AIDS
Take the Test, Take Control
by Planned Parenthood of West and Northern Michigan (ppwnm)
Submitted 06-02-2011 under NONPROFITS
Planned Parenthood of West and Northern Michigan (PPWNM) will host a Free HIV Testing Day (by appointment) at all eight of its health centers on Monday, June 27, in recognition of National HIV Testing Day. According to the Centers for Disease...
Free HIV Testing Day
by Planned Parenthood of West and Northern Michigan (ppwnm)
Submitted 06-02-2011 under
Free HIV testing at any Planned Parenthood of West and Northern Michigan (PPWNM) location on Monday, June 27, by appointment only. Call your nearest PPWNM health center to make an appointment. Big Rapids: 231.796.8612 Grand Rapids: 616....
The Michigan AIDS Coalition
by The Grand Rapids Red Project (The Grand Rapid...)
Submitted 12-08-2010 under NONPROFITS
In 1989 a group of committed leaders and the Council of Michigan Foundations came together to form the Michigan AIDS Fund (MAF) in response to the devastating AIDS crisis. Its creators were philanthropic leaders who rallied the state’s grant...
"Get Tested, Get Peace" for World AIDS Day
by Planned Parenthood of West and Northern Michigan (ppwnm)
Submitted 11-23-2010 under NONPROFITS
Twenty percent of the more than one million Americans living with HIV don’t know they have the virus that causes AIDS, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Testing and treatment can save lives and reduce the spread of...Free HIV Testing Day
by Planned Parenthood of West and Northern Michigan (ppwnm)
Submitted 10-15-2010 under
GET TESTED, GET PEACE - FOR FREE! Planned Parenthood of West and Northern Michigan will be holding a free HIV testing day at South End Community Outreach Ministries (SECOM) in Grand Rapids on Wednesday, October 27. Our trained counselors will...
HIV testing initiative uses social networks to target MSM in Kent County
by Kent County Health Department (KCHD)
Submitted 01-28-2010 under NONPROFITS
(Grand Rapids, MI) – The Kent County Health Department (KCHD) is seeking community members to recruit their peers to get tested for HIV through a new program. The Ambassador program, funded through the Michigan Department of Community Health, relies...
Clean Works helps lower HIV transmission from intravenous drug use
by Michael Tuffelmire (Michael Tuffelmire)
Submitted 01-05-2010 under LOCAL LIFE
I recently interviewed Steve Alsum. He is the coordinator for Clean Works, a needle exchange and disease prevention program that operates on Mondays and Thursdays out of Heartside Ministry. Clean Works is a ancillary program of The Grand Rapids Red...
Where I Want to Be When I Go
by Roberta King (Roberta F. King)
Submitted 10-20-2009 under OPINION
When I pray, which is usually as I drift off to sleep, I almost always thank God for my good health and my ability to run. Sure, there are other things I am thankful for: a good job, a great husband, my kids who challenge and delight me, true...
