Business Sponsors - WNCAP

We are so grateful for our business partners whose sponsorships, in-kind donations, and community benefits and fundraisers have made a tremendous impact on our ability to continue to provide equitable access to care and reduce harm from HIV, Hepatitis C, and drug use.

WNCAP Business Partnerships build a healthier WNC for ALL while helping to eliminate stigma around HIV and those who live and thrive with it. With your business’s support, we can work together toward the goal of a world without AIDS.

Business Sponsorship Benefits include:

Logo placement in all event-related digital communications, including social media ads, eBlasts, and WNCAP website
Business highlight article inclusion in “Red Ribbon Friends,” a print newsletter, mailed to WNCAP donors
Logo placement on WNCAP's popular Pride t-shirt
and more!

See below for a list of past or current sponsors and upcoming sponsorship opportunities.

Each year, WNCAP participates in community outreach events across Western North Carolina.
These events include Pride festivals, health fairs, community expos, and celebrations
that allow us to reach thousands of community members with our mission, programs and services.
Community Outreach Sponsors support all of these community events and their logos are included
in event promotion and at each event.

Firm specializing in legal services in business law, small business development, real estate law, estate planning, and elder law.

At Ananda Hair Studio, you can be who you are. Ananda believes diversity is the root of creativity and is the beauty of their team, their clientele and our world.

Asheville Drag Brunch produces events for fundraising and fund distribution to local organizations that promote the acceptance and equity of all people, and who encourage the welfare of our community members.

New and gently used plus-size clothing sizes twelve and up with hundreds of different brands and styles, all at a fraction of their retail cost.

Ease meets effectiveness with Mistr's online PrEP service. Join the revolution in HIV prevention. Free online PrEP and STI testing nationwide. Prescribed Online. Free Delivery. Delivered To Your Door.

Sona Specialty Pharmacy offers enhanced services to ensure patients always receive the highest quality service.

Independent bookstore and café founded in 1982 and deeply rooted in the local community. Malaprops offers a thoughtfully curated selection of books catering to readers of all ages.

Out of the Woods Therapy provides therapeutic counseling with a specialization in sex-positive therapy, relationship therapy, and therapy for LGBTQ+ erotically marginalized individuals in the community of Asheville, NC.

Dr. Halvorson has a decade of academic practice at UNC Chapel Hill and Brigham & at The Women’s Hospital / Harvard Medical School. He has won numerous teaching awards, was a residency program and fellowship director, and has presented and published his research extensively.

Walgreens specializes in filling prescriptions, health and wellness products, health information, and photo services.

Attorney Holly Fairbairn and Attorney Susan Chitwood Barton have helped thousands of people get the help they deserve from Social Security disability.

Become a 2024 Community Outreach Sponsor

World AIDS Day, a global movement uniting people in the fight against HIVnand AIDS, takes place annually on December 1st. This winter, in honor ofnthis internationally recognized event, Western North Carolina AIDS Projectninvites you to learn about HIV and celebrate the lives and achievements of those impacted by the virus.

Located just one block from the Biltmore Estate, DoubleTree
Hotel Asheville - Biltmore is minutes away from downtown Asheville, NC.

WNC's largest selection of new & preowned jewelry, unique finds, stellar instruments, tools, & tech. Alan’s gives back to the community on many levels, by supporting local, statewide, and national charities.

Dr. Halvorson has a decade of academic practice at UNC Chapel Hill and Brigham & at The Women’s Hospital / Harvard Medical School. He has won numerous teaching awards, was a residency program and fellowship director, and has presented and published his research extensively.

Sona Specialty Pharmacy offers enhanced services to ensure patients always receive the highest quality service.

First Citizens provides a full range of banking products and services to meet your individual or business financial needs.

butchOUT is a non profit organization dedicated to raising funds and awareness impacting the LGBTQ community.

Walgreens specializes in filling prescriptions, health and wellness products, health information, and photo services.

Sponsor World AIDS Day 2024

On the last Thursday in April, the Western North Carolina AIDS Project hosts our annual Dining Out For Life event, WNC's largest and oldest community fundraiser supporting HIV/AIDS care and prevention. Dining Out For Life encourages residents of Asheville and Western North Carolina to eat out at Participating Restaurants, who agree to donate 20% of sales on event day.

Learn more about Dining Out For Life HERE.

Prestige Subaru is more than a car company. Nationally recognized for exceptional customer service, Prestige Subaru has won awards several years in a row for their dedication to supporting the local community. Prestige believes in making the world a better place, and the Subaru Love Promise is their vision of respecting all people and working to make a positive impact on their customers, neighbors, their community, and the world. Prestige Subaru has been the Dining Out For Life Presenting Sponsor for over a decade!

iHeartMedia is the #1 audio company in the United States. Reaching 9 out of 10 Americans every month - a quarter of a billion monthly listeners.

