Florida Health in Palm Beach County 2017 World AIDS Week Events
| Nov 26 - Dec 13, 2017 |
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Sunday November 26th
Event: Prayer – All pastors are encouraged to lead congregation in a special prayer in observance of persons and families affected by HIV/AIDS
Monday November 27th
Event: Lights On in the Community – Glades Western Communities’ residents are asked to leave the front and back porch lights on at home all day, and to drive with car headlights on all day.
Sponsoring Agency: FoundCare
Date/Time: 11/27/17, 8 am – 12 pm
Location: St. Ann Place, 2107 N Dixie Hwy, West Palm Beach, 33401
Features: Free Rapid HIV Testing, Educational materials, Safer Sex Resources, and Condoms
For more info: (561) 472-2466 ext. 235
Sponsoring Agency: FoundCare
Date/Time: 11/27/17, 8 am – 5 pm
Location: FoundCare, 2330 S Congress Ave, West Palm Beach 33406
Features: Free Rapid HIV Testing and Condoms
For more info: (561) 472-2466
Sponsoring Agency: Compass Community Center
Date/Time: 11/27/17, 4 pm – 7:30 pm
Location: Compass, 201 N Dixie Hwy, Lake Worth 33460
Feature: Free Rapid HIV Testing
For more info: (561) 533-9699
Tuesday November 28th
Sponsoring Agency: FoundCare
Date/Time: 11/28/17, 11:30 am – 1 pm
Location: St. Georges Episcopal Church, 21 W 22nd St, Riviera Beach, 33404
Features: Free Rapid HIV Testing, Educational materials, Safer Sex Resources, and Condoms
For more info: Shayla Knighton-Black (561) 472-2466 ext. 235
Sponsoring Agency: FoundCare
Date/Time: 11/28/17, 8 am – 7 pm
Location: FoundCare, 2330 S Congress Ave, West Palm Beach 33406
Features: Free Rapid HIV Testing and Condoms
For more info: (561) 472-2466
Sponsoring Agency: FoundCare
Date/Time: 11/28/17, 9 am – 12 pm
Location: Light House Café, 400 SW Avenue B Place, Belle Glade 33430
Features: Free Rapid HIV Testing and Condoms
For more info: Brenda Gordon (561) 996-7059
Sponsoring Agency: Compass Community Center
Date/Time: 11/28/17, 1 pm – 5:30 pm
Location: Compass, 201 N Dixie Hwy, Lake Worth 33460
Feature: Free Rapid HIV Testing
For more info: (561) 533-9699
Sponsoring Agency: AIDS Coalition of the Glades
Date/Time: 11/28/17
Event: Red Ribbon Distribution to Glades-area Businesses, Churches, and Healthcare providers
Contact: Sandra Stewart (561) 755-2439
Wednesday November 29th
Sponsoring Agency: FoundCare
Date/Time: 11/29/17, 8 am – 5 pm
Location: FoundCare, 2330 S Congress Ave, West Palm Beach 33406
Features: Free Rapid HIV Testing and Condoms
For more info: (561) 472-2466
Sponsoring Agency: FoundCare
Date/Time: 11/29/17, 9 am – 3 pm
Location: FoundCare, 1500-A NW Avenue L, Belle Glade 33430
Features: Free Rapid HIV Testing and Condoms
For more info: Brenda Gordon (561) 996-7059
Thursday November 30th
Sponsoring Agency: FoundCare
Date/Time: 11/30/17, 8 am – 7 pm
Location: FoundCare, 2330 S Congress Ave, West Palm Beach 33406
Features: Free Rapid HIV Testing and Condoms
For more info: (561) 472-2466
Sponsoring Agency: FoundCare
Date/Time: 11/30/17, 11 am – 1 pm
Location: Palm Beach State College, 4200 Congress Ave, Lake Worth 33460
Features: Free Rapid HIV Testing, Educational materials, Safer Sex Resources, and Condoms
For more info: Shayla Knighton-Black (561) 472-2466 ext. 235
Sponsoring Agency: FoundCare
Date/Time: 11/30/17, 10 am – 4 pm
Location: Palm Beach State College, 3160 PGA Blvd, Palm Beach Gardens 33410
Features: Free Rapid HIV Testing, Educational materials, Safer Sex Resources, and Condoms
For more info: Shayla Knighton-Black (561) 472-2466 ext. 235
Sponsoring Agency: FoundCare
Date/Time: 11/30/17, 10 am – 2 pm
Location: Bridges of Belle Glade
Features: Free Rapid HIV Testing, Educational materials, Safer Sex Resources, and Condoms
