Dining Out for Life is today! This is a yearly event to raise money for HIV/AIDS organizations. Restaurants donate 15-35% of their proceeds to social service organizations in their area for one day only. It is happening in several cities, including Minneapolis, today, and in other cities in the weeks to come. All you have to do is EAT!
Have you ever volunteered abroad (or in your own country) and wondered what would happen once you left? Would your message become lost with time? Would the people whose lives you saw change go back to how they once were?
A young woman dying of AIDS lay in the bed before me. Staring at her frail, disease-stricken body, the words of a family friend echoed in my head, "Why is Kellie going to Africa? Does she really think that one person can make a difference?"
Tina is 15yrs old, but she does not know that her mother gave her HIV through birth. Tina meets Frank and she loves him so much she has sex with him with out protection. A week later Frank dumps Tina and moves on to Kim. Kim then dumps Frank after unprotected sex because the guy Mark, she has wanted all along is now available.
Ever have one of those days were you wake up and your whole life has change?
Did you know that even in today’s world you can not give blood if you “are a male who has had sexual contact with another male, even once.” Can you believe this, in today’s modern world homosexuals still can’t give blood. I understand that there is a high risk of
HIV/AIDS but not all homosexuals have HIV/AIDS, and there are plenty of not straight people who do have HIV/AIDS.
Bush is enjoying widespread praise in Africa, likely a welcome relief from his dismal approval ratings hovering around 30% in the United States. Do you know why he's there? And are his stated motivations all that lurks behind the millions of dollars pouring into strategic African nations?
While the rest of the population views HIV as a burden, there are people out there who consider the disease as a gift. These individuals call themselves as "Bug Chasers" and "Gift Givers". The question that probably jumps off your mind right away is: Why? Why would anyone WANT to be HIV positive?
