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Kurt Weston makes his living as a photographer. He’s also legally blind. It’s a paradox that has become his calling card, and he identifies with it proudly.
His blindness comes from tremendous damage done to his retinas and the rest of his eyes due to complications from AIDS.
Radiant Health Centers is going all in with this year’s 35th annual Radiant Royal Gala. The non-profit fundraiser is celebrating the golden age of Las Vegas from the 1950s and 1960s, in what is bound to be a sold out event. This year’s gala will be hosted in the historic, and newly remodeled, Yost Theater, located at 307 N. Spurgeon St, in Santa Ana, on January 26, 2019, starting at 5pm.
When you think of HIV/AIDS and God or religion, the following images may come to mind: “God Hates Fags” lining the streets at the local AIDS walk. A candlelight vigil in the church sanctuary on World AIDS Day. Members of a religious congregation figuratively (and literally) turning their collective backs on someone who has AIDS. Angry ministers loudly preaching “HIV is God’s punishment.” Magic Johnson pleading with African American churches to become more involved in the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Radiant Health Centers in Irvine, California invites the Orange County community to don their brightest cycling gear on Saturday, October 27, and ride for a good cause, the 9th annual Orange County Ride for AIDS, Radiant Health Centers’ one-day weekend ride that raises funds to finance the organization’s services and programs for the HIV community. The ride takes place at Bill Barber Memorial Park in Irvine, California.
This fall, Radiant Health Centers is encouraging the Orange County community to grab its cycling gear for a good cause on Saturday, Oct. 27 at its 9th annual Orange County Ride for AIDS.
The event, which will take place at the Civic Center Plaza in Irvine, Calif., is Radiant Health Centers’ one-day weekend ride that helps raise funds to support the organization’s services and programs offered to those living with HIV in the community.
Radiant Health Centers invites everyone to put their pedals to the pavement for a good cause and ride for a reason with the 9th Annual OC Ride for AIDS (OCRA) this fall, on Saturday, October 27. The event, taking place at the Civic Center Plaza in Irvine, is Radiant Health Centers’ one-day ride that helps raise funds to support the organization’s services and programs offered to those living with HIV in the community.
Vital questions, expert answers, a few controversies and a lot of potentially life-saving information about PrEP, the HIV-preventive prophylaxis, reverberated from Urban Mo’s in the heart of the San Diego’s LGBTQ Hillcrest neighborhood out across the nation via social media and streaming video Saturday, as LGBTs In The News with Thom Senzee returned to the nationally touring panel series’ hometown.
This fall, Radiant Health Centers is encouraging the Orange County community to grab its cycling gear for a good cause on Saturday, Oct. 27 at its 9th annual Orange County Ride for AIDS. The event, which will take place at Bill Barber Memorial Park in Irvine, Calif., is Radiant Health Centers’ one-day weekend ride that helps raise funds to support the organization’s services and programs offered to those living with HIV in the community.
Every time I give a tour at the AIDS foundation I currently work for, I share my status and say out loud, “I am HIV-positive.” But it has not always been easy to say these words to another person. As a matter of fact, it has been very recent since I have decided to reveal my status to anyone else other than my long-time partner and two close friends.
IRVINE, Calif. (Aug. 22, 2018) – Radiant Health Centers recently expanded its Health and Wellness Food Pantry to serve members of the LGBTQ+ community who are experiencing food insecurity, regardless of HIV status. To qualify, members of the LGBTQ+ community must have limited income and a severe or disabling medical diagnosis.
Expanding the food pantry is a part of Radiant Health Centers’ promise to meet the needs of Orange County’s LGBTQ+ community and get to zero new HIV transmissions. The pantry served more than 400 HIV positive clients last year, and with the expansion Radiant Health Centers will serve almost 100 more people in need in Orange County.
The food pantry provides a dependable source of nutritious food in sufficient quantities for not only clients, but also their pets. Radiant Health Centers received a generous grant from the Banfield Foundation, making the pet food pantry possible.
“Most people really love their pets, and rather than letting them starve, our clients often give them their own food,” said Phil Yaeger, CEO & executive director, Radiant Health Centers. “To make sure our clients are well nourished and able to stay healthy, we started giving away pet food for dogs and cats as well. ”
Eligible clients will be able to pick up their food on Mondays. In addition, Radiant Health Centers also delivers food to clients to remove barriers to access for clients who do not have access to transportation or who are unable to pick up their food at Radiant Health Centers.
“We are so grateful to our donors and volunteers who make the food pantry possible,” said Yaeger. “It is truly making a difference in our community, helping some of our most vulnerable members get enough food on their plates.”
Radiant Health Centers food pantry is open on Mondays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. by appointment. Clients must sign up in advance and provide proof of requirements. To set up an appointment and find out more, clients can contact Health and Wellness Pantry Coordinator Brent Wellman at (949) 809-8773. Food is needed all year round to keep the pantry operating. Items can be brought to Radiant Health Centers, 17982 Sky Park Circle, Ste J, Irvine, CA 92614-6482.
About Radiant Health Centers
Radiant Health Centers has provided more than three decades of exceptional care and support to people affected by HIV and their loved ones. It has been instrumental in driving new HIV transmissions down over the past 15 years; however, six people a week in Orange County are still diagnosed with HIV.
Radiant Health Centers encompasses traditional HIV testing and prevention outreach as well as long-standing services to Orange County’s HIV positive community while also creating a safe space to help more members of our LGBTQ+ community in need of compassionate care. Learn more at www.radianthealthcenters.org.
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