THE ARS ONLINE AUCTION IS NOW OPEN! Silent Auction continues at The Gala March 31st!
STILL WELCOMING SPONSORS AND MAJOR DONORS WHO WANT ADVERTISING HERE, AND THEIR PICTURES TAKEN WITH MISS MARTHA!
AIDS Response-Seacoast's mission is twofold:
- to help people with HIV/AIDS live better lives, and
- to educate people to prevent the spread of the disease.
As we face drastic federal funding cuts this year in New Hampshire, we absolutely depend on donors like you to help us serve our clients.
THERE ARE ONLY DAYS LEFT TO BID IN THIS ONLINE AUCTION! HELP US MEET OUR ONLINE GOAL OF $4,000 by MARCH 31!!
Early on March 31 we'll close down this website and take many of our items on to the Portsmouth Sheraton at 6 p.m. for continued bidding.
TICKETS FOR MARTHA WASH ALMOST SOLD OUT!
We are so excited to have disco diva Martha Wash ("It's Raining Men") join us this year. WE HAVE ONLY A LIMITED NUMBER OF TICKETS REMAINING, so contact Siobhan Senier (ssenier@unh.edu or 603-679-8167) for your tickets TODAY!
The Gala begins with silent auction and hors d'oeuvres at 6 p.m., dinner at 7 p.m. (choice of prime rib; mushroom/boursin chicken; or vegetarian pasta), followed by a night of dancing.
Click here to reserve rooms at the Sheraton at the special Gala guest rate of $119.
http://www.sheratonportsmouth.com/
Top 10 Items
Top 10 Bidders
Most of the items here are on-line auction only, so you do not have to be at the Gala to win. However, there are many gorgeous items, way too FABULOUS to try to show here, that will be at the live event only, such as jewelry and artwork, as well as a few selected items from this catalog.
THERE IS TRULY SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE!
Donated by
Valentino Alba
Donated by
Mimi Winder
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Music Hall, Portsmouth
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Roger GaluskaPortsmouth's THE WIRE covers the NH AIDS funding crisis
| Written by Matt Kanner | |
| Wednesday, 10 January 2007 | |
| a conversation with Anne Rugg, executive director of AIDS Response Seacoast Those living with HIV or AIDS in New Hampshire must endure social stigmatization while struggling to cover tremendous medical expenses. Those challenges will be compounded beginning in March, when the state loses $1 million in federal funds for drug reimbursement, primary care and other critical services provided by AIDS services organizations. New Hampshire currently receives $1.6 million in federal Ryan White Title I monies distributed by the Boston Public Health Commission. Although the commission is not obligated to send a single dime to New Hampshire, it currently gives 16 percent of its “Ryan White” funds to its northern neighbor. But New Hampshire represents only 5 percent of Boston’s caseload, and the commission decided more funding must be kept in state to deal with HIV issues in Massachusetts. Effective March 1, it will scale back more than 60 percent of the funds previously allocated to New Hampshire. As a result, the N.H. Department of Health and Human Services will lose $500,000 dedicated to drug reimbursement for people using anti-retroviral drugs who cannot afford to pay for their medication. The monumental cuts could force the DHHS to consider putting HIV patients on a waiting list for the drugs that keep them alive. “It’s unthinkable, because people will die on a waiting list,” said Anne Rugg, executive director of AIDS Response Seacoast. The remaining $500,000 in federal cuts will be incurred by AIDS services organizations in Portsmouth, Nashua and Manchester. Rugg’s organization, which operates on an annual budget of $750,000, will lose $127,000. The nearly 20 percent budget reduction could mean the loss of client services such as mental health counseling, transportation, housing assistance, food services, client advocacy, peer support and substance abuse counseling. Approximately 259 people are living with HIV or AIDS in Strafford and Rockingham counties, and most of them have low or moderate incomes. AIDS Response Seacoast, which formed in 1987, now has 102 clients who will be affected by the cuts. The organization’s nine staff members face harrowing challenges as they consider avenues to recover funding. Click here to read the complete interview with Anne Rugg: http://www.wirenh.com/News/In_Brief/the_AIDS_funding_crisis_200701101856.html |
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