. Read more. (jl)
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| Kaiser brief examines G.O.P. proposed changes to Medicare
A new Kaiser Family Foundation brief examines the major Medicare provisions included in "The Path to Prosperity" budget proposal unveiled by House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan earlier this month. Under the proposal, a typical 65-year-old retiring in 2022 would be expected to devote nearly half their monthly Social Security checks toward health care costs, more than double what they would spend under current Medicare law, according to the analysis. You can see the entire brief here. (jl)
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AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) phone numbers
The ADAP program for Riverside County has a new fax number. Clients who prefer can fax their verifications into the Moreno Valley office at 951.486.4434. You can also contact the County of Riverside directly at 951.486.5400 to make an ADAP appointment or ask questions regarding the ADAP Program. (jl)
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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)
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| "Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realize we cannot eat money." ~Cree Indian Proverb
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