This Saturday night get ready to channel your inner Dorothy, Tin Man, Lion and Scarecrow at the OVAHNESS Ball 3 - Welcome to the Emerald City. Saturday, July 26, 2008 at GAM Art Center - 4975 W. Pico Blvd. LA 90019.$20 before 11pm, $25 after. All youth under age 24 are eligible for complete refund before 11pm just talk with a REACH LA volunteer to learn how. All proceed will go to the OVAHNESS Young Men’s Health Program to continue its work in HIV/AIDS prevention education and leadership development.Doors open at 9pm. Free HIV Testing from 9pm-midnight will be provided by AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Bienestar and LA Gay and Lesbian Center. Ball will begin at 10pm and conclude at 1am. Tables for the event are still available for $50 by contacting Sean Milan Infinity at 213-622-1650 x103. Go to myspace.com/ovahness for event details.
Last night over 75 youth came to the Pre O3 Party held at the offices of REACH LA. Staff and volunteer counselors met one-on-one with 61 youth to discuss sexual health, risky behavior and benefits of HIV testing. Twenty youth took advantage of the free HIV counseling and testing services provided by Bienestar. As youth waited for their risk reduction session, they ate chinese food and pizza, watched movie “The Wiz”, got re-aquainted with REACH LA staff, and hung out with their friends. “Everytime we do this event I get to catch up with all the kids & house parents who have been a part of the REACH LA family” boasts Executive Director Martha Chono-Helsley, “We have a great time checking in with each other.”
The evening also marked the debut of REACH LA’s Peer Health Advocates Devaughn Sherman, Justin Yoshida and Stacy Alford, newly trained and certified community youth who work within their social networks to get sexually active youth to test for HIV. (more…)
Learn more about “The Wiz” and get a free ticket to this Saturday’s OVAHNESS Ball 3 - Welcome to the Emerald City!!! All gay/bi young men, ages 16-24, are invited to meet with REACH LA’s awesome counseling staff to learn more about REACH LA’s programs, HIV/STD risk reduction and earn a free ticket to a fabulous event. Free HIV counseling and testing will be provided by Bienestar beginning at 5pm-9pm. There will be lots of food, fun and giveaways throughout the evening. The Legendary Mother Sean Milan Infinity will be on hand to answer all your Ball category questions and to offer advice on how to “bring it to the runway.” For more information contact Tyrone at 213-622-1650 x104 or Greg at x109.
This Saturday night get ready to channel your inner Dorothy, Tin Man, Lion and Scarecrow at the OVAHNESS Ball 3 - Welcome to the Emerald City. Saturday, July 26, 2008 at GAM Art Center - 4975 W. Pico Blvd. LA 90019.$20 before 11pm, $25 after. All youth under age 24 are eligible for complete refund before 11pm just talk with a REACH LA volunteer to learn how. All proceed will go to the OVAHNESS Young Men’s Health Program to continue its work in HIV/AIDS prevention education and leadership development. Doors open at 9pm. Free HIV Testing from 9pm-midnight will be provided by AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Bienestar and LA Gay and Lesbian Center. Ball will begin at 10pm and conclude at 1am. Tables for the event are still available for $50 by contacting Sean Milan Infinity at 213-622-1650 x103. Go to myspace.com/ovahness for event details.
