On Wednesday, November 13, Bucks County Community College (Newtown Campus~Gallagher Room) is hosting a Sexual Health Conference. This conference and discussion is open to everyone to attend and begins at 8:00 am and continues through 2:30 pm (see schedule below). Sponsored by the Open Door Club and presented by BC/PUSH. Various presentations and discussions will be offered by Planned Parenthood Keystone, NOVA, Family Service Association of Bucks County and others.
For more information, go to: http://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/colbysmith/factyogabenefitatdiglambertville DIG YOGA 204 N. union Street, Lambertville, NJ Sunday, Dec. 1 5:30 to 7:30 Donations for FACT accepted www.digyoga.com
On October 6th, FACT Bucks County is pleased to announce that our 2013 AIDS Walk has raised over $60,000.00. It’s always a team effort at FACT and our generous sponsors (see list below) and walk participants have once again made this Walk another successful event….. Speaking of teams, we had three team award winners this year; St. Philip’s Episcopal Church came in at #1 with over $3,600.00; The Solebury School came in at #2 with over $2,000.00; and Team Rainbow brought in over $1,300.00. Our individual participants also were big winners; Al Troglio was the first place award winner and he …
Tony Award winner Alan Cumming entertained and captivated a standing-room-only audience at Bucks County Cabaret on October 19, 2013, while raising over $165K for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.Taking center stage at the historic Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope, PA, Cumming proudly channeled an eclectic mix of the best women of music – from Shirley Bassey to Kristen Chenoweth, from Elaine Stritch to Lady Gaga. He peppered the evening with captivating inside-show-business stories about Liza Minnelli and Ann Miller, fascinating, behind-the-scenes tales of his years on stage and screen, and his successful quest to become a naturalized American citizen. Read more …
Don’t miss the GIFT OF GIVING Exhibit (NOW through December 10th) and all the great exhibits currently showing at the Michener Art Museum! This Exhibition is Co-Sponsored by FACT Bucks County 2013 EDUCATION GALLERY EXHIBITION Annual Celebration of Art and Giving by the Students of the New Hope-Solebury School District FACT is honored to be a part of this event. (see more below) www.MichenerArtMuseum.org
Planned Parenthood Keystone received a grant at the October (2013) board meeting of FACT Bucks County. There are many programs that Planned Parenthood has in place and one of them is Rapid HIV Testing and FACT has given them this grant for the continuation and expansion of this program. The Centers for Disease Control statistics show that 1 out of 5 Americans positive for HIV are unaware of their status. 31% of people tested “conventionally” never return for their results. Rapid HIV Testing gives results in about 20 minutes allowing for improved access and knowledge of the results. The outcome …
FACT Bucks County board member, Gary Scibelli has always done great work for FACT in raising funds and awareness. Here he is, in the middle, posing with the men of Well Strung who are all wearing the 2013 FACT AIDS WALK t-shirts. The 2013 New Hope & Lambertville AIDS Walk brought in over $60,000! Gary was instrumental in having Well Strung perform at the Bucks County Playhouse on October 5th for the Music Hall Series. For more information on Well Strung, visit http://www.well-strung.com/ For more information on what’s happening at the Bucks County Playhouse visit www.bcptheater.org A BIG FACT THANK …
It’s often said that the HIV/AIDS epidemic has a woman’s face. The proportion of women infected with HIV has been on the rise for a decade; in sub-Saharan Africa, women constitute 60 percent of people living with disease. While preventative drugs exist, they have often proven ineffective, especially in light of financial and cultural barriers in developing nations. Read more at http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-09-medical-device-extremely-effective-hiv.html
A study in South Africa and Zambia will assess whether house-to-house voluntary HIV testing and prompt treatment of HIV infection, along with other proven HIV prevention measures, can substantially reduce the number of new HIV infections across communities. Read more at http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-09-population-wide-early-treatment-hiv.html
A mutant of an immune cell protein called ADAP (adhesion and degranulation-promoting adaptor protein) is able to block infection by HIV-1 (human immunodeficiency virus 1), new University of Cambridge research reveals. The researchers, who were funded by the Wellcome Trust, believe that their discovery will lead to new ways of combatting HIV. Read more at http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-10-hiv-infection.html