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the newsletter for volunteers, staff and supporters of ActionAIDS
annual report 2006
ActionAIDS
friends for life
awarded to ennis littrell, sam silver and dolph simons
ennis
Each year, ActionAIDS presents its Friends
for Life Award to individuals who have made
a significant contribution toward our mission.
This year’s recipients were honored at Sunday
November 5th’s annual volunteer appreciation
party at Lights of Liberty.
dolph
sam
ennes littrell
dolph simons
ActionAIDS was fortunate to secure Ennes Littrell
as our first Executive Director, a post she
held from 1988 through 1996. Her leadership
and vision were instrumental in helping the
organization establish solid relationships with
funding entities and in establishing internal
policies and procedures which guaranteed that
the highest quality of services were available
to our clients. Ennes is a strong advocate
for people with HIV disease, and we continue
to benefit from the solid foundation she helped
to establish for the organization. She worked
from 1969 through 1987 primarily in the mental
health field, including as Director of Acute Care
Services, Director of Emergency and Evaluation
Services, Supervisor of Adult Psychotherapy
Services and staff Therapist at Hall-Mercer
Community Mental Health Center of Pennsylvania
Hospital. Her volunteer work has included
facilitating a support group for families of people
who have died of AIDS for ActionAIDS from 1986
through 1990 and serving on a number of boards
for nonprofit organizations. Prior to moving to
the Philadelphia area, Ennes held a number of
positions at a variety of drug treatment facilities
and mental health centers in North Carolina, and
has been published in the North Carolina
Medical Journal. Ennes has a Bachelors
Degree from Mary Baldwin College in Staunton,
Virginia and a Master in Social Work from the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. We are
grateful for her dedication and vision, and we are
pleased to present her with the 2006 Friend for
Life Award.
Dolph Simons has consistently and generously
given ActionAIDS 20 years of what he describes
as his greatest strength for volunteering: a
compassionate nature. You won’t find anyone
here at ActionAIDS more compassionate than
Dolph in their volunteer work. Coming from a
very successful business career, he brought to
ActionAIDS the same valuable organization,
intelligence and vision that he once applied
to industry. And all of us have been grateful
recipients of those gifts over the years. Yet the
most treasured aspect of Dolph—the one that has
endured in his Buddy work for two decades—is,
indeed, his compassionate nature. No truer
words were written on a volunteer application
nor lived out by a volunteer. He has not only
been empathetic to those to whom he has been
assigned as a Buddy but, just as important, to
those whom he leads and supervises as a Buddy
Team Leader. Dolph has given us much—and
with compassion. Buddy Team 9 has benefited
for years by this statesman in our midst.
Dolph has been here for all of us: staff, volunteers
and clients alike. He has truly demonstrated what
it is to be a Friend for Life.
sam silver
On May 1, 1986, Sam Silver, in completing
his ActionAIDS volunteer Buddy application,
answered a question regarding his personality
strengths by writing “friendship, compassion
and assistance.” These three attributes have
certainly been demonstrated over the past 20+
years that Sam has provided to this agency,
both to the many clients to whom he has been
assigned and to the countless team members
with whom he has shared a Buddy Team. Having
just retired from his career in professional
social work, Sam brought to ActionAIDS his
enthusiasm, dedication, skilled work experience
and an ever-present curiosity. It is this
last trait that most describes Sam’s volunteer
work with us: he has always asked “What can
be done?” “What is being discovered?” “What
services are available?” And “What do you
need?” His responsiveness to the needs of
his assigned clients and those of this agency
have been prolific—and he continues to offer
whatever he can do for us. He reflects the true
nature of volunteerism in the HIV/AIDS community
and has provided all of us at ActionAIDS the
blessings of his earlier descriptors of friendship,
companionship and assistance—wherever and
whenever requested by his clients and colleagues.
