Come and get your GLOW PAINT ON and party under the black lights….Andy and Colby will do it again with a super-charged, 90-minute, YOGA glow paint PARTY raising funds for FACT Bucks County. Don’t miss the fun on December 14th at 7-pm in Doylestown, PA. www.crossfitsumma.com/events-and-competitions
Please join FACT Bucks County and New Hope Celebrates (NHC) for a community gathering on World AIDS Day to remember our friends and family members with HIV~AIDS that have left us, are still living with the disease, and in our hope for a cure. We will gather at Martine’s Restaurant (14 East Ferry Street, New Hope, PA) for hot cider starting at 6pm on Monday December 1st. At 6:30 we will have a short ceremony, followed by a luminary lighting and a candlelight walk through town to The Studio at 19 West Mechanic Street in New Hope for a wine & cheese …
“The purpose of art education is not only to make more art and better artists, but better people and better communities.” Herbert Read GIFT OF GIVING III: Lost In Space Where: James A. Michener Art Museum Education Gallery When: Opening Reception, November 9th ( 2-4pm) Exhibit runs from November 9 thru December 9 (This exhibition is free and open to the public during regular Museum hours) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In our annual celebration of art and giving, we present an exhibition of student artwork created in Michener Summer Arts Camp programs. Over 40 student artists explored their interpretations of outer space in a …
NOTE: Please be sure to join us for the 2015 AIDS WALK (16th Annual) scheduled for Sunday, October 11. (For a complete list of 2014 sponsors and information on how to become a 2015 SPONSOR, go to http://www.factbuckscounty.org/sponsors/) What a great day for a WALK! FACT Bucks County’s 15th New Hope & Lambertville AIDS WALK had a beautiful combination of sunny weather, team spirit and the best bunch of participants that we could hope for. This past Sunday (Sept 21), individuals, teams, families, & pets joined FACT for the Annual WALK along the NJ and PA canal paths (approx 8 …
FACT’s PUBLIC RELATIONS PERSON AND BOARD MEMBER, JANE FETTER PLACES THE RAVEN IN THE SPOTLIGHT WITH SCOTT DEWITT, ARMANDO MARTINEZ AND CHEF ED JANKOWSKI FACT OF BUCKS COUNTY is proud to recognize the continuing and generous support of FACT Bucks County by The Raven. We thank them for their dedication to FACT. With their continued support, FACT BUCKS COUNTY is able to continue their charitable work with those affected by HIV/AIDS in Bucks, Mercer and Hunterdon Counties. We recently had the pleasure of dining at The Raven in their Poe Bistro Lounge; the name derived from the famous author of …
Taken from The Latino Post (9/12/2014): Jonathan Moore Scientists at the University of Temple have announced a breakthrough in the effort to find a cure for HIV and AIDS. Researchers say that they successfully completely removed HIV from cultured human cells, which they have declared a potential “game changer” in the search for a cure. More specifically, according to The Blaze, Temple scientists were able to eliminate HIV-1 genes from cell cultures. The HIV-1 genes self-implant themselves into the DNA of an individual. That’s how it infects its host. And according to researchers, a “proof of concept” now exists for reversing …
Want to see it? FACT Bucks County unveils 2014 AIDS WALK T-Shirt design as voted on by participants at last year’s AIDS WALK. Also, our generous list of 2014 sponsors get our attention too! To see the great graphic as created by Gene Underwood and for more on this year’s 15th Annual Walk go to http://www.factbuckscounty.org/15th-annual-new-hope-and-lambertville-aids-walk-2014/ T-Shirts are printed by Lyn’s Screen Printing at 210 James Street in Quakertown, PA Phone: (215) 536-0767
FACT Bucks County is now part of the New Hope Borough’s newly formed Civic Sector Task Force and FACT board member, Stephanie Sommers Mathews Nagy and FACT President Louis Licitra attend the meetings. This Task Force allows local non-profit and not-for-profit organizations to come together to discuss how best to work as a team to promote the great volunteer organizations that work within the Borough..there are 20+ such organizations. Last night DeeDee Price Bowman discussed how the New Hope Historical Society manages their membership, Kathy Lacomchil of Visit Bucks County apresented information on how the Bucks County Visitor’s Bureau can also assist, …
On Tuesday, September 2 at the Bucks County Board of Commissioners meeting, a Proclamation was announced proclaiming Sunday September 21st as FACT AIDS WALK DAY throughout Bucks County. We give a Big FACT THANK YOU for this honor. (Pictured above from Left to Right are, Commissioner, Charles H. Martin, John Colton, FACT AIDS Walk, Chairman, Diane M. Ellis-Marseglia, Commissioner and Robert G. Loughery, Board of Commissioners Chairman) The Board of Bucks County Commissioners is comprised of three commissioners, two majority and one minority, who are elected to four-year terms. The commissioners are responsible for the adoption and administration of the …
The Division of AIDS (DAIDS) at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), is sponsoring a scientific meeting focused on the development of innovative strategies to cure HIV infection. The meeting will cover a comprehensive range of topics spanning basic and translational research, drug discovery and development, and clinical research. October 15-17, 2014 Click here for more information and to register.