SAAF Connection- October – December 2015

2015-2016
SAAF Board
of Directors
Honored
to be Honored
Miguel A. Cruz, President
By Wendell Hicks, Executive Director
Trish Kordas, 1st Vice President
Photo by Scott Griessel, Creatista
It’s not every day that local charitable nonprofits are recognized for all the hard work
they do in the community. Honestly, very
few of us are in this for accolades and
acknowledgement. Most come to this line
of work hoping to make a change or have
a positive, long-lasting impact on our
community and the world. We here at
SAAF spend a great deal of time thinking
about how to honor & recognize donors,
collaborators, volunteers, & others to make
them feel appreciated and assure them that
their help is making a difference. That all
said, it does feel nice to be on the receiving
end of good news and SAAF has been lucky
enough to be recognized not once, but
twice, in the past 12 months by our local
Chambers of Commerce.
Wendell Hicks, Executive Director and Monique Vallery, Associate Director of
Development at the 2015 Copper Cactus Awards Dinner.
In December 2014, SAAF was invited
to be a part of a special event held by
the Tucson Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, &
Transgender Chamber of Commerce. At the
event, I accepted a beautiful piece of glass
art, the President’s Award for Excellence.
The award was given to SAAF in recognition
of the support we offered Wingspan,
formerly southern Arizona’s LGBT
community center, when they were forced
to close their doors earlier that year.
Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation
The
Governing Board
Juliet Yardy, 2nd Vice President
Kathy Wells, Secretary/Treasurer
Just last month, SAAF also received
the Tucson Metropolitan Chamber of
Commerce’s Tucson Electric Power
Charitable Non-Profit Business Copper
Cactus Award. We were among some great
nominated non-profits that night and I have
to tell you how surprised I was to hear
SAAF’s name called. Since this category
is broken down into sub-categories
based on the size of the organization’s
operating budget, we were also pleased
to be joined by Ben’s Bells, Handi-Dogs,
and Aviva Children’s Services as other
non-profit awardees.
Mary Dorais
Mimi Petro
Alejandra Gerardo
Arlette Stevens-Castaño
Paul Guerrero
Gwen Valentine
Carla Johnson
Mariah Weidner
Emily Keidel
Wendell Hicks, ex-officio
These special recognitions are only
possible because of people like you.
There is nothing that SAAF accomplishes
alone. Working with thousands of donors
& volunteers, hundreds of community
partners & collaborators, SAAF is able to
do the work we do because of so many
amazing people giving of their time, talent,
and treasure. I’m the lucky one, accepting
kudos on behalf of SAAF, but I know that
I am accepting for legions who have been
a part of this fight since the very beginning.
At the end of the day, these awards are
a testament to you and to everything we
have been able to do, together, to change
the landscape of stigma and shame in our
community. I feel so proud to work for such
an amazing organization and I hope you feel
just as proud for the role you have played in
getting us here.
POSTHUMOUS HONORARY Board
375 S. Euclid Ave.
Tucson, Arizona 85719
PAID
Ned Norris, Jr.
Kimberly Clements
Lute Olson
Jim Click
Pat Pettis
Tom Donohue
Steve Quinlan
Jim Kolbe
Esther Tang
Czarina Lopez
Robert E. Walkup
Anne Maley-Schaffner
Andrew Weil
T h e N ewslette r of t h e S o u t h e r n A r i zona A I D S F o u ndation
FALL 2015
Volume 2, Issue 3
December 1 from 4:00- 8:00 pm.
SAAF, TIHAN, the Peterson Clinic, Cope
Community Services, and El Rio Health
Center will be in attendance to provide
prevention awareness and on-site,
confidential HIV testing.
OUR MISSION:
To cultivate
a healthy,
Presents
stigma-free society
transformative
2015 will mark the 27th Annual
AIDSWALK Tucson!
action.
© 2015 Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation. All Rights Reserved.
Walk with Us!
AIDSWALK Tucson is
Sunday October 11
by Monique Vallery, Associate Director of Development
through
Printed on Recycled Paper
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Walk with Us!
AIDSWALK Tucson
CONNECTION
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Festival for Life,
THE Auction Event of the Season
Cele Peterson
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Printing: Alphagraphics CPS
www.saaf.org
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Honored to be Honored
Tommy Gin
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at [email protected].
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Treasuring Our #MomentsThatMatter
The
TUCSON, ARIZONA
HONORARY Board
Kevin Carmichael
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You Make The Holidays Bright
US POSTAGE
PERMIT NO. 326
Rose Mofford
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World AIDS Day in a New Light
The SAAF Connection is published quarterly by the Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation.
Kevin McCoy
Pam Meichel
danny Blake
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2015/2016 Fundraising Events
NONPROFIT ORG
With great appreciation,
Wendell
CONNECTION
What’s Inside:
Red Ribbon
Sponsor
We hope that you will join us as a Walker or
Runner at this year’s event, taking place on
Sunday October 11 in Downtown Tucson
on Jacome Plaza in front of the Main Library.