For more info: Shayla Knighton-Black (561) 472-2466 ext. 235
Sponsoring Agency: FoundCare
Date/Time: 11/30/17, 4 pm – 6 pm
Location: Palm Beach State College, 1977 College Drive, Belle Glade 33430
Features: Free Rapid HIV Testing, Educational materials, Safer Sex Resources, and Condoms
For more info: Shayla Knighton-Black (561) 472-2466 ext. 235
Sponsoring Agency: Compass Community Center
Date/Time: 11/30/17, 4 pm – 7:30 pm
Location: Compass, 201 N Dixie Hwy, Lake Worth 33460
Feature: Free Rapid HIV Testing
For more info: (561) 533-9699
Friday December 1st
Sponsoring Agency: Compass Community Center
Date/Time: 12/1/17 – 12/12/17; Mon-Thur 10 am – 8 pm, and Friday 10 am – 5 pm
Location: Compass, 201 N Dixie Hwy, Lake Worth 33460
Feature: The Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt display; 22 panels for public view
For more info: (561) 533-9699; Group Tours can be scheduled at http://AIDSquilt.eventbrite.com
Sponsoring Agency: FDOH Palm Beach County
Date/Time: 12/1/17, 7:30 am – 3:30 pm
Location: 1150 45th St, West Palm Beach 33407
Features: 4th Gen Blood HIV Testing; Charge is on a sliding scale
For more info: (561) 514-5300
Sponsoring Agency: FDOH Palm Beach County
Date/Time: 12/1/17, 7:30 am – 3:30 pm
Location: 1250 Southwinds Dr, Lantana 33462
Features: 4th Gen Blood HIV Testing; Charge is on a sliding scale
For more info: (561) 547-6800
Sponsoring Agency: FDOH Palm Beach County
Date/Time: 12/1/17, 7:30 am – 3:30 pm
Location: 225 S Congress Ave, Delray Beach 33445
Features: 4th Gen Blood HIV Testing; Charge is on a sliding scale
For more info: (561) 274-3100
Sponsoring Agency: FDOH Palm Beach County
Date/Time: 12/1/17, 7:30 am – 3:30 pm
Location: 38754 SR 80, Belle Glade 33430
Features: 4th Gen Blood HIV Testing; Charge is on a sliding scale
For more info: (561) 983-9220
Sponsoring Agency: Caridad Center
Date/Time: 12/1/17, 8 am – 12 pm
Location: Caridad, 8645 W Boynton Beach Blvd, Boynton Beach 33472
Features: Rapid HIV Testing, Music and Gifts
For more info: (561) 737-6336
Sponsoring Agency: FoundCare
Date/Time: 12/1/17, 8 am – 5 pm
Location: FoundCare, 2330 S Congress Ave, West Palm Beach 33406
Features: Free Rapid HIV Testing and Condoms
For more info: (561) 472-2466
Sponsoring Agency: FoundCare
Date/Time: 12/1/17, 8 am – 4:30 pm
Location: FoundCare, 1500-A NW Avenue L, Belle Glade 33430
Features: Free Rapid HIV Testing and Condoms
For more info: Brenda Gordon (561) 996-7059
Sponsoring Agency: Florida Atlantic University Community Health Center
Date/Time: 12/1/17, 9 am – 12 pm, and then 2 pm – 4 pm
Location: FAU CHC, 1650 Osceola Drive, West Palm Beach, FL 33409
Features: Free HIV Testing
For more info: (561) 803 8880
Sponsoring Agency: FoundCare
Date/Time: 12/1/17, 9 am – 12 pm
Location: The Urban League, 2107 Tamarind Ave, West Palm Beach 33401
Features: Free Rapid HIV Testing, Educational materials, Safer Sex Resources, and Condoms
For more info: Shayla Knighton-Black (561) 472-2466 ext. 235
Sponsoring Agency: Farther Outreach
Date/Time: 12/1/17, 9:30 am – 1 pm
Location: Jerome Golden Center, Stepping Stone Bldg., 1041 45th St, West Palm Beach 33407
Features: Private Event Closed to the Public
Sponsoring Agency: St James Missionary Baptist Church
Date/Time: 12/1/17, 10 am – 1 pm
Location: Emperial Plaza, 1533 W Blue Heron Blvd, Riviera Beach 33404
Features: Free HIV Literature and Condoms
Sponsoring Agency: FoundCare, Inc.
Date/Time: 12/1/17, 11 am – 2 pm
Location: FoundCare’s Drop-in Center, 2330 S Congress Ave, West Palm Beach, 33406
Features: Interactive stations including Photo area, Timeline of HIV/AIDS, and Express Yourself Open-mic, for people to share how AIDS has affected their lives through spoken word, music, skit, art, etc.
