Overview
AIDS Resource is a non-profit organization that provides critical education programs, prevention, and outreach efforts to help stop the spread of HIV/AIDS. AIDS Resource also provides much needed assistance for those who are living with HIV/AIDS.
Caring...
for people living with HIV/AIDS is at the heart of AIDS Resource. Client services address the needs of people and families across the spectrum of the disease. We offer assistance with:
- Housing
- Emergency funds
- Food program
- Nutritional supplements
- Support groups
- Case management
Changing...
people's beliefs and behaviors is the goal of the educational services at AIDS Resource. Programs are available to groups, individuals and agencies to provide information and to help people and communities understand HIV and its effects on them. Our educational services provide:
- Orasure testing and testing referrals
- Presentations
- Outreach to at-risk groups
- Professional development
- School-based programs
Giving...
of your time or financial support can help AIDS Resource accomplish our mission. With your support, we can help people help themselves and prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS.
Donations
Donations can be made in the form of cash, planned or deferred gifts or in-kind gifts.
Donate online using Paypal:
Donate online using GoodSearch.com
Donate by mail: click here to print out donation form
Or contact us at 570-322-8448 or aidsr@epix.net for more information.
Volunteer
We need volunteers for:
- Education
- Transportation to medical appointments
- Special events
- Office support
- And much, much more
Interested in becoming a volunteer? Please complete our internship application (Word document) and mail to:
Intern Coordinator
AIDS Resource
520 West Fourth Street
Suite 2A
Williamsport, PA 17701
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HIV/AIDS discrimination complaints
For HIV/AIDS discrimination complaints, contact your agency Equal Employment Office or the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission at:
Harrisburg Regional Office: 717-787-9784
Philadelphia Regional Office: 215-560-2496
Pittsburgh Regional Office: 412-565-5395
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HIV/AIDS Testing
We offer free HIV/AIDS testing. If you or someone you know would like to be tested, please contact our office at 570-322-8448 to arrange a test time. Click here to learn more about our services.
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Words from our clients
April 2006
Name removed to protect confidentiality
It has never been easy for me to stand with hat in hand before anyone. I was raised to believe that I alone am responsible for myself and my family, and if I am unable to meet my responsibilities, I alone am to blame. So it was only as a last resort that I went to AIDS Resource for help.
I have not regretted that move. There I found both the financial and emotional support necessary to help me navigate the terrain that is the area’s social services network. I found, not a hand out, but the proverbial hand up, a helping hand that allows me to do what I am able to do and helps me to do what I otherwise can not. I found help for my family and me with finding medical care, obtaining “affordable” medication, and keeping the medical insurance without which I would surely go under. And I found a way of looking beyond myself and my fears to all that is best in a real community. I do not exaggerate when I say that you and the assistance AIDS Resource has provided have kept me from losing my home and my health, indeed have kept me from losing, at times, my mind.
And I know that it is not just me or others living with HIV and AIDS that you help. I have seen your staff in the most likely and unlikely of places across the region, working tirelessly to educate the public about the disease and its prevention. I have heard your words of encouragement to those in the community coping with HIV and AIDS and your request for assistance from those in the community hoping to prevent and hopefully eradicate HIV and AIDS. I have seen you reach out to young and old, man and woman, black and white, straight and gay, all in an attempt to help each of us feel at home in this human community. And because of that, I have seen in you and your staff the Christian spirit I hear so much about yet see so infrequently.
I do not take much for granted anymore. I know that, despite what is reported about the economy, my paycheck continues to shrink. I know that my ability to provide for myself and my family is threatened every day. I know that the help you offer can only go so far and can only last so long, that the state has already slashed much of your funding. And I know that, despite the President’s call for the reauthorization of the Ryan White Act, reauthorization will likely mean the cutting of services and the perpetuation of a political agenda that will punish – even while it claims to help – those trying to live productive lives in the face of this physically and socially destructive disease.
I fear what would happen to my family and countless others were the services and assistance you provide to disappear, and, while I can, I thank God for your presence. You are not only the help that keeps me going, you are the hope that keeps me going. Because of you and your staff, I know that even with hat in hand, I can hold my head high – at least for today. And by holding my head high, I am able for a while to see a future before me. I thank you more than you know.
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