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Friday, March 30th, 2012New Dining Out for Life Video from Babycakes Cafe!
Wednesday, March 7th, 2012Susan Wysocki, owner of Babycakes Cafe in the Arlington section of Poughkeepsie, was kind enough to sit down with ARCS’ J. Dewey to talk about Dining Out for Life 2012 and why Babycakes remains a strong ARCS supporter.
Babycakes is participating in Dining Out for Life for the second year in a row. Make your reservations for dinner on Thursday, April 26, 2012 and Babycakes will donate 25% of your check to ARCS!
In case Babycakes is too far for you, check out the list of other participating restaurants.
New video on ARCS' YouTube Channel: A Dining Out for Life Testimonial
Tuesday, February 28th, 2012Check out the new short video from Dining Out for Life Hudson Valley, a testimonial from 2 Taste Food and Wine Bar’s Hallie Quinones-Katz on why 2 Taste signed up for Dining Out for Life. 2 Taste in Hyde Park is less than a year old but already garnering rave reviews, and they were approached to participate in DOFL by our volunteer Patrick Downes.
You can also watch the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ghb06vfF3hI&feature=youtu.be. Please be sure to leave a comment and share it with your friends!
You can also find our previous DOFL testimonial video by Paula Young from Paula’s Stone Cottage Wine Bar in Fishkill on our YouTube channel.
And if you’re asking, “Just how many restaurants ARE participating in Dining Out for Life?” then visit the newly redesigned DOFL website and our Hudson Valley area at www.diningoutforlife.com/hudsonvalley. Make your reservations at 2 Taste or another participating restaurant today!
Dining Out for Life: A Testimonial by Paula
Tuesday, January 17th, 2012Dining Out for Life returns to the Hudson Valley on Thursday, April 26, 2012 and we’re currently signing up participating restaurants and training volunteers to become ambassadors! At a recent stop to new DOFL participant Paula’s Stone Cottage Wine Bar in Fishkill, we asked owner Paula Young why she signed up to be part of this extraordinary fundraising event.
Join us on April 26, 2012 at Paula’s (and many other locations) who will donate 25% of your check to ARCS!
World AIDS Day News Coverage
Monday, December 5th, 2011ARCS participated in several World AIDS Day events on December 1, 2011 throughout the Hudson Valley.
Newburgh – Video courtesy of the Times Herald Record
The Times Herald Record’s news article can be found here. (Unfortunately they listed the wrong agency as the sponsor. ARCS was indeed the sponsor working in partnership with the HIV Community Care Network.)
World AIDS Day in Kingston as captured by the Daily Freeman includes ARCS’ Mary Beth Davis-Steyer.
This article appeared in the Mid-Hudson News with general information about World AIDS Day.
The Journal News reported on Rockland Community College’s World AIDS Day and profiled an HIV test taker too.
World AIDS Day: December 1, 2011
Wednesday, November 30th, 2011WORLD AIDS DAY ACTIVITIES ABOUND THROUGHOUT HUDSON VALLEY
Hawthorne, NY—AIDS-Related Community Services (ARCS) is sponsoring and supporting several World AIDS Day events throughout the Hudson Valley on December 1, 2011 with a variety of community partners. World AIDS Day is celebrated on December 1 each year around the globe. It has become one of the most recognized international health days and a key opportunity to raise awareness, commemorate those who have passed on, and celebrate victories such as increased access to treatment and prevention services. This year’s theme is “Getting to Zero.”
World AIDS Day efforts are organized globally by the World AIDS Campaign, which is using this World AIDS Day as a launching pad for four years of concerted efforts to get several key factors to zero: Zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS related deaths.
ARCS will be partnering with MAC Cosmetics in their Poughkeepsie and Hawthorne offices to offer complimentary beauty makeovers to its clients. Twelve MAC employees will volunteer for the afternoon to pamper clients living at or below the poverty line. “We’re thrilled to work with MAC on this special day to make these women and girls feel beautiful,” said Ellen Maher, Community Relations Manager for ARCS. “The focus is on them and what makes them strong, sexy women.”
ARCS employees will also be participating in World AIDS Day events on the Walkway Over the Hudson in Poughkeepsie, Rockland Community College, the Sullivan County AIDS Task Force’s event in Monticello, a vigil in Kingston, and a rally in Newburgh. For details on these and other World AIDS Day commemorations, visit www.arcs.org.
The global HIV response is at a pivotal moment, where huge strides forward are at serious risk and current approaches are reaching their limits. Only one third of the 15 million people living with HIV in need of life long treatment are receiving it. New infections continue to outpace the number of people starting treatment, while the upward trend in resources suffered a serious downturn this year.
World AIDS Day with MAC Cosmetics!
Monday, November 14th, 2011
What will you do to commemmorate World AIDS Day on December 1st? Our Hawthorne and Poughkeepsie offices will be offering free makeovers courtesy of the kind and talented employees from MAC Cosmetics. Their motto is “Every Day is World AIDS Day” but to get involved to officially recognize the impact of AIDS on our globe, employees are joining us to make our clients and volunteers feel strong, beautiful and special.
If you’re a client, an ARCS volunteer or donor, or you’re working in the HIV/AIDS field, please join us for a complimentary makeover at one of these locations! Makeovers take approximately 20 minutes.
ARCS Hawthorne – 40 Saw Mill River Road, Hawthorne, NY 10532
11 am – 3 pm
ARCS Poughkeepsie – 235 Main Street, Suite 207, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
12 pm – 4 pm
To make an appointment, call Jana at 914-785-8283. Walk-ins are accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis, but you must arrive by 2:30 in Hawthorne and 3:30 in Poughkeepsie.