A real Friend for Life.
our
united way
giving number
is 06777
1216 Arch Street | 6th Floor | Philadelphia PA 19107
not
knowing
when the dawn
will come, I open
every door
emily dickinson
notable
accomplishments
ActionAIDSlifeline
•Positive Living Program Established:
Permanent housing for 15 families affected
by HIV disease made available at scattered
sites throughout the city
•20th Anniversary Homecoming Party:
A huge gathering of current and former
staff, volunteers, board members
•World AIDS Day 2006: 5,000 papers distributed throughout the city by ActionAIDS
staff and volunteers calling attention to
the ongoing impact of HIV/AIDS and ways
to prevent, advocate and learn about it. a word from executive director kevin burns
20 years of serving the community…
Dear Friends for Life,
Twenty years ago a group of 84 committed volunteers came together to
form a community of care to provide services to 100 clients. Over the past
20 years, thanks to our many dedicated volunteers, talented staff, generous
donors, and ongoing support from city, state and Federal agencies, we have
grown to become Pennsylvania’s largest AIDS service organization.
We currently serve over 4,000 clients a year through the efforts of over 350
dedicated volunteers and 68 professional staff. We are privileged to be
invited into the lives of thousands of men, women and children who are faced with the challenges of
living with HIV disease. For 20 years volunteers and staff have focused on building relationships one
person; one family at a time. Our service continues to be relationship focused, client centered and
individualized.
Transgender Outreach begins,
Consumer Feedback Group re-organized and expanded • ActionAIDS serves
targeting youth and sex-workers
over 2,000 people living with HIV during the year • West Philadelphia Office
•
In 2006, we struggled with the challenges of funding decreases and increasing caseloads with
determination and faith in our strengths and expertise. We pulled together, made the required difficult
decisions and forged ahead! As a result, while continuing to provide high quality services to our
clients, we have successfully decreased our debt, increased efficiencies, and focused on increasing
our ability to be good business partners with the goal of increasing our capacity and resources to
provide service to our clients.
ActionAIDS serves over 1,000
people living with HIV this year
expands in new office • David Blum, Esq., President; Kevin R Conare, Executive Director
Positive Action—the employment readiness program—kicks off;
Drug Adherence training protocols developed for ActionAIDS staff and volunteers
•
Pedro Rivera, Esq.,
President
Ken Kleinman, Esq., President
• Funded to develop Casa Nueva Vida, supportive housing in North Philadelphia
• Mental Health Counseling re-opens, after 10 year hiatus
• ActionAIDS serves over 3,000 people living with HIV during the year
•Linda Newkirk Davenport, President
•ActionAIDS open South Office—there are now offices in
North, West, South and Center City
•CDC funded Prevention for Positives
ActionAIDS has one of the largest most vibrant Volunteer Buddy programs nationally. Our Buddy
program has continued to grow and thrive because of the dedication and determination of our
continued lower right of facing page…
84
buddies and volunteers
gather at the Church of St. Luke
and the Epiphany; ActionAIDS
is established in September;
Bob Schoenberg, 1st President;
Anna Forbes, 1st Staff; Rev. Jim
Littrell, 1st Administrator
1986
Mental Health Counseling and
Support Groups initiated; City
awards ActionAIDS its first
Case Management contract;
Workplace Education program initiated; Ennes Littrell,
Executive Director
1987
1988
Case Management and Buddy services offered to over 100 people
living with AIDS; Speakers’ Bureau established; ActionAIDS serves
over 150 people—most of the first-year clients die.
• Laurato Farinas President
• Kevin J. Burns Executive Director
• David Wagstaff, CFO
• Perinatal program expands in scope
Prison Case Management program
opened in the County Jails • Housing
Counseling Program funded by OHCD
• Women’s support groups and Woman
to Woman peer education established •
Neighborhood Offices opened in West
Philadelphia and North Philadelphia
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
ActionAIDS starts
specialized case
management for the
Deaf & Hard of Hearing
Specialized Case Management for D&A and Mental Health initiated
Family Program opened with Circle of Care & the Family Planning Council
• Immediate Seating begins providing tickets to area-wide events • Action
AIDS serves over 500 people living with HIV during the year •
Jesse Milan, Esq., President
College and High School programs expand • Over 400 ActionAIDS clients are dying each year
Alternative and Complementary Therapies program established;
ActionAIDS initiates 24-Hour emergency coverage
our mission
in a nutshell:
no one
should face AIDS alone.
in ’06
1996
1997
1998
1999
Less than 50 ActionAIDS clients
die as combination therapies
introduced in 1996 take effect.