Tito’s Handmade Vodka is one of the most successful distilleries out there and remains one of the cleanest-tasting spirits available.

WLOS is a television station licensed to Asheville, North Carolina, United States, broadcasting ABC and MyNetworkTV programming to Western North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina.

Located just one block from the Biltmore Estate, DoubleTree
Hotel Asheville - Biltmore is minutes away from downtown Asheville, NC.

Blue Ridge Pride 2023 Dining Out For Life Sponsor

Advocating for, celebrating, educating, serving and growing the LGBTQIA+ community in Western North Carolina.

A full-service Accounting firm licensed in NC, Gould Killian CPA Group offers a broad range of services for business owners, executives, and independent professionals.

Enduring gay bar with games, videos & daily specials, with a dance club, The Underground, in back.

A boutique real estate agency born and raised in the heart of Asheville. Agent Anthony Guthmiller has a reputation for his unwavering work ethic and boundless creativity. He brings integrity, enthusiasm, and drive to Mosaic Realty of Asheville.

HCA Healthcare, Inc. is an American for-profit operator of health care facilities that was founded in 1968.

Design One is an Asheville, NC-based branding, communications and web development firm. Founded in 1992, they’ve worked with exceptional public, private and nonprofit organizations to create, build or revitalize their brands.

A Triple-A low-power radio station in Asheville, North Carolina offering free internet radio, news, sports, music, audiobooks, and podcasts. Designed for the true music aficionado, 98.1 the River delivers quality music, both old and new.

Innovation and performance in digital marketing that drives results. Whether you’re looking to get leads, reach more of the right audiences, or improve your sales, LocaliQ's marketing solutions will move your business forward.

A (501C-6) organization committed to supporting the independent restaurant community in Asheville through education and training, advocacy and member collaboration.

The Laurel of Asheville lifestyle magazine features stories on the arts, music, events, food, communities and recreation of Western North Carolina.

AmeriHealth Caritas North Carolina Wellness and Opportunity Center is the national leader of Medicaid managed care.

butchOUT is a non profit organization dedicated to raising funds and awareness impacting the LGBTQ community.

WNC's largest selection of new & preowned jewelry, unique finds, stellar instruments, tools, & tech. Alan’s gives back to the community on many levels, by supporting local, statewide, and national charities.

A versatile consulting, events, and project management firm, Bill Kaelin Marketing applies in-depth cultural awareness, innovative marketing techniques, and unmatched experience and enthusiasm to drive buzz, action, and brand loyalty for our clients.

Easygoing cinema showing 1st-run, art & independent films in an art deco/modern setting.

Sona Specialty Pharmacy offers enhanced services to ensure patients always receive the highest quality service.

A range of artisanal providers supply the snacks at this local theater showing hit & cult movies.

Hola Carolina fills the gap in news information, combats misinformation and improves communication for the Spanish-speaking community.

Sponsor Dining Out For Life 2025

Without the generous businesses, artists, and organizations who support us through benefit events, fundraisers, concerts, performances, and community parties, we would not be able to successfully provide our Merry and Bright Christmas fund for families impacted by HIV and many of our other programs that support individuals and families in our region. THANK YOU to the following businesses for including WNCAP in the many amazing organizations you support in town. We are humbled and grateful for your contributions to our mission.

Operated by a non-profit organization, Bearded Lady Productions. Asheville Drag Brunch produces events in support of local organizations that promote the acceptance and equity of all people, and who encourage the welfare of our community members.

butchOUT is a non profit organization dedicated to raising funds and awareness impacting the LGBTQ community. butchOut has raised more than $24K for the local queer community since their beginning 4 years ago.

The Beer City Sisters are a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and celebrating diversity, social awareness, universal joy, and the expiation of stigmatic guilt. They are committed to serving our community through the core tenants of activism, education, entertainment, ministry, and social service.

Suede AVL is a body positive, sex positive, and inclusive K!nk themed dance party for the queer, trans, nonbinary, gender nonconforming community.

In 2020, PIE.ZAA opened to be Asheville's best late night, NY-style pizza shop. PIE.ZAA is now North Carolina's best pizza with locations in Asheville and Charlotte, NC. Oh... don't forget they bring the vibezzz.

The Odd, in West Asheville, is more than just your local neighborhood dive bar and restaurant! Home to a plethora of events including Drag, Comedy, Games, Magic, Burlesque, Rock, Metal, Punk, and more!

Asheville’s Premier Urban Princess, Alexis Black is Miss Blue Ridge Pride and a Drag Entertainer who loves to make people smile. Alexis raises money for local nonprofits with her performances.