A Division of Cornerstone Family Healthcare
Merck & Co. presents an educational workshop for HIV+ people on why it’s important to take your medications and how they might interact. Learn ways to improve your ability to take charge of your medications, and connect members of your health care team to understand all your medications.
Lunch will be provided.
This is a non-branded Community Health Action Talk presented by Merck at no charge for participants. Sign up today at 866-498-9933 or RSVP to Yessie at (914) 785-8303.
Complete the sign-in form online by March 11, 2016.
HVCS will host two trainings on the basics of Hepatitis C infection, transmission and treatment for care managers, service providers, and clients. Amber Pace from Gilead (the maker of several Hepatitis C medications) and a guest speaker will provide a clear-cut, no-medical-jargon version that can be easily understood by all skill levels. A light lunch will be provided.
One training will be held in HVCS’ Hawthorne (Westchester) office, the other in Newburgh.
Attendees MUST RSVP in advance to Anthony at (914) 785-8277 or via email.
On Friday, December 11, 2015, HVCS’ Hawthorne office held its annual Holiday Potluck Lunch. Organized by our office manager Phyllis and a small crew, this delicious and entirely staff-created event brought the entire office together for an hour. This year, staffers set up a “Secret Santa” gift exchange for the first time. Everyone got to mingle, enjoy each others’ home-cooked food, and spread some cheer!
HVCS’ Hawthorne office is looking for a long-term volunteer who can assist with light clerical tasks and file management. The right volunteer is someone who’s available on weekdays between 9 am and 5 pm, but the amount of time and particular hours spent each week is flexible. Call (914) 785-8326 or e-mail ‘jdewey @ hudsonvalleycs.org’ for more information or to apply. Thanks!
The Woodlands Community Temple filled our Hawthorne food pantry with the results of the food drive they held on Saturday, October 4th at their Yom Kippur services. The congregation’s response was so overwhelming that they had to rent a truck to transport all the non-perishable foods to us. Volunteers unloaded 151 boxes of food last week. This much-needed food will go towards our emergency food closet for our clients’ families and those who need emergency service. Thank you to to the Woodlands Community Temple, and organizer Sandi Leib-Geiger!
This two-day training is designed to help health and human services providers promote sexual health among their clients by building their capacity to talk sensitively and non-judgmentally about sexual identity, gender identity and sexual behaviors. Topics to be covered during the training include: sexual and gender identity; strategies for talking with clients about sexual health issues; HIV/STD prevention and harm reduction strategies for sexual behaviors.
As a result of this training, participants will be able to:
• Increase their awareness about the range of sexual and gender identities of their clients;
• Describe how homophobia and other forms of stigma and discrimination can impact a client’s sexual behaviors and ability to practice sexual risk reduction;
• Increase their comfort in discussing sexual and gender identity with clients;
• Describe how sexual trauma can impact a client’s sexual behaviors and risk for HIV/STDs; and
• Offer clients harm reduction options for sexual behaviors.
Prerequisite: Although there is no prerequisite for this course, it is strongly recommended that participants have previous knowledge or training on basic HIV/AIDS information.
Audience: All health and human service providers.