Community Outreach Events
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.
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ButchOUT December Tea Party
Its time for Butchout‘s Annual Holiday Tea Dance Benefitting WNCAP!
The elves will be spreading cheer and raising money for those impacted by HIV in our region. Gather with friends for comfort and joy on Sunday, December 8th at Banks Ave. Bar starting at 4pm with our joyous DJ Dan!
Locals supporting locals is the heart of Asheville Comedy for Community features your favorite local comics raising money for WNCAP!
Shelby Pride is an organization dedicated to serving the LGBTQIA+ community of Cleveland County by creating safe social spaces, providing education on LGBTQIA+ issues, and advocating for equality. This site also celebrates queer joy through digital artistic forms. We embrace queerness as an intersectional, celebratory aspect of humanity.
HayCo Pride Queer Culture Celebration
Haywood County Pride is excited to announce that they have been formally established as a nonprofit organization and are hosting Haywood County’s first ever official Queer Culture Celebration on Saturday, October 5th, 2024, from 10am to 5pm at the HART Theater!
The largest celebration of the LGBTQ+ community and their allies in WNC. WNCAP will be there with a booth and mobile HIV testing van.
Sylva Pride is dedicated to celebrating and uplifting the experiences of our LGBTQIA+ community throughout Western North Carolina.
This celebration, which coincides with National Health Center Week, is a free, family-friendly event for staff, patients, community partners, and the general public that will offer health screenings, health education, entertainment, food vendors, exhibitors, and fun activities.
Signature Events
Each year WNCAP holds two signature events, Dining Out For Life, and the annual World AIDS Day Luncheon. Below you will find information about the time and location for these important happenings.
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Dining Out For Life
On the last Thursday of April, Dining Out For Life encourages residents of Asheville and surrounding counties to eat out at Participating Restaurants. This celebration supports both the local restaurants that host the events, and the lives of those living and thriving with HIV. Now in its 23nd year, the money raised by WNCAP’s annual Dining Out for Life is more critical than ever. Donations provide care, rental assistance, and education in our fight against HIV/AIDS. Dine Out. End HIV.
World AIDS Day Luncheon
WNCAP’s annual World AIDS Day Luncheon will take place on Sunday, December 1 at the DoubleTree Hilton Biltmore on Hendersonville Rd. You’re invited to join us for this important opportunity to remember those we have lost, educate our community, and inspire action to finally end the HIV epidemic. The luncheon will feature a moment of remembrance for those lost to HIV/AIDS, a very special keynote speaker, delicious food provided by DoubleTree, and the presentation of the Mark Doucet Volunteer of the Year Award.
Get your tickets to this year’s luncheon HERE!
Don't miss this year's film screening of Day With(OUT) Art, a creative film project produced by Visual AIDS. View short films by national and international artists living with HIV.
2024 showtimes and locations:
Sunday, December 1st, 4pm at Citizen Vinyl
Thursday , December 5th, 2pm at Pack Library
Sunday, December 8th, 4pm at Firestorm Books
Learn more about Visual AIDS here: www.visualaids.org