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Come to the ASK Wellness Centre on December 1, 2011, to honour and commemorate those lost to AIDS and those who continue to live with the effects of HIV/AIDS in addition to mark the achievements made in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
ASK Goes Global
We have a duty as a community to rally together and reach out to those children with HIV/AIDS and those orphaned by AIDS.
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Welcome
The AIDS Society of Kamloops (ASK) is a local agency that is dedicated to helping those in need in our community. The mandate of ASK has broadened to include providing awareness, education, advocacy, housing, and support related to HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis C, marginalization and persons at risk, in order to develop healthier communities.
Following the agencies guiding principles of harm reduction, client centered and social justice; the staff and volunteers of ASK are involved in addressing the needs of our communities’ most vulnerable population.
Please feel free take a look around our site to learn more about the services we provide to our local community and the interior region.
If you want to support what the ASK Wellness Centre is doing consider volunteering some of your time at our agency or providing a donation to support the local AIDS Walk for Life. If you feel that our services could benefit you or someone close to you please contact us and we will do our best to provide the assistance to you need.
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Homelessness Awareness Event – Merritt, BC
Smart Step Youth Association and ASK Wellness partnered up to put on the first annual Homelessness Awareness Event in Merritt, British Columbia as funded by a Davis Project for Peace grant from the Kathryn W. Davis Foundation.
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Dining Out For Life® is an annual fundraising event involving the generous participation of volunteers, corporate sponsors and restaurants. In exchange for their financial support, restaurants are listed in a city wide marketing campaign in an effort to increase customer traffic. In 1991, Dining Out For Life® was created by an ActionAIDS volunteer in Philadelphia. [...]
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2010 PSA for the Scotiabank AIDS Walk for Life, in English, produced by John St for event partners Canadian AIDS Society, AIDS Committee of Toronto and British Columbia Persons with AIDS Society.
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