ALFA is the only HIV/AIDS care and prevention agency serving 9 counties in NC, including Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Lincoln, Watauga, and Wilkes.
ALFA. Advancing Life. Fighting AIDS.
ALFA. Advancing Life. Fighting AIDS.
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- 1987
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- PHOTO CONTEST: What Gives YOU Hope? 6:54am Dec 30
- Please join ALFA's Hike for Hope Facebook Page and Invite Others to Our Event 11:35am Dec 3
- ALFA's Holiday Adoption Program 7:25am Nov 24
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Events
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- 12th Annual Winter Gala
Youssef 242
Sunday, December 6 at 6:00pm - ALFA World AIDS Day
Unifour Christian Fellowship, 1546 ...
Tuesday, December 1 at 6:30pm - Film: FIGHT BACK FIGHT AIDS: 1...
Room 114 in Belk Library and Inform...
Tuesday, November 3 at 7:30pm - BOONE area ALFA Volunteer Orie...
Watauga App Regional Library
Monday, October 19 at 7:00pm - ALFA Volunteer Orientation
Unifour Christian Fellowship
Monday, September 21 at 7:00pm - "Miss Information: Safer Sex T...
Boone Saloon
Thursday, September 17 at 7:00pm - "LIVE Positive, HIV Negative" ...
Appalachian State University
Thursday, September 17 at 9:00am - Ribbon-to-Ribbon
DAY 3 Church in Granite Falls, NC
Saturday, August 22 at 8:30am - MUSICAL CONCERT CELEBRATION OF...
Geitner Park on Lake Hickory
Tuesday, August 11 at 6:00pm - The Pr[EVENT] of the Season
Market on Main
Friday, June 19 at 8:00pm
ALFA Not Your Mama's Bingo "Chapel of Love" tickets go on sale TOMORROW! Event is Feb 13th. Seats are limited to 150. Get yours fast! Tickets will be on sale in Hickory at ALFA, Bank of America, Julia Rush Fine Crafts and Now & Then Consignment. $20 includes game sheets, daubers and admission. Oh yeah, and entertainment.
ALFA is seeking entries for its first annual Hike for Hope Photo Contest.: WHAT GIVES YOU HOPE? Here's how to enter: * The subject can be a person, place, or thing that gives you hope. * If you haven't already done so, please sign-up for Hike for Hope event updates at this link...
ALFA Students, educators and congregations are encouraged to attend one of ALFA's largest supporter's disussion of his latest book, _Crisis_. Mitchell Gold will be interviewed by CNN anchor Soledad O’Brien on Jan. 28 as part of Lenoir-Rhyne University’s Visiting Writers Series. Read about the book and event here:
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CNN anchor and special correspondent Soledad O’Brien will interview Mitchell Gold, editor of the book “Crisis,” on Jan. 28 as part of Lenoir-Rhyne University’s Visiting Writers Series. ...
ALFA Because of factors like divorce, international travel and travel to large metropolitan areas, and freedom from risk of pregnancy, an entire generation of heterosexual men and women are being infected with HIV. Everyone is potentially at risk, without the proper precautions. Join the latest discussion thread, here or ...inquire about how ALFA can provide your own community with information...
ALFA This woman, an HIV positive public health professional in NJ, is busy lobbying religious leaders on HIV prevention. People are listening, even in NC! Religious congregations make up some of ALFA's biggest supporters. How can we continue to meet people where they are? Talk to us!
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AIDS activist Deloris Dockery is having some success lobbying religious leaders in Newark, New Jersey, to discuss HIV prevention with their congregations.
ALFA ALFA wishes you ALL a very Merry Christmas. Check back to find the latest in HIV/AIDS care and prevention and be SAFE this holiday season!
ALFA Hey! This Friday night, Cabaret Show for ALFA in Hickory. Bring a new teddy bear and get in FREE. Doors open at 9p.m.
Location:Club Cababret Hickory NC
Time:9:00PM Friday, December 18th
ALFA Tickets for Feb 13th "Not Your Mama's Bingo" go on sale in January. Watch out!
www.notyourmamasbingo.com
Tickets for the firstNot Your Mama’s Bingo event in Hickory, NC will be available at various locations. Check back for a list of ticket vendor locations.
ALFA There are many reasons why people with the HIV infection are living long lives today. This video is from a PowerPoint presentation created by Cecilio Orta, Lead Health Educator at ALFA for viewing during World AIDS Day, 2009. Use the "PAUSE" button between frames to read the important information and go to www.ALFAInfo.org to learn more.
ALFA Quilting Bee tomorrow night, Tuesday, at 6:30 p.m. -- Unifour Christian Fellowship in Newton. Help us complete our Memorial Quilt!
ALFA We're reposting this link to an important Oprah episode, which tells how HIV and STD's can strike ANYWHERE. Learn more about HIV by going to our website, and please consider joining Hike for Hope, www.ALFAHikeForHope.org, on April 24th.
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Many women in their midlife don't think about the possibility of getting an STD because they don't think they fit the profile. These women learned the hard way that there is no longer a profile.
ALFA WOW - more chills watching this YouTube video of the Lenoir Rhyne U. gospel choir from ALFA's World AIDS Day event. Thank you, Brandon, for posting it!
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Lenoir-Rhyne University's GOSPEL CHOIR performed at Unifour Christian Fellowship Church in Newton, NC for ALFA's annual World AIDS Day event.
RECENT ACTIVITY
ALFA discussed Heterosexual Transmission and People over 50 on the ALFA discussion board.