For more info: Shayla Knighton-Black (561)472-2466 ext.235
Sponsoring Agency: Genesis Community Health
Date/Time: 12/1/17, 11 am – 2 pm
Event Location: BRIDGES at Boynton Beach, 223 NW 12th Avenue, Boynton Beach 33435
Feature: Free Rapid HIV Testing and giveaways
Contact: Wisny Marcellus (561) 806-6835 ext. 213
Sponsoring Agency: Families First of Palm Beach County – TOPWA
Date/Time: 12/1/17, 11 am – 3pm
Location: The Guatemalan-Maya Center, 430 N G St, Lake Worth 33460
Features: Free HIV Testing, Pregnancy Testing, and Education
For more info: Jeannette Tomici (561) 318-4225
Sponsoring Agency: Triple H Ministries, Inc.
Date/Time: 12/1/17, 11 am – 5 pm
Location: Mobile Unit in various locations
Features: Free Rapid HIV and Syphilis testing
For more info: Call for locations of mobile unit, Caroline Hill (561) 255-7711
Sponsoring Agency: FoundCare
Date/Time: 12/1/17, 1 pm – 3 pm
Location: Bridges of West Palm Beach, 811 9th St, West Palm Beach 33401
Features: Free Rapid HIV Testing, Educational materials, Safer Sex Resources, and Condoms
For more info: Shayla Knighton-Black (561) 472-2466 ext. 235
Sponsoring Agency: Planned Parenthood
Date/Time: 12/1/17
Location: Planned Parenthood, 10111 Forest Hill Blvd, Ste. 340, Wellington 33414
Features: Free Rapid HIV Testing
For more info: (800) 230-PLAN to make an appointment; walk-ins welcome
Sponsoring Agency: Planned Parenthood
Date/Time: 12/1/17
Location: Planned Parenthood, 931 Village Blvd, Ste. 904, West Palm Beach 33409
Features: Free Rapid HIV Testing
For more info: (800) 230-PLAN to make an appointment; walk-ins welcome
Sponsoring Agency: Planned Parenthood
Date/Time: 12/1/17
Location: Planned Parenthood, 8177 Glades Rd, Bay 25, Boca Raton 33434
Features: Free Rapid HIV Testing
For more info: (800) 230-PLAN to make an appointment; walk-ins welcome
Sponsoring Agency: AIDS Coalition of the Glades
Date/Time: 12/1/17, 5 pm – 6 pm
Location: Pioneer Park, Belle Glade
Event: Health Awareness Community Walk
Contact: Sandra Stewart (561) 755-2439
Sponsoring Agency: Compass Community Center
Date/Time: 12/1/17, 6 pm – 7:30 pm
Location: Compass, 201 N Dixie Hwy, Lake Worth 33460
Feature: Largest AIDS Memorial Quilt Display in Florida, Voices of Pride performance, Interfaith Benediction, and a Moment of Silence; The AIDS Memorial Quilt is the largest on-going community arts project in the world, and one of the first and most powerful tools in HIV Prevention; and World AIDS Day Proclamation read by City of Lake Worth Mayor, Pam Triolo
For more info: Lorenzo Lowe (561) 533-9699, lorenzo@compassglcc.com
Saturday December 2nd
Sponsoring Agency: FoundCare
Date/Time: 12/2/17, 8 am – 12 pm
Location: FoundCare, 2330 S Congress Ave, West Palm Beach 33406
Features: Free Rapid HIV Testing and Condoms
For more info: (561) 472-2466
Sponsoring Agency: FoundCare
Date/Time: 12/2/17, 9 am – 11:30 am
Location: El Sol, 106 Military Trail, Jupiter 33458
Features: Free Rapid HIV Testing, Educational materials, Safer Sex Resources, and Condoms
For more info: Shayla Knighton-Black (561) 472-2466 ext. 235
Sponsoring Agency: FoundCare
Date/Time: 12/2/17, 10 am – 2 pm
Location: Royal Discount, 531 SW 16th St, Belle Glade 33430
Features: Free Rapid HIV Testing, Educational materials, Safer Sex Resources, and Condoms
For more info: Shayla Knighton-Black (561) 472-2466 ext. 235
Sponsoring Agency: FoundCare
Date/Time: 12/2/17, 11 am – 3 pm
Location: Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Small Business Pop Up Shop, Pompey Park, 1101 NW 2nd St, Delray Beach 33444
Features: Free Rapid HIV Testing, Educational materials, Safer Sex Resources, and Condoms
For more info: Shayla Knighton-Black (561) 472-2466 ext. 235
Sponsoring Agency: Compass Community Center
Date/Time: 12/2/17, 4 pm