ActionAIDS starts programming
to adapt to this change.
Church Outreach
Program and its
Curriculum were
initiated in ’99
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Health Insurance Initiative – employing clients of Staff of over 90—along with 400 volunteers—
serve 3500 people at 30 community sites • Casa
ActionAIDS at health centers • Mental Health Nueva Vida opens: supportive housing for homeLicense approved by the Commonwealth of PA less individuals and families with HIV and AIDS.
…and great plans for the
the new year and beyond!
volunteers. They are a wonderfully diverse and talented group who continue to be the heart of the
organization. In addition to providing volunteers for our clients, we provide volunteer Buddies to five
other AIDS service organizations as well as volunteer Buddies to inmates at Philadelphia prisons.
Our core service continues to be Case Management, with specialized Case Management services for
youth, families, the deaf community, behavioral health, perinatal, and Prison Case Management. We
work with clients struggling with addiction to support positive steps toward recovery. The ActionAIDS’
Housing Unit now includes Housing Counseling, services for homeless families and individuals living
with HIV disease, and our newest program, Positive Living, which provides subsidized rental units
at scattered sites throughout the city. Additional services include Support Groups, Complementary
therapies (Chiropractic, Acupuncture and Massage Therapy) services, Care Outreach, Education and
Prevention services, the Immediate Seating Program, and Positive Action Employment Services.
While we have certainly changed a great deal over the past 20 years, our commitment and mission—
no one should face AIDS alone—remains at our core. We continue to listen to the clients we serve
and work hard to be responsive to their needs. We strive to build Friendships for Life with our clients,
volunteers, staff and donors. We are grateful for your commitment to building this relationship.
Until it’s over,
Kevin J. Burns, LCSW, Executive Director
ActionAIDSlifeline
Financial Review 2006
from the financial statement for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006
ActionAIDS, Inc. and Affiliate
Consolidated Statement of Activities
8%
Year ended June 30, 2006
Temporarily Permanently
Restricted Restricted Unrestricted
Revenue And Support
Government contracts
Contributions
Fundraising events
Third party revenue
Investment income
Other
Net assets released from restrictions
$3,296,410
712,864
209,729
380,561
5,077
25,877
196,227
$-
150,380
-
- - - (196,227)
4,826,745
(45,847)
Total revenue and support
Expenses
Program services
Alternative and complementary therapies 206,122
Buddy and volunteer services
197,946
Casa Nueva Vida
167,783
Case management, family
599,346
Case management, general
1,522,832
Housing and employment
451,989
Mental health services
74,801
Special initiatives and advocacy
38,654
Total outreach and prevention
565,342
Support services
Management and general
412,412
Fundraising
359,745
Total expenses
-
4,596,972
Change In Net Assets
$ -
-
-
-
Development
Total
$3,296,410
863,244
209,729
380,561
5,077
25,877
-
- 4,780,898
-
206,122
197,946
167,783
599,34
1,522,832
451,989
74,801
38,654
565,342
- - - - 412,412
359,745
- - 4,596,972
- 183,926
229,773
(45,847)
Net Assets
Beginning of year
(276,120)
323,191
48,000
95,071
End of year
$(46,347)
$277,344
$48,000
$278,997
13%
Prevention
9%
Case
Management
51%
1%
14%
4%
Housing
ActionAIDS 2006 - 2007 Board Of Directors
Volunteers
Staff
Generous donations have been made in memory of :
Laureto Farinas, Esq., President
Pedro Rivera, Esq., Vice-President
Steve Braun, Treasurer
Leah Chaplin, Secretary
Twenty Years
Sam Silver
Dolph Simons
Ten Years
Pelham Seaborn
William Dean Acuff
John Adams
Ethel Barnett
Robert G. Barnum
Bill Braun
J. Eric Bushong
Anna Mae Calabro
Aleks Campbell
Joan Clapp
Dr. William Coleman
Perry Crockett
Linda Davenport
Steven Devlin
Ralph Dodson
Charles Engel
Tim Fischer
Tom Gates
Tim Geiger
Marilyn Getz
Michael Gibowicz
Rashada Gibson
Mark Hackenberg
Eric Hamill
Flint Harrison
Bill Henderson
William Holiday
Lauren House Smith
William Ingram
Father Mychal Judge
Joseph F. Kattner
Matthew Katz
John Keithley
Brian Kelly
John F. Kelly
Timothy Kirby
Ruben Klugman
Jeff Alexander
Walter T. Bratcher Jr.
