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Gaston County Senior Center

By Krista Westervelt, Associate Director, Partners in Health & Wholeness, Healthy Aging

Programs and Services at the Gaston County Senior Center: Ongoing Classes, Clubs & Events: Fitness Fusion Yoga Stretch Zumba Gold Arthritis Exercise Line Dance Tai Chi Use It or Lose it Craft Club Bridge Club Lunch & Learns Monthly Dances Table tennis Open Play Writer’s Club Walking club Bingo Game Night Bocce Club Open Mic […]

Gaston County Senior Center

· by Krista Westervelt, Associate Director, Partners in Health & Wholeness, Healthy Aging

Programs and Services at the Gaston County Senior Center: Ongoing Classes, Clubs & Events: Fitness Fusion Yoga Stretch Zumba Gold Arthritis Exercise Line Dance Tai Chi Use It or Lose it Craft Club Bridge Club Lunch & Learns Monthly Dances Table tennis Open Play Writer’s Club Walking club Bingo Game Night Bocce Club Open Mic […]

Anson County Senior Services

By Krista Westervelt, Associate Director, Partners in Health & Wholeness, Healthy Aging

The mission of Anson County Senior Services is to provide county wide community based services designed to help older adults remain in or return to their own homes or other places of residence. Services available at the Anson County Senior Center in Wadesboro include: Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program is geared at […]

Anson County Senior Services

· by Krista Westervelt, Associate Director, Partners in Health & Wholeness, Healthy Aging

The mission of Anson County Senior Services is to provide county wide community based services designed to help older adults remain in or return to their own homes or other places of residence. Services available at the Anson County Senior Center in Wadesboro include: Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program is geared at […]

Queen City Harm Reduction

By Elizabeth Brewington, Overdose Response Program Coordinator

Queen City Needle Exchange is a project started by Cat Nelson in 2016, the year North Carolina legalized SEP’s (Syringe Exchange Programs) with the help and mentorship of the Urban Survivors Union and the North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition.  It started out of the trunk of Cat’s car, with a small grant providing supplies, and donated Naloxone from NCHRC.  QCNE […]

Queen City Harm Reduction

· by Elizabeth Brewington, Overdose Response Program Coordinator

Queen City Needle Exchange is a project started by Cat Nelson in 2016, the year North Carolina legalized SEP’s (Syringe Exchange Programs) with the help and mentorship of the Urban Survivors Union and the North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition.  It started out of the trunk of Cat’s car, with a small grant providing supplies, and donated Naloxone from NCHRC.  QCNE […]

RAIN

By Elizabeth Brewington, Overdose Response Program Coordinator

RAIN’s empowers persons living with HIV and those at risk to be healthy and stigma-free. RAIN envisions ending HIV in our community. RAIN offers Medical Case Management, Empowering Positive Youth, Early Intervention Services, Health Insurance Assistance, HIV/STI Testing, Counseling Services, PrEP Program (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis), Support Groups, CREW (Community Resources for Empowerment & Wellness), Research Studies

RAIN

· by Elizabeth Brewington, Overdose Response Program Coordinator

RAIN’s empowers persons living with HIV and those at risk to be healthy and stigma-free. RAIN envisions ending HIV in our community. RAIN offers Medical Case Management, Empowering Positive Youth, Early Intervention Services, Health Insurance Assistance, HIV/STI Testing, Counseling Services, PrEP Program (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis), Support Groups, CREW (Community Resources for Empowerment & Wellness), Research Studies

Hope Remains

By Elizabeth Brewington, Overdose Response Program Coordinator

Hope Remains has been designed by Christian people who have a sincere desire to cut through the prejudice and misinformation concerning God’s gift of sexuality.   For too many years, people whose sexual orientation was other than heterosexual, and transgender individuals, have been marginalized in the churches, made to feel dirty, useless, etc. Sometimes they […]

Hope Remains

· by Elizabeth Brewington, Overdose Response Program Coordinator

Hope Remains has been designed by Christian people who have a sincere desire to cut through the prejudice and misinformation concerning God’s gift of sexuality.   For too many years, people whose sexual orientation was other than heterosexual, and transgender individuals, have been marginalized in the churches, made to feel dirty, useless, etc. Sometimes they […]

Many Voices

By Elizabeth Brewington, Overdose Response Program Coordinator

As a Black church movement for gay and transgender justice, we envision a community that embraces the diversity of the human family and ensures that all are treated with love, compassion, and justice. Black gay and transgender people are too often case studies in discrimination, shame, hardship, insecurity and isolation. Job insecurity and other financial threats, […]

Many Voices

· by Elizabeth Brewington, Overdose Response Program Coordinator

As a Black church movement for gay and transgender justice, we envision a community that embraces the diversity of the human family and ensures that all are treated with love, compassion, and justice. Black gay and transgender people are too often case studies in discrimination, shame, hardship, insecurity and isolation. Job insecurity and other financial threats, […]

NORTH CAROLINA INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE

By Elizabeth Brewington, Overdose Response Program Coordinator

History of the NCIOM The NCIOM was chartered by the North Carolina General Assembly in 1983 to serve as a non-political, independent source of analysis and advice on major health issues facing the state. Throughout its history, the NCIOM has been the leading source of information and public policy recommendations aimed at improving population health, […]

NORTH CAROLINA INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE

· by Elizabeth Brewington, Overdose Response Program Coordinator

History of the NCIOM The NCIOM was chartered by the North Carolina General Assembly in 1983 to serve as a non-political, independent source of analysis and advice on major health issues facing the state. Throughout its history, the NCIOM has been the leading source of information and public policy recommendations aimed at improving population health, […]

Southern AIDS Coalition (SAC)

By Elizabeth Brewington, Overdose Response Program Coordinator

Mission: The mission of the Southern AIDS Coalition (SAC) is to end the HIV and STI epidemics in the South by promoting accessible and high-quality systems of [HIV and STI] prevention, treatment, care, housing, and essential support services. Southern Vision: We envision a better South for people living with HIV — one where every person […]

Southern AIDS Coalition (SAC)

· by Elizabeth Brewington, Overdose Response Program Coordinator

Mission: The mission of the Southern AIDS Coalition (SAC) is to end the HIV and STI epidemics in the South by promoting accessible and high-quality systems of [HIV and STI] prevention, treatment, care, housing, and essential support services. Southern Vision: We envision a better South for people living with HIV — one where every person […]

NATIONAL FAITH HIV/AIDS AWARENESS DAY FAITH LEADER TOOLKIT

By Elizabeth Brewington, Overdose Response Program Coordinator

National Faith and HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is on August 29th. This tool kit is a great resource for Faith Leaders to engage around the topic of HIV. Faith plays a major role in the lives of many Americans. Many find faith to be a connection to a spiritual being, deity, or creator. Unfortunately for many […]

NATIONAL FAITH HIV/AIDS AWARENESS DAY FAITH LEADER TOOLKIT

· by Elizabeth Brewington, Overdose Response Program Coordinator

National Faith and HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is on August 29th. This tool kit is a great resource for Faith Leaders to engage around the topic of HIV. Faith plays a major role in the lives of many Americans. Many find faith to be a connection to a spiritual being, deity, or creator. Unfortunately for many […]