Do you know your status?
On National HIV Testing Day, WNCAP is partnering with The Steady Collective to bring harm reduction to Asheville! Trained Prevention Specialists will be available to answer your questions about HIV, so stop on by for coffee, condoms, and confidential testing.
WNCAP is pleased to announce this year’s Signature Piece winning artist for the 29th Annual Raise Your Hand Auction & Gala:
Linda Gritta, “Red is Feeling Brave”
Check out our 1st and 2nd runner-ups and learn how you can get involved in this year’s benefit!
New grant funds and donated dollars support more HIV testing.
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One in seven people with HIV don’t know they have it. Although the Western North Carolina AIDS Project proudly provides free, rapid HIV tests every day of the year, tomorrow is a special day for us: it’s National HIV Testing Day. And we. Are. Here. For. It. An estimated 62% of adults in the…
The excitement was high last week as the 2017 Signature Piece winner was chosen in the juried competition. Pam Siekman, the auction chairperson has announced that the winner of this prestigious recognition is Linda Gritta. Her winning entry is 36” x 36” abstract, mixed media on canvas titled “Red is Feeling Brave.” Gritta, known for her masterful use…
WNCAP’s Michael Harney is on a mission, and this is an issue near and dear to us. According to North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein, four people die every day in the state from an opioid overdose. At last week’s opioid crisis roundtable with Attorney General Stein, Michael Harney brought over twenty years of experience to…
The needle exchange program run out of WNCAP, intended to serve the 18 counties of western North Carolina, often faces shortages in supply. For insight into the extraordinary demand for safe and unused needles in our community and from travelers across state lines, Blue Ridge Public Radio recently spoke to our own “Rubber Man” Michael…