Carter Calle
Theodore Corbin, MD
Joanne Downes MSW
Deesha Dyer
Peter Eobbi
Amy Finkelstein, M.D.
Cheryl Gardiner
Jeanette Scott Gillison
Dale Grundy
Lynette F. Johnson
Karl Krumholz, AIA
Rich Lampkins
Diane McFadden
Lawrence Nardozzi, MD
Nancy Neill
I. Thomas Odrick
Susan Pauls
Barbara Rice
Ten Years
Betsy Braun
Annmarie Butera
Dale Grundy
Terry Labov
Jill Gefvert Minick
Gina Range
Mike Spangler
Leigh Sweda
Beth Tyson
Stefanie Walterick
Five Years
Walter Bratcher
Ted Brinkley
Marvin Cardonick
Bud Dewey
Steven Gianfrancesco
Aaron Harris
Dennis Jacquette
Roman Piasecki
Lindsay Ryan
Alan Scott
David Toub
City of Philadelphia, Health
Department,
AIDS Activities Coordinating Office
(AACO)
Office of Housing and Community
Development (OHCD)
Adult Services, Office of Emergency
Shelter Services (OESS), Family
Planning Council/Circle of Care
CDC
Community Behavioral Health (CBH)
United Way SEPA
Pew Charitable Trusts
The Philadelphia AIDS Consortium
(TPAC)
Elton John AIDS Foundation
Estate of Joseph Gritz
The Starr Restaurant Group
Complementary Therapy
Anniversaries In Memoriam
Five Years
Catherine Corson
Ralph Chartier
Patricia Fitzgerald
Carla Garner
Charlene Nolten Goodnow
Marcia Koetting
Major Public and Private Funders
include:
Private Funders and Individuals
who donated $20,000 to
$100,000 include:
Advocacy
Our Board
Fifteen Years
Jim Dougherty
I. Thomas Odrick
your impact…
our 2006 donors
Administration
C. Robert MacFarland
Curtis McLoughlan
Connie McPeak
Steven Mersky
Larre L. Meyer
Norman Mogel
Vernon Morris
Bruce Morrison
Erik Mrasik
Romulus Orrell
Michael Paine
Anthony Paulin
Alex Pelech
Sophie Rakowski
Kenneth Raksin
Jonathan Reese
Joe Rendelman
Felix Rigby
Jim Robles
Jose M. Rodriguez
Ronald Sanford
Irving Schaffer
Ken Schober
Deloras Shaw
Thomas W. Snyder
Nathan Stein
Frederick Thomas
Tom Tucker
Jerry Tupy
Leroy Wasco
Howard Weiss
Elizabeth Werner
James White
Steve White
Sylvia Wire
Nathaniel Wood
Nancy Yates
as of June 30, 2006
Private Funders and Individuals
who donated $10,000 to $20,000
include
The Drueding Foundation
Philadelphia Foundation
(for the Washington West Project)
Private Funders and Individuals
who donated $5,000 to $10,000
include:
Art Institute of Philadelphia
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
Jeffrey J. & Mary E. Burdge
Charitable Trust
The Claneil Foundation
Diageo Chateau & Estate Wines
Matthew Geiger
Magnus Hirschfeld Fund
MAC AIDS Fund
Samsung Electronics America
(Four Seasons of Hope
Foundation)
Susquehanna Foundation
Joel Greenberg & Marcy Gringlas
Wachovia Bank
Other private Organizations who
donated to ActionAIDS include:
Apple Vacations
Azuka Theatre Company
BCKSEET Productions
Broughton Foundation
Cable Positive
1812 Productions
Foster’s Urban Homeware/Foster’s
Gourmet Cookware
Fourjay Foundation
Tim Geiger Memorial Fund
Knoll Corporation
Samuel B. Mandell Foundation
Merecumbe
Needlepoint Guild of America
Philadelphia Soul
Philly AIDS Thrift
Reading Terminal Market
Corporation
Rosenlund Family Foundation
Starbucks
Studio Nine Photography /Jonathan
