June 26, 2008
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These events will be American Sign Language interpreted
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Every Wednesday 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Free Reiki treatments for D.A.P. clients, staff, and volunteers
D.A.P. is pleased to offer Reiki treatments every Wednesday from 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM in the Paul Shepard Meditation Room. Reiki is a Japanese technique for relaxation. The treatments will last about 20 minutes each. No appointments are needed. Please contact Dan Rolland, Reiki Master Teacher, at 760.320.8825 for further information. (jl)(rv)
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Every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 10:00 AM to 12 noon
Free Panirvana exercise classes
Panirvana Yoga is a 2 hour, yoga-aerobic-exercise (Yogaerobicise) program that is very easy to do, gentle, easy to learn and practice. Classes will be held at D.A.P.’s Paul Shepard Meditation Room. These ongoing holistic classes/workshops are limited to five D.A.P. clients per class. For more information please go to: http://www.sun-ergy.net or contact Volunteer Associate Hudson Alling at 760.323.2118 ext 244 (jl)(rv)
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Free gas card offered for those receiving HIV results this Friday
In combination with National Association of Persons with AIDS (NAPWA) and nationwide Mayors Campaign Against HIV, the City of Palm Springs and Mayor  Steve Pougnet have joined Desert AIDS Project in urging local residents to get a free and confidential HIV test. This Friday, anyone who waits 20 minutes for their test results will also receive a $20 gas card when they get tested at either D.A.P. location in Palm Springs or Indio from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Between 180,000 and 280,000 people nationwide are HIV-positive but unaware of it, according to estimates by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC.) Encouraging at-risk individuals to receive voluntary HIV counseling and testing is the mission of National HIV Testing Day, marked this year on June 27 by the National Association of People with AIDS (NAPWA.) Desert AIDS Project reaches out to communities at increased risk for HIV infection, including people of color and women. Each of these groups is disproportionately infected with HIV compared to other demographic groups in the U.S. Desert AIDS Project offers free and confidential, rapid-result HIV tests throughout the year, Monday – Saturday at various locations throughout the desert cities. Anyone interested in knowing more, can visit D.A.P.’s website at www.desertaidsproject.org where they will find a listing of testing times and locations at the bottom of every page. Those without Internet access can call 760-323-2118 for testing times and locations. (rv)
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D.A.P. Client Committee seeks candidates to fill vacancies
Attention clients! Want to make a difference in your HIV/AIDS service organization? The D.A.P. Client Committee is now seeking new members. Members represent clients’ needs to D.A.P. staff and ensure that clients are involved as partners in the planning, provision, and evaluation of D.A.P. programs and services. The committee meets as a whole once a month, though members work in various sub-committees throughout the month as well. If you’re passionate about client services and willing to work hard to create positive change, we’d like to hear from you! Applications are available on the table nearest the front desk in D.A.P.’s main hallway and are due at the front desk at noon on July 7. Women and people of color are especially encouraged to apply. Questions? Send a note to clientcom@desertaidsproject.org. (jl)
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Desert AIDS Matters – a new electronic bi-monthly newsletter
Desert AIDS Matters is D.A.P.’s new electronic newsletter, to replace the previous printed newsletter as D.A.P. goes green. This newsletter will be published every other month with shorter and fewer articles, so that only the most recent and pertinent news at D.A.P. will be featured. It will be distributed electronically to D.A.P. clients, staff, volunteers, donors, and other interested parties. For more information or to subscribe email Public Relations Manager Barry Dayton. (rv)
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D.A.P. first annual mid-summer multi mixer
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Sexual transmission of hepatitis C
There have been well recorded outbreaks of sexually transmitted hepatitis C (HEP C) amongst HIV-positive gay men in England, the Netherlands, France and Germany. Now researchers in Milan have found increased rates of new hepatitis C infections amongst HIV-positive individuals, per this report. Unprotected sex, and any kind of sex that causes “trauma,” or contact with even small amounts of blood, has been associated with sexual transmission of hepatitis C. Individuals who engage in higher risk sexual behavior are advised to talk to their physicians about regular screening for HEP C. (rv)
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Women's HIV support group
Are you are a woman living with HIV who would like to attend a support group? The Client Committee would like to determine if there is any interest in establishing a Women's HIV Support Group at Desert AIDS Project. If you think you would be interested in attending such a group, please contact the Client Committee at clientcom@desertaidsproject.org. (jl)
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Desert AIDS Project support groups
D.A.P. has several support groups available to clients. Topics vary and include Sexual Recovery, Co-Dependence, HIV/HEP C, Substance Abuse, and HIV Positive support groups. Contact Robin Johnson at 760.323.2118 for more information. There is also a Spanish social support group the first and third Thursday of the month at 6:00 PM. Contact Marcus Macias at 760.323.2118 ext, 230 for further information. (jl)
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“People often say that 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder,' and I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder. This empowers us to find beauty in places where others have not dared to look, including inside ourselves.”
--Selma Hayek
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To Contact your D.A.P. Client Committee:
clientcom@desertaidsproject.org
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President George W. Bush
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