New SAAF Center for LGBTQ Youth to open in 2017

PRESS RELEASE Date:            For Immediate Release, 1/10/2017 Contact:       Wendell Hicks,Executive Director Ethan Smith Cox, Director of Development (520) 547-6105 SOUTHERN ARIZONA AIDS FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES THORNHILL LOPEZ CENTER ON 4TH– A SAAF PLACE FOR YOUTH   SAAF is very excited to announce its newest project to support the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) community, … Read more

Jello Wrestling at new location near 4th Avenue

Tickets to the 29th Annual Jell-O Wrestling Extravaganza & Benefit Auction are now on sale for $25 each. Sponsored by Southern AZ Aids Foundation, SAAF. “All tickets purchased by April 15, 2016 will be mailed to purchaser. Any tickets purchased after April 15 will be held at will-call window, which will open at 6:00pm on … Read more

Spring into Spring 4th Avenue Street Fair

Not an April Fool’s joke, but the popular Spring Street fair on 4th Avenue starts on April 1st this year, to April 3rd.

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All info at: http://www.fourthavenue.org/general-information/. Map below:

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And check out the 3 new recently installed HeART sculptures along 4th Avenue, which you and your significant other/partner/spouse can place a lock on, forever.  Actually someone recently pointed out to me that some are combination locks, so you have a way out if you want to remove it later.

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Celebrate World Aids Day on Dec. 1st

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Please join Tucson’s World AIDS Day – to celebrate how far we have come in the fight against HIV/AIDS, remember those we have lost, and promote awareness of HIV prevention.

There will be live Music, Dance, Art and Speakers
LIVE FEED/Sister celebration with TANZANIA!

Music!
Jeremy Michael Cashman and Mighty Joel Ford
Vannessa Lundon
Reverb

Dance!
Esperanza Dance Troup
Youth Hip Hop

Live Artists!
Jessica Gonzales
Keaton Kohl
Austin Pierson

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27th Annual Jerome Beillard Festival of Life

Jerôme Beillard Festival for Life About Jerome Beillard December 8, 1989 was the first Festival of the Trees, a fundraiser for the People with AIDS Coalition of Tucson (P.A.C.T). The event auctioned off nearly 200 decorated trees and wreathes for the holiday season. Over the years, the event grew and in 1992, Festival of the … Read more