Rubin
Union Benevolent Association
Western Association of Ladies
for the Relief & Employment of the
Poor
Where Magazine
Wilma Theater
Restaurants that donated $1,000
or more for Dining Out For Life
2006 include:
Alma de Cuba
Amada
Astral Plane
Barclay Prime
Beau Monde
Buddakan
Continental Midtown
Continental Restaurant
Cresheim Cottage Café
Cuba Libre
El Vez
Fork
Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Jones
Kildare’s
LeBus Manayunk
Lolita
London Grill
Matyson
Morimoto
North 3rd
Pod
Prime Rib
Ralph’s Italian Restaurant
The Restaurant School
Ristorante Panorama
Spasso
Striped Bass
Swanky Bubbles
Tangerine
Twenty Manning
Valanni
Washington Square
For a complete listing of
participating restaurants see www.
diningoutforlife.com
Individuals who gave $1,000$5,000 include:
Keith T. Adams
C. Graham Berwind III
John C. Butts
Leah Chaplin
Scott Conking
Anne d’Harnoncourt Rishel
Judith and Avi Eden
Linda J. Evans
Laureto A. Farinas
Amy Finkelstein
Mel Heifitz
Constance Hungerford
Joseph and Catherine Huston
Karl Krumholz and Richard Limoges
Beth Myers
Susan Pauls
Jeffrey and Patricia Pavlak
Barbara Rica and Etienne Phipps
Eric Reisenwitz
Gene Schneyer and Debra Appel
P. David Simcox
Dolph Simons
Neal Sperling
Robert Tootle
Stephen P. Utkus
Patricia Wisch and William Yancey
Friends for Life 2006:
Ennes Littrell
Samuel Silver
Dolph Simons
ActionAIDSlifeline
ActionAIDS provides extensive services
to meet the changing needs of people
with HIV who face many challenges in
addition to AIDS. With diverse and highlyqualified staff and volunteers, ActionAIDS
is committed to excellence in helping
our clients live full and productive lives
through the following services.
Our Alternative And Complementary
Therapies (ACT) Program began in 1996 as a
small information center. Response and demand
for the services led to growth—we now serve
800 people a year with massage, acupuncture,
and chiropractic services.
Our Buddy Program was founded by a group
of 86 buddies and volunteers in 1986; it is now
one of the oldest and largest buddy programs in
the United States, serving over 250 individuals
and families each year. The program is a national
model for volunteer programs. Trained volunteer
buddies work closely with case managers to
prevent isolation by providing emotional and
practical support through regular calls, visits,
and help with the tasks of daily living.
Case Management is our core service and
serves 2,400 individuals and families each year
out of 30 locations. Our 35 case managers are
trained professionals and include specialists in
the Deaf & Hard of Hearing, Drug and Alcohol
Addiction, Families, Gay Men, Immigrants,
Mental Health, Nursing, Perinatal Care, Prison
Systems, Transgender People, Women
and Youth. Case managers speak English,
Spanish, French, American Sign Language and
Hebrew. Establishing trust through one-on-one
relationships, case managers and clients work
together to coordinate care, navigate through
complex governmental systems, and access
medical, social, legal and emergency services.
