The Owensboro Area HIV/AIDS Task Force

Together we can make a difference!

Unity, Teamwork

The Owensboro Area HIV/AIDS Task Force consists of volunteers who give their time and efforts to fight this pandemic. You can help by calling us to offer your unique service or through financial contributions.

ATTENTION!!!

07/23/07 - In order to better fulfill our mission we are excited to announce that the Owensboro Area HIV/AIDS Task Force has moved into a new office, located at 224 South Ewing Road inside the Paul Davis Restoration Building (Across from the Salvation Army Thrift Store). Note also, that to best serve the needs of our clientele, our office hours have changed to the following:

MWF 8:30AM - 5:30PM
TUES. & THURS. 10:00AM - 7:00PM

Other times by Appt.
Call 270-683-6018 for Assistance

We would also like to call to your attention that our postal address has been changed to the following:

Owensboro Area HIV/AIDS Task Force
P.O. Box 23283
Owensboro, Kentucky 42304

We would like to express our gratitude to Paul Davis Restoration for giving the Taskforce a new home. Jim Cox and his crew have donated their time, efforts, and office space to our cause, and we wish to publicly thank them.

On a side note, we will be updating our webpage as well. Alongside routine contact changes, however, we will also be adding several new informational sections and eventually giving the site an entirely new layout. Once again, we both appreciate and thank you for your patience during this process.

Our Mission

AIDS. Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. It’s a disease that has stricken more than 42 million people worldwide. The Owensboro Area HIV/AIDS Task Force’s mission is to challenge us to all ask ourselves: Am I Doing Something? We are one community. There is but one solution: Involvement.

The Task Force’s mission is to raise the level of concern and awareness in the community about HIV and its victims, direct and indirect, through education, testing, and prevention initiatives. We recognize that HIV/AIDS doesn’t discriminate. For those already infected, we pledge ourselves to act as a source of physical and emotional support through programs which provide assistance with day to day needs like transportation to doctor’s appointments and stores to financial assistance with medications, utility bills and housing costs when other options aren’t possible. We further pledge to address the social, spiritual and educational needs of our community through activities to enhance the quality of life like support groups where real life concerns can be shared, online forums where issues can be discussed without need for disclosure and access to information on latest treatments and programs by providing a gateway to current materials on the internet and in our office for clients and other concerned individuals.

HIV Today

Currently, the fastest growing populations infected with HIV are men under the age of 25, young African-American women, and senior adults.

HIV can be spread by:

Sexual contact with an infected person when blood, semen or cervical/vaginal secretions are exchanged.
Sharing a syringe/needle with someone who is infected.
Prenatal transmission - infect mother passing HIV to her unborn fetus before or during birth, or through breastfeeding.
Receiving contaminated blood (very unlikely since March 1985).
Needle injury in a health care setting involving an infected person.

HIV is NOT TRANSMITTED through casual contact such as:

Sharing food utensils or plates.
Touching someone infected.
Hugging or shaking hands.
Donating blood.
Using public restrooms.
Being bitten by any insect.

HIV - Human Immunodeficiency Virus

The retrovirus that causes AIDS

AIDS - Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

Positive test for HIV antibodies and CD4+ count of less than 200 and/or a diagnosis with one or more specific opportunitistic infections.

The Task Force is a 501(c)3 tax exempt organization and all contributions are deductible and welcome no matter how large or small. Join us to eliminate HIV/AIDS.

Contact Information

Telephone: 270-683-6018
FAX: 270-683-3053
Office: 224 South Ewing Road
Postal address: PO Box 23283, Owensboro, KY 42304
Electronic mail: Information: christophre@owensboro-aids.org

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