Location: Compass, 201 N Dixie Hwy, Lake Worth 33460
Feature: Lorenzo Robertson presenting his one man show, "A Journey Through HIV & Activism for a Gay Black Man”
For more info: Lorenzo Lowe (561) 533-9699, lorenzo@compassglcc.com
Sunday December 3rd
Sponsoring Agency: St James Missionary Baptist Church
Date/Time: 12/3/17, Sunday morning worship service 10 am
Location: St James, 1524 W 35th St, Riviera Beach 33404
Features: HIV Literature and Special Prayer for HIV/AIDS
For more info: (561) 842 5971
Monday December 4th
Sponsoring Agency: FoundCare
Date/Time: 12/4/17, 10:30 am – 1 pm
Location: Palm Beach State College, 801 Palm Beach State College Dr, Boca Raton 33431
Features: Free Rapid HIV Testing, Educational materials, Safer Sex Resources, and Condoms
For more info: Shayla Knighton-Black (561) 472-2466 ext. 235
Sponsoring Agency: Compass Community Center
Date/Time: 12/4/17, 4 pm – 7:30 pm
Location: Compass, 201 N Dixie Hwy, Lake Worth 33460
Feature: Free Rapid HIV Testing
For more info: (561) 533-9699
Tuesday December 5th
Sponsoring Agency: Families First of Palm Beach County – TOPWA
Date/Time: 12/5/17, 11 am – 3pm
Location: The Guatemalan-Maya Center, 430 N G St, Lake Worth 33460
Features: Free HIV Testing, Pregnancy Testing, and Education
For more info: Jeannette Tomici (561) 318-4225
Sponsoring Agency: Compass Community Center
Date/Time: 12/5/17, 1 pm – 5:30 pm
Location: Compass, 201 N Dixie Hwy, Lake Worth 33460
Feature: Free Rapid HIV Testing
For more info: (561) 533-9699
Sponsoring Agency: FoundCare
Date/Time: 12/5/17, 7 pm – 9 pm
Location: FAU, Boca Raton Campus, 777 Glades Rd, Boca Raton 33431
Features: The Red Ball + Free Rapid HIV Testing, Educational materials, Safer Sex Resources, and Condoms
For more info: Shayla Knighton-Black (561) 472-2466 ext. 235
Wednesday December 6th
Sponsoring Agency: Compass Community Center
Date/Time: 12/6/17, 5 pm – 7 pm
Location: Compass, 201 N Dixie Hwy, Lake Worth 33460
Feature: Youth Roundtable (18-and-under please); Compass’ Youth Group will host "The Tea on HIV" event with discussions about Sexual Health, Prevention of STD’s, and Youth’s role in the fight
For more info: Amanda Canete (561) 533-9699, amanda@compassglcc.com
Sponsoring Agency: Compass Community Center
Date/Time: 12/6/17, 5 pm – 8 pm
Location: Compass, 201 N Dixie Hwy, Lake Worth 33460
Feature: Community Education Series & Dinner RSVP Required; Topic: Stigma and HIV
For more info: Lysette Perez (561) 533-9699, lysette@compassglcc.com
Thursday December 7th
Sponsoring Agency: AIDS Coalition of the Glades
Date/Time: 12/7/17, 12 pm – 2 pm
Location: St. John First Baptist Church, 600 SW 8th St, Belle Glade, 33430
Features: World AIDS Day Awareness Luncheon and Speakers; Tickets are $15.
For more info: Sandra Daniels Stewart (561) 755-2439, or Peggy King (561) 983-2989
Sponsoring Agency: Compass Community Center
Date/Time: 12/7/17, 4 pm – 7:30 pm
Location: Compass, 201 N Dixie Hwy, Lake Worth 33460
Feature: Free Rapid HIV Testing
For more info: (561) 533-9699
Sponsoring Agency: Compass Community Center
Date/Time: 12/7/17, 6 pm – 8 pm
Location: Compass, 201 N Dixie Hwy, Lake Worth 33460
Feature: Entourage Acts Up! (ages 18-29), "Between The Sheets" discussion on healthy relationships, PrEP, maintaining a negative HIV status, and what it means to be undetectable
For more info: Dylan Brooks (561) 533-9699, dylan@compassglcc.com
Wednesday December 13th
Sponsoring Agency: Families First of Palm Beach County – TOPWA
Date/Time: 12/13/17, 5:30 pm – 8 pm
Location: Bridges at Pahokee, 170 S Barfield Hwy, Suite 102, Pahokee 33476
Features: Free HIV Testing, Pregnancy Testing, and Education
For more info: Jeannette Tomici (561) 318-4225
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