The program also offers Emergency Coverage
(’round the clock, every day), Information and
Referral, Direct Emergency Financial Assistance,
and Clinical Supervision to smaller community
“
The Services We Provide
providers. The excellence of ActionAIDS’
case management system is recognized both
regionally and nationally.
Our Speakers Bureau offers Education And
Prevention—culturally sensitive education
delivered by trained peers to specific audiences
such as women, youth, minorities, gay men,
transgender, churches, prisoners, and students.
The new Prevention With Positives Program
offers Prevention Case Management to help
high-risk and HIV positive individuals practice
safer behavior.
Our Family Program began programming for
women in 1988. In 1990, the Family Program
was developed as part of the Circle of Care that
coordinates services among hospitals, clinics
and social service providers serving women
and children throughout Philadelphia. Focusing
on the needs of the entire family as a holistic
unit, the program serves 120 families, with 450
members, with intensive case management
and in-home assistance. Services include
helping with the tasks of daily living, shopping,
housekeeping, nutrition counseling, meal
preparation, medication management, child
care, respite care, transportation to medical
appointments, and companionship.
Homelessness and lack of Housing are the
most critical threats facing people living with
HIV today. We hired our first Housing Counseling
staff in 1991 and now employ six counselors
who serve over 600 individuals and families
each year. The program works to prevent
homelessness and promote economic and
social self-reliance among individuals with
HIV. Services include education, counseling
and support, and access to stable, safe and
affordable housing. In 2004, we opened
Casa Nueva Vida, 12 apartments which offer
Supportive Housing to homeless individuals and
families living with HIV. In addition to providing
shelter, the program offers case management,
employment, skills training, in-home supports
and mental health services.
Ladies and gentlemen
of the jury, forget everything
you’ve seen on television and in the
movies. There’s not going to be any lastminute surprise witnesses, nobody is going to
break down on the stand with a tearful confession.
You’re going to be presented with simple fact. Andrew
Beckett was fired. You’ll hear two explanations for why
he was fired, ours and theirs. It is up to you to sift through
layer upon layer of truth until you determine for yourselves
which version sounds the most true. There are certain points
which I must prove to you. Point number one, Andrew Beckett
was… is a brilliant lawyer, a great lawyer. Point number two,
Andrew Beckett, afflicted with a debilitating disease, made the
understandable, the personal, the legal choice to keep the fact of
his illness to himself. Point number three, his employers discovered
his illness, and ladies and gentlemen, the illness I am referring to
is AIDS. Point number four, they panicked. And in their panic, they
did what most of us would like to do with AIDS, which is just get
it, and everybody who has it, as far away from the rest of us as is
possible. Now, the behavior of Andrew Beckett’s employers may
seem reasonable to you. It does to me. After all, AIDS is a deadly,
incurable disease. But no matter how you come to judge Charles
Wheeler and his partners, in ethical, moral, and in human terms,
the fact of the matter is, when they fired Andrew Beckett because
he had AIDS, they broke the law.
Denzel Washington as lawyer Joe Miller in Philadelphia, 1993
Immediate Seating is a volunteer-run,
complimentary ticket program for people living
with HIV/AIDS, made possible through the
generosity of local organizations and venues.
It gives clients the opportunity to enjoy theatre,
film, dance, concerts, museums, and a myriad
of special events, at no cost. This program
provided over 7,000 tickets to clients last year.
Our Mentor Program provides mentors who
are HIV positive peer-volunteers, to assist others
living with HIV/AIDS, sharing their experiences
and providing practical support like delivering
food and medicine.
The Perinatal Program serves pregnant women
living with HIV and AIDS, helping them both to
manage their own health needs and to deliver
healthy babies who are HIV negative.
Positive Action Employment Services offers
one-on-one counseling and support for people
with HIV/AIDS who want to enter or return to
the workforce. Services include skills training,
job referrals, resume writing, and individualized
action plans that address both vocational and
educational needs.
