new york: hiv/aids awareness day

CDC HIV/AIDS/Viral Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update NEW YORK: HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Staff Writer
March 7, 2013

Utica Observer-Dispatch (03.06.13) Aids Weekly Plus In recognition of National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, AIDS Community Resources is collaborating with the Office on Women’s Health to present an event on March 8 at Mohawk Valley Community College in Utica, N.Y. The event will be held from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in Room 116 of the Alumni College Center on campus at 1101 Sherman Drive. The community will be able to get information, safe sex supplies and HIV/STD testing, all provided free of charge. The event also will support the Rock the Red Heels initiative to raise awareness— through March 10, wear red heels, take a picture, and tag it “Utica Project Herrs” (www.facebook.com/UticaProjectHERRS) to be entered for dinner for two at a local restaurant. For further information on the initiative and contest, visit www.womenshealth.gov/nwghaad/ or www.facebook.com/UticaProjectHerrs.

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