Announcements

The New PAGAC Direct Service Organization Handbook
is now avaialable for download

Portland Area Global AIDS Coalition
Featured organization of the month:

LylesMyles – Vancouver’s AIDS Walk and Urban Adventure Race

Vision:
A World Without AIDS

Mission:
To Raise Awareness of the HIV/AIDS Pandemic and Inspire People to take Action

Action:
A Fun Walk/Run in a festive environment that includes education/awareness and Fundraising for Global and Local actions.

General Information:

Lyles Myles serves the Vancouver, WA area by offering an opportunity to participate in an event that addresses the world wide HIV/AIDS pandemic and raises money to help out locally (Martha’s Pantry, which provides assistance to HIV/AIDS affected people in Clark County, WA) and globally (through Global Partners and a project that provides pregnant cows to HIV/AIDS affected women in Kenya).

How to get involved/contact information:    
LylesMyles needs volunteers to help make the event happen and of course participants to take part and donate money.   Contact Lyle Smith at 360-573-1549 or dsslbs@aol.com or through the website www.lylesmyles.com             
                                                                     
Upcoming event:
In 2009, Lyles Myles takes place on October 10th starting with registration at 8:30 AM.  The site is Esther Short Park in downtown Vancouver, WA.  6th Street and Columbia.

The Portland Area Global AIDS Coalition is an alliance of local organizations and individuals, united on behalf of the millions impacted by the global AIDS pandemic. The PAGAC seeks to strengthen the work of its members through the sharing of ideas and resources, to engage the local community in the fight against HIV/AIDS, and to advocate for policies that respond to the needs of those affected both locally and globally.

We do this by maintaining:

1. An e-mail mailing list connecting interested individuals and organizations with current local events.
2. A directory with links to the over 100 organizations in the Portland area working on global AIDS issues.

MAILING LIST
To learn what is happening and how you can get involved, or to list an event, send an e-mail to Ann Pickar at apickar@cs.com.

DIRECTORY OF ORGANIZATIONS
To make it easier to find out about organizations which work in a specific area, organizations are listed under the following headings :

• Direct service
• Education/Awareness/Advocacy
• Faith -Based
• Other Notable Organizations

Check the appropriate link to find out who is active in each area.
In addition, as a way of sharing the amazing work being done by the  local grassroots community, each month we will be spotlighting a local organization. See below for our current “Organization of the Month.”

Facts:
4.3 million people were infected with HIV in 2006-the highest ever in one year.

Every 15 seconds, AIDS kills a mommy or daddy.

2.3 million children are infected with HIV/AIDS.