Prison Linkage serves the largest concentration
of people living with HIV and AIDS—our prisons.
ActionAIDS provides case management,
prevention, and outreach within the county
prisons, and keeps prisoners connected with
medical and social services upon their release.
Support Groups are facilitated by volunteers
and staff, and are supervised by mental health
professionals. We hold weekly meetings for
HIV/AIDS clients and their family members and
loved ones. In a confidential and supportive
environment, the attendees are able to freely
discuss the daily challenges of living with HIV/
AIDS. ActionAIDS’ groups are tailored to create
a safe and comfortable environment for people
of many backgrounds.
Our Youth Program counselors work one on
one with youth living with or affected by HIV
to offer individual emotional support, improve
school performance and access after-school
recreation.
ways you can help
giving back…
“many hands make light work.”
It has been said that
This is especially true when it comes to the work and support of ActionAIDS.
Not only do our staff and volunteers work tirelessly and creatively to ensure that
no one faces AIDS alone; our donors stand with us faithfully and in many ways
creatively to make certain that this work will continue.
Some of the ways our supporters help ActionAIDS:
1.
2.
3.
Giving of Time: Each year thousands of hours are donated through our
volunteer programs, as buddies, office helpers, drivers, etc.
Financial Support: It is a stark reality that our agency could not offer its
services without the gifts our donors provide.
Event Support: Dining Out for Life (April 26, 2007), The AIDS Walk, and
various events provide opportunities for our donors to stand with us, bring
friends along, and recommend sponsors and supporters for these projects.
4.
5.
6.
7.
United Way: Through the Community Impact Fund and through designated
giving to ActionAIDS #06777.
Online Giving: Gifts may be made directly through our website:
www.actionaids.org.
Stocks and Appreciated Assets: There are many tax advantages for
donors who provide gifts in these forms.
IRA Distribution: A unique window of opportunity is open this year for
individuals aged 70 1/2 or older who can take up to $100,000 out of their IRA
tax-free as long as they donate it to a qualified charity like ActionAIDS.
8.
9.
Legacy Bequests: ActionAIDS has been helped immeasurably through the
remembrance of our work in wills and bequests.
Honor/Memorial Gifts: A wonderful way to honor someone is to make a gift
in their honor or memory. A special acknowledgement is sent to the person or
family to let them know of the gesture.
ActionAIDS is continually grateful for the ways that the community has stood
with us to support this work through many years. If you have any questions about
giving or ideas to help please contact Larry Slagle, Director of Development,
at 215.981.3346.
Remember
Philadelphia
A screening of the groundbreaking film in commemoration of
ActionAIDS’ 20 years of service.
Saturday, May 5, 2007
The Prince Music Theatre
Stay tuned to www.actionaids.org for developing information.
each one of us can make a difference.
ActionAIDS—a Philadelphia-based organization in partnership with people living with
NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION
or affected by HIV/AIDS—works to sustain and enhance quality of life. We provide a
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range of direct services and take an active and professional approach to leadership
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in service, education and advocacy. Staff, volunteers and the board of directors are
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committed to including and assisting people from our heterogeneous community and
are responsive to the dynamic needs generated by the epidemic.
lifeline
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ActionAIDS
1216 Arch Street | 6th Floor | Philadelphia PA 19107
Did you know? ActionAIDS’
buddy program
is one of the largest buddy programs
in the world!
join us
Dining Out for Life benefits HIV/AIDS programs at:
• ActionAIDS
• AIDS Coalition of Southern New Jersey
and lend your support…
visit www.actionaids.org for
information on how you can help,
or call 215.981.3324
www.diningoutforlife.com
• Family & Community Services of Delaware County
• Planned Parenthood Association of Bucks County
• Planned Parenthood of Chester County
• Planned Parenthood Southeastern PA
DINE OUT FIGHT AIDS
Dine at a participating restaurant on
Thursday, April 26
and 33% of your food bill will pay for local
services in the fight against AIDS.
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