SAAF is again teaming up with one of
Tucson’s most beloved cultural events,
Tucson Meet Yourself. What a great way to
spend the day Downtown in the morning
at AIDSWALK and finishing off the day
enjoying Tucson Meet Yourself!
Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation
Visit www.aidswalktucson.com for
complete information and to register
yourself or a pet today!
Don’t forget to register for AIDSWALK
1.Go to www.aidswalktucson.com
2.Click on the Register Now button
3.Set up your AIDSWALK fundraising page
and ask your friends to support you.
100% of all funds raised for AIDSWALK
Tucson stay here in our community to
support people living with HIV/AIDS
served by SAAF.
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World AIDS Day in a New Light
By Jai Smith, Program Manager
World AIDS Day 2015 promises
to shed a new light on a life-long
journey to find a cure and an end
to HIV and AIDS.
In addition, Reveille Men’s Chorus’ Reverb,
the Esperanza Dance Project, and other
community arts organizations will perform
through the course of the afternoon. A live
on-air feed with an AIDS-affected region
of Africa is expected as are other Skype
connections to World AIDS Day events in
southern Arizona. Food Trucks from the
Tucson community will be available, as well.
This year the World AIDS Day Committee
in Tucson is collaborating with the
Loft Cinema, the new home for this annual
commemoration and community event.
Please join us for this momentous occasion,
shedding a new light on the HIV/AIDS crisis
and the community-wide effort to find a
life-long cure.
The Loft, located at 3233 East Speedway,
has graciously offered the use of their patios
just to the east of the main theater building
for this year’s event, taking place on Tuesday
For more information,
please contact us through our World AIDS
Day Tucson Facebook page:
www.facebook.com/WorldAIDSDay.Tucson
The need to commemorate this day is great: in Pima County,
1 in 4 new cases of HIV come from Latino communities.
Festival for Life,
THE Auction Event of the
Season, is November 14
THE 27TH ANNUAL
JERÔME BEILLARD
FESTIVAL FOR LIFE
This year’s event will be held on Saturday December 12 and will
include craft activities, a light lunch, and pictures with Santa. We
expect to brighten the holidays of more than 100 children this year.
A Live and Silent Auction benefiting
the programs and services of the
Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation
SATURDAY
NOVEMBER 14, 2015
by Monique Vallery, Associate Director of Development
Title Sponsor
Get ready for the 27th Annual Jerôme Beillard Festival for Life, taking
place on Saturday November 14 at the Tucson Chinese Cultural Center.
We hope you can join us in Celebrating the HEART of the City with
Tucson’s live and silent auction event of the season.
volunteer
TRAINING
holiday Gift
suggestions
Photos by Althea Photography
Get involved
with SAAF!
Join us for an upcoming volunteer
orientation, the first step for anyone
wanting to volunteer at SAAF.*
Orientations take place at the
SAAF office building located at
375 South Euclid Avenue.
Tuesday October 20, 2015
5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Tuesday November 17, 2015
5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Saturday December 12, 2015
10:00 am – 2:00 pm
(*No orientation is necessary for those
volunteering for fundraising events and
Walk-in Wednesdays.)
To sign up for Volunteer Orientation,
contact Michael Webb, SAAF’s Volunteer
Coordinator, at (520) 547-6101 or
[email protected] or visit
saaf.org/volunteer/overview
For more information, to preview the art,
and to purchase discounted tickets, visit
www.festivalforlife.org.
Treasuring Our
#MomentsThatMatter
by Andrés Cano, Chair, National Latino AIDS Awareness Day-Tucson
For the last 12 years, SAAF and
close to a dozen community
partners have come together
to commemorate National Latino
AIDS Awareness Day (NLAAD)
on October 15th.
If you want to share a photo of your
#MomentsThatMatter, email us at
[email protected].
The need to commemorate this day is
great: in Pima County, 1 in 4 new cases of
HIV come from Latino communities.
Thursday, October 15th, 2015
I’m proud of our committee’s latest
endeavor to prevent and treat HIV in
southern Arizona’s Latino families.
5:30 p.m. Reception, hosted by
COPE Community Services, Inc.
We’re in the second year of our
#MomentsThatMatter campaign,
encouraging Latinos to reflect on their
commitment to their loved ones and to
take ownership of their health by getting
tested and treated for HIV.
Like most families, Latino families have
lots of moments that matter: birthdays,
graduations, quinceañeras- the list goes on.
In the coming weeks, be on the lookout
for these moments in our campaign’s
bus benches and shelter displays, targeted
advertisements in digital and print media,
and listen in for our bilingual radio ads on
Tejano 1600-AM and iHeartRadio.
Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation
6:30 p.m. Dinner & Program
AIDSWALK Arizona/Tucson
AIDSWALK Arizona/Tucson
HIV education + traditional Mexican food +
aguas frescas + mariachis + folkorico
dancers = a great night. Join us!
Sunday October 11, 2015
Downtown Tucson – Jacome Plaza
27th Annual
Jerôme Beillard Festival for Life
Saturday November 14, 2015
Tucson Chinese Cultural Center
7th Annual Bowling for Tommy
Saturday January 23, 2016
NEW VENUE!
