We're all excited about a brand new special event - the WOMEN'S WINE CLUB! The WWC is a great chance for you and your friends to sample fine wines and enjoy a delicious three course gourmet meal at one of Western New York's finest restaurants. The price is $55 if you PRE-REGISTER, and includes wines, dinner, tax and gratuity. The price is $65 at the door. Best of all, AIDS COMMUNITY SERVICES gets $20 for each person that attends! Enjoy a fabulous night on the town and help fight AIDS with the Women's Wine Club!

Top: modeling our new LifeGuards shirts, which will identify the Outreach Team at Summer events such as Thursday in the Square. Bottom: giving out condom packs and safer sex information at street outreach.

Alianza Latina in Action!

At the Niagara Street Health Fair on June 20, 2009.

The Food Express delivery truck returns to the Evergreen Center on Thursday, June 25th at 10:00 a.m. The truck delivers perishable food items such as produce, dairy and meat for immediate distribution. Anyone in the area can access the truck.

• Food is distributed on a first come, first served basis. Because of high demand the line form early.


• You must bring your own bags/boxes to carry food away.


• The Evergreen Center hosts the truck on the 4th Thursday of every month.


• Items distributed will vary from month to month.

Camp Good Days

Molly sent this along: Camp Good Days runs a residential camping program for children ages 8-14 who are infected or affected by HIV/AIDS. The program, called Camp Courage/TLC, is held on Keuka Lake from July 22 to July 24 . If enough people from the Buffalo area register, a the camp will provide bus transportation from the Buffalo office on Transit road to camp and back. All of the camp’s programs are offered free of charge and Molly says this would be a great opportunity for a child newly aware of their parents' status to be around other kids who are dealing with the same issues in a fun atmosphere. Applications and information are available at http://www.campgooddays.org/. Thanks Molly!

Rural Connections

HIV+ individuals who live in rural areas of Western New York and don't have internet access may have a tougher time finding information and staying connected to services. Now there's a free* telephone support/resource group held via conference call which is available to HIV+ MSMs (men who have sex with men). Conference calls are held each Thursday from 10:00 a.m. until 11:15 a.m. and are facilitated by an HIV+ MSM. Calls are confidential, but space is limited so you must register to participate: call John at (315) 571-4770. This is a service of the Central New York Health Systems Agency HIV Care Network. Thanks to Mark for the tip!

* the service is free but note this is a toll call from the (716) area code.

The Evergreen Association at Pride 2009