Day of Service: National HIV Testing Day
HIV/AIDS is still a serious health concern for every one of us: On this OFA National Day of Service join our team and participate in “National HIV Testing Day”!
OFA volunteers will be asked, as a team, to circulate information about HIV/AIDS and testing in the neighborhood of several testing locations:
- 18th St and Lehigh Avenue (10A-1P)
- Philly AIDS Thrift at 5th/Bainbridge (2-5P)
- Passyunk and Morris in South Philly (6-9P)
- Washington West Project at 1201 Locust (9A-9P).
To view locations on a map: http://bit.ly/efWGD
Volunteers who wish to participate are strongly encouraged to attend a 1/2 hr info and training session on either Tuesday June 23d or Wednesday June 24th at the Mazzoni Center 1201 Chestnut St (3rd Floor) at 5:30PM. The training will cover important HIV Outreach Protocol information and will give an orientation to the information packets we will help circulate. We may also have an opportunity to help assemble some of these packets while we are there. (If you are unable to attend a training, sign up anyway and arrive 1/2 hr earlier at the testing location of your choice to receive material and brief orientation.)
Because HIV outreach crosses party lines, we have been asked to be non-partisan on the 27th. So please wear a bright T-shirt without political logos and bring a canvas bag (or similar) to carry your materials.
This event is a collaboration with the Mazzoni Center – http://www.mazzonicenter.org
For more information and to RSVP, please visit http://bit.ly/45ceNo (When you sign up for this event, please indicate in the message box the testing location(s) and the training day of your choice.)
