Vancouver PWA Coalition Newsletter Issue #30 August 1989

WALK-A-THON '89 Surpassed all expectations, donations and pledges amount to $50,000. THANK YOU; DDI INFO PACK New information pack is available on request; MONTREAL CONFERENCE Report; TO THE COMMUNITY AND INDIVIDUALS WHO ASSISTED THE PARTICIPANTS WHO WENT TO THE MONTREAL CONFERENCE Thank you; MEDICAL RESEARCH FROM THE MONTREAL AIDS CONFERENCE Research reports, abstracts from the conference; PROMISING NEW THERAPY FOR THRUSH FOUND TO BE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE Research report; SOME PERSONAL THOUGHTS ABOUT THE QUILT Personal reflection; 'THON'ING INTO 1990 Planning for the next walkathon, staff person hired; NDP PROPOSES PROVINCIAL AIDS STRATEGY MLA Dr Tom Perry outlines the NDP strategy for dealing with AIDS; PART OF A SPRINGTIME FRAGRANCE Excerpted with permission from "The Islands," Gulf Islands newspaper June 16, 1989 Reflections on caregiving in the final moments; CC OF LETTER TO THE PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA on AZT funding; ONGOING EVENTS; SUBMISSION WANTED for manual for persons newly diagnosed HIV/AIDS; VOLUNTEER NEEDED to collect and organize information on resources for the manual; NEW BOOKLET OUT: GAIN FOR THE HANDICAPPED, HOW TO APPLY From the Legal Services Society; RISE A Ten Week Course for Coping with HIV Infection; PLEASE HELP COMPILE AN HIV TRAVEL GUIDE Call for volunteers for a guide book listing national, state and local laws as well as emergency services; LIVING WITH AIDS - REACHING OUT available for $15.00; THE QUANTIFIED p24 ANTIGEN TEST The best single blood-test for monitoring the effectiveness of AZT therapy; HIV p24 ANTIGEN, BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN AND NEOPTERIN TESTING NOW AVAILABLE IN VANCOUVER; LETTER TO THE EDITOR A Broader Perspective: Towards Creating Justice and Equality; THANKS TO THE VOLUNTEERS at the Quilt Project; QUACK, QUACK, QUACKERY Reprint from Body Positive NY Information on health fraud scams; BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR! Reflections on applying to the AIDS Vancouver Buddy Program; WALKATHON PICTURES available; AFGHANS NEEDED Thank yous and further request; MEMBERSHIP POLICY CHANGES Full membership is now open to any individual who is self identified as being a person with AIDS or HIV infection resident in BC; RETREAT AUGUST 18 - 21, 1989 Limited space available, sign up for waiting list; NOTICE OF BOARD VACANCY; IN MEMORIAM: BILL IVES. NICHOLAS GRAY; REQUEST FOR VOLUNTEERS Peer counsellors needed; THANKS TO STORY TRAVEL belated thank you for donation of computer and printer; BC FERRIES - HANDICAPPED STATUS Special fare available; AIDS VANCOUVER MOVES to new offices August 1st 1989 1272 Richards Street; AIDS THEATRE PROJECT LOOKING FOR PARTICIPANTS Group theatre project "Power Play." NEWSLETTER SEEKS VOLUNTEERS;