Fiesta Bowl – 501 West River Road
To RSVP, call (520) 724-8763.
13th Annual Möda Provocateur
The mission of the National Latino AIDS
Awareness Day Committee is to live in a world
where Latinos talk openly about their sexual
health with their families and partners.
Community partners include the Southern Arizona
AIDS Foundation, Pima County, Pima Community
College, Tucson Interfaith HIV/AIDS Network,
League of United Latin American Citizens,
COPE Community Services, Inc., Amistades, Inc.,
National Community Health Partners, and
El Rio Community Health Center.
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Sunday March 5, 2016
Tucson Convention Center Grand Ballroom
29th Annual Reno Gannon Jell-O Wrestling
Extravaganza & Benefit Auction
27th Annual
Jerôme Beillard Festival for Life
Date & Location TBD
Sunday October 11, 2015
Downtown Tucson – Jacome Plaza
www.aidswalktucson.com
Saturday November 14, 2015
Tucson Chinese Cultural Center
www.festivalforlife.org
7th Annual Bowling for Tommy
For Event Updates, visit www.saaf.org
Event dates and locations subject to change. Please refer to our website for the latest details.
13th Annual Möda Provocateur
Sunday March 5, 2016
Tucson Convention Center
Grand Ballroom
www.saafmoda.org
29th Annual
Reno Gannon Jell-O Wrestling
Extravaganza & Benefit Auction
Date & Location TBD
www.jello-wrestling.org
Saturday January 23, 2016
NEW LOCATION!
Fiesta Bowl – 501 West River Road
www.saaf.org
Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation
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by Neil MacDonald, Statewide Insurance Programs Coordinator
As summer is winding down and we’re drying out from the monsoons,
it can only mean one thing: the holidays are just around the corner!
Family Day and the Poz Café Holiday Dinner Party are almost here and
we are getting ready to celebrate with our clients!
2015/2016 Fundraising Events
SAAF
2015/2016
Events
You Make the Holidays Bright
Gift Suggestions
for the SAAF/
TIHAN Family Day
Celebration:
Title Sponsor
join us in Celebrating the HEART of the City with Tucson’s live and silent auction event of the season!
Historic Pima County Courthouse
115 N. Church Avenue.
www.saaf.org
CELEBRATING THE
HEART OF THE CITY
Admission tickets are $50 before
November 1 and $65 after that. Tickets
include admission to the event and
appetizers, catered by Café a la Carte.
Join us at our free, 13th Annual National
Latino AIDS Awareness Day Community
Dinner & Conversation
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This year’s event, presented by longtime
title sponsor Long Realty Cares Foundation,
will feature works from prominent artists
including: Curt Brill, Monica Warhol, Mark
Molina, Gail Marcus-Orlen, and many more.
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Family Day is a heartwarming event where
SAAF, in collaboration with the Tucson
Interfaith HIV/AIDS Network (TIHAN), gives
our clients who are parents the opportunity
to select holiday gifts for their children and
their children the opportunity to select gifts
for them. This year’s event will be held on
Saturday December 12 and will include craft
activities, a light lunch, and pictures with
Santa. We expect to brighten the holidays
of more than 100 children this year.
As in years past, we anticipate having
challenges collecting enough gifts for
teen boys, a substantial portion of the
youth we serve. If you would like to
donate those gifts or gift cards so we can
shop for them, please contact Brian Muñoz,
SAAF’s Support Sevices Manager, at
(520) 547-6135 or [email protected].
The Poz Café Holiday Dinner Party,
hosted by TIHAN in collaboration with
SAAF, gives our clients the opportunity to
celebrate the holidays together. This year’s
themed gathering will be held on Friday
December 18 and will feature dinner,
dancing, and a raffle.
If you are a client and wish to participate
in either of these events, please contact
your Case Manager at SAAF for Family
Day or TIHAN at (520) 299-6647 for the
Poz Café Holiday Dinner Party. We’ll see
you there!
CHILDREN 6 MONTHS
TO 11 YEARS
Skateboards
Scooters
Action Figures
Dolls
Radio Controlled Vehicles
Jewelry
Building Blocks
Sports Equipment/Balls
Books
Board/Card Games
Stuffed Animals
Backpacks/School Supplies
Rubber Band Bracelet Kits
Lego Blocks
Science Experiment Kits
TEENAGERS 12 TO 17 YEARS
Gift Cards ($25 increments- especially
Target, Best Buy, and Bookman’s)
Clothing, Jackets
Books
Purses
Sports Equipment/Balls
Diaries/Journals
Board/Card Games
ADULTS 18 YEARS AND UP
Gift items & cash donations will be collected between now and Monday November 30.
Interested in giving to the Holiday Project? Please contact Brian Muñoz, SAAF’s Support
Services Manager, at (520) 547-6135 or [email protected]. SAAF can help with picking
up gifts and donations.
Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation
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Gift Cards ($25 increments)
Books/DVDs
Small Appliances
Movie/Zoo/Attraction/etc. Tickets