'Harvest of Hope Charity Ball' Honors Chill Wine Bar, MAC AIDS Fund
Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
AIDS-Related Community Services (ARCS) announced today that it will honor the M•A•C AIDS Fund, the philanthropic arm of M•A•C Cosmetics, along with Hudson Valley restaurateurs Patrick McKenna and Jim Svetz for their consistent support for local residents with HIV/AIDS at its upcoming “Harvest of Hope” gala on November 5, 2011.
A committee of ARCS volunteers selected the M•A•C AIDS Fund as a recipient of the “Hearts for ARCS” Award due to the Fund’s long-standing history of grants to support nutrition programs for HIV-positive clients and prevention education for those at high risk of new HIV infections. Since 2004, ARCS has received more than $67,000 from M•A•C. 100% of sales of the company’s VIVA GLAM products benefit HIV/AIDS service organizations, and M•A•C encourages its employees to volunteer with agencies on World AIDS Day. “We’re doubly excited to hand out this award because of our ongoing relationship with local M•A•C counters in our region, in White Plains and Poughkeepsie,” said ARCS Board Secretary Audrey Rabinowitz. “Their employees gave our clients makeovers through their M•A•C Good Spirits program throughout the year, which made these women very happy. They felt empowered and strong just by having someone pamper them for an afternoon. We are honored to present an award to M•A•C for all they have done for ARCS’ clients.”
A second Hearts for ARCS award will go to two local businessmen, Patrick McKenna and Jim Svetz. The pair owns two restaurants in the Mid-Hudson region: Cafeteria in New Paltz, and Chill Wine Bar in Beacon. “Jim and Patrick have been loyal donors and corporate partners for the past three years,” said Jeff Kraus, ARCS’ Executive Director. “They were among the first to sign up for our Dining Out for Life event and have been involved in every fundraiser we’ve held since 2009.” Both men serve on volunteer committees for ARCS. “They are a true example of successful business owners who give back to their community,” Kraus concluded. Chill Wine Bar will also host ARCS’ Volunteer Appreciation Holiday Party on December 8th.
The Hearts for ARCS Awards will be handed out at the Harvest of Hope Charity Ball on Saturday, November 5, 2011 at Whitby Castle in Rye, NY. The event includes a gourmet dinner, live and silent auctions, entertainment and dancing. Tickets to the formal gala are $150 per person and are available at www.arcs.org/charityball.php. Previous recipients of the Hearts for ARCS Awards include the Keith Haring Foundation, NYS Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Bedford Hills businesswoman Marcy Furman.
For more information on the Harvest of Hope Charity Ball, call (914) 785-8283 or visit www.arcs.org.
Photos from "Dinner at Eleanor's: A Moveable Feast"
Monday, September 26th, 2011
View more beautiful photographs from GreenPeasTV.com presents: Dinner at Eleanor’s: A Moveable Feast which was held on Sunday, September 18, 2011. Photography by Jana Calabrese and Jo Ann Kraus.
Visit the photo album on ARCS’ Facebook page.
National HIV Testing Day is Monday, June 27th!
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
It’s almost here: June 27, 2011, the seventeenth National HIV Testing Day (NHTD), weeks after the thirtieth anniversary of the CDC’s announcement of a strange new disease syndrome. We know it now as AIDS and the virus that causes it as HIV.
NAPWA founded National HIV Testing Day (NHTD) in 1995 in response to the HIV epidemic’s steady growth – especially in marginalized communities like people of color and men who have but also in middle-income neighborhoods where people thought, “it doesn’t happen here.” All Americans need to know they should Take the Test, Take Control, at least once a year. And we should also know that people with HIV who are in treatment with HAART drugs are significantly less at risk for passing their virus on the others than people with HIV who are not in treatment. Test-and-treat is not the whole answer to ending the epidemic, but it’s an indispensable first step.
ARCS is participating in Nationial HIV Testing Day with these events:
Orange County:
ARCS’ Project Reach Out is collaborating with a number of Newburgh-based agencies for a National HIV Testing Day event from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm at the corner of Johnston St. and Broadway, outside the Newburgh Ministry. FREE food, FREE fun, and FREE HIV testing. As always, HIV tests are confidential and the results are available in 20 minutes. Hosted by Project Outreach, Planned Parenthood, the Stephen Saunders Residence, TEAM Newburgh, Newburgh Ministry, H.O.N.O.R. ehg, OraSure, Hudson Health Plan and Fidelis. For more information, call Kristina at (845) 522-5756.
Sullivan County:
ARCS is collaborating with the Sullivan AIDS Task Force to create an HIV testing event on Tuesday, June 28th. More details to follow, or call Ginny at (845) 791-8871 ext 15.
Westchester County:
ARCS’ CHAPS program for young men is hosting an HIV Testing Event and Movie Night on June 27th at the MOSAIC Center, 137 South 4th Avenue in Mount Vernon! CHAPS focuses on young minority men who have sex with men but all are welcome to attend this event. See the full schedule below.
10:00am – 11:30 am – Testing available; light breakfast.
11:30am – 3:00 pm – Testing continues; healthy snacks will be served such as granola, fruit snacks, trail mix, etc.
5:00pm – 7:30 pm– Dinner and a Movie. Check back here to find out which DVD the group will be watching!
For more information, please call Santo at (914) 699-1025 ext 103.