About AIDS
By Sylvia Lopez, Fri., May 23, 2003
Garage Sale Benefits HIV-Poz Women on May 31
Doing some spring cleaning? The Women Rising Project needs your stuff! Yes, it's almost time for the fourth annual Women Rising Spring Garage Sale, with proceeds supporting the project's activities for HIV-positive women and their families.
Items in useable condition will be greatly appreciated. Especially sale-worthy are: clothing and accessories for men, women, and children (spring and summer) and for infants and toddlers; household goods and linens; toys, bikes, tools, CDs and tapes, yard and garden tools, small appliances and electronic equipment (in working order, please!), and small furniture. (Due to space limitations, large furniture can be accepted by special arrangement only. Call 406-6150 to ask!)
Donations can be brought to ASA, 7215 Cameron (just north of St. John's), from Monday, May 26, through Friday, May 30, between 8:30am and 5:30pm, or until 7:30pm on Thursday, May 29.
The Women Rising Project is a collaborative program of AIDS Services of Austin, ALLGO, the C.A.R.E. Unit, Wright House Wellness Center, Interfaith Care Alliance, Planned Parenthood, Waterloo Counseling Center, and the YWCA. Working together for HIV-positive women, Women Rising is dedicated to nurturing leadership, fostering self-empowerment, promoting health, improving quality of life, building community, and advocacy for women and their families.
The sale will be Saturday, May 31, from 8am until 3pm at ASA. For more information, call 406-6150 or e-mail sjlopez@austin.rr.com.
Sylvia Lopez, Program Coordinator
Women Rising Project
