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From All Walks of Life 88
FDCV30::CALCAGNI "A.F.F.A." 46 lines 12-MAY-1988 13:49
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I am a avid listener of a Boston Radio station WZLX and also sign on
from time to time to their Boston Net at home.
My wife Theresa, who also works for DEC, got a call the other day from
one of the announcers, Betsy Billard,telling her about the walk they and
others have planned on June 5th.
So we volunteered to be part of this walk for AIDS. I also understand Digital
is a sponsor too.
My whole family is going to make the 10 kilometer walk. My wife and I and our
two sons, 5 and 13 years old.
The reason I'm doing this is not for myself, but my children, and children's
children. I'd hate the thought of this terrible disease escalating and
reaching into everyone's life soon, WITH NO CURE!
The reason I'm entering this note is I'm seeking pledges. These pledges are
TAX DEDUCTIBLE, and DEC will match them.
Will you help? I do have a form that I must turn in on the day of the walk,
along with the money for the pledges.
It's a total of 10 Kilometers and the pledge is per Kilometer.
You can send me a check along with the following, Please.
SPONSOR'S NAME ADDRESS/CITY/STATE/ZIP PHONE PLEDGE X10 KM AMT
PER KM =TOTAL PREPAID
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Charlie Calcagni 28 Fells Ave/Milford,Ma 478-4751 $2 $20 $20
You can send it to my home or my work address..
C. Calcagni
PK01/E2
DTN 223-5971
Please help..
Thanks,
Cal.
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One more thing.
Checks made out to
AIDS ACTION Committee or AAC.
Thanks millions!!
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Ann Marie,
I certainly will, my whole family is walking, and the 5 year old
is riding in a wagon.
AIDS hasn't touched my life yet, I hope never!
As a child of the 60's and the Make love not war generation we had
to put up with V.D. Herpes and all the other related curses, but
this is too much. I equate this to Russian Roulette!
I've since settled down and have a wonderful wife, but, but what
about my kids, my newly divorced brother, not to mention, sigh,
a family member who has a habit!
If I can do one little thing that might make the difference, a few
hours out of my life I'll do it!
I'll be with WZLX walkers and will have on a Red hooded MILFORD
sweatshirt, the litte on will be in a blue wagon. I'll look for
any Decies along the way!
Good luck, and lots of pledges!
Cal.
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Hospice West - To help establish a long-awaited and much-needed
residential hospice, a place of completion, for people
with AIDS in our community.
Dimock Community Health Center - to develop AIDS programs for people
in the minority community, directed specifically to
families of HIV-infected, women prisoners, mothers and
children with AIDS.
Victory House - Located in the South End, this residential program
male substance abusers will use this funding to develop
and fortify current AIDS-related support services and
programs.
Fenway Community Health Center - To supplement AIDS medical, mental
health services and research in this 17-year-old health
center serving the gay and lesbian population.
AIDS Project Worcester - To provide additional funding for this
grass-roots Central Massachusetts AIDS organization
offering education, client services, mental health
programs, hotline, etc.
Roxbury Comprehensive Community Health Center - To provide additional
funding for AIDS-related services to the Black, Hispanic,
and Haitian communities, services that include HIV antibody
testing, out-patient diagnosis, treatment and education.
Provincetown AIDS Support Group - To help support this volunteer
organization serving Barnstable County that offers
emergency financial assistance for food, shelter,
medicine, etc. Transportation and counseling for people
affected by AIDS, and education for the community.
Partnership for AIDS Services/Western Massachusetts - A consortium
of educators and service providers responding to the
AIDS epidemic in a variety of ways, including distribution
of bilingual AIDS educational materials, referral hotlines,
support services, case management, and adoption network
for abandoned children with AIDS.
Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders - To support the AIDS Law
Project, a service that provides legal assistance to
people who have been victims of AIDS-related
discrimination, or who fear such discrimination.
People's Task Force - To expand the AIDS-related services of this
community-based organization in Hyde Park that offers
individual and family counseling, advocacy, case
management, information and referrals.
New England Hemophilia Association - To provide additional funding
for the AIDS Task Force, which offers counseling,
education, outreach and protection of civil rights for
over 500 hemophiliacs in New England.
Noddle's Island Multi-Service Agency - Offering residential and
out-patient AIDS education and support services to
substance abusers and their significant others.
Cape Cod AIDS Council - To supply additional funding for a variety
of services aimed at meeting the needs of all people
affected by AIDS including education, mental health
services, buddies, legal services, pastoral care, etc.
Amigas Latinas en Accion pro-Salud - To provide additional funding
for educational materials and health information to
the Latino community from this Boston-based group of
Latina women.
National AIDS Network - To be used specifically for minority education
and outreach in the United States under the auspices
of this national resource center for AIDS education
and service delivery.
AIDS Action Council - Located in Washing D.C., funding will be used
to advocate a greater response at the federal level for
AIDS-related issues such as research money, services,
and care for people with AIDS, ARC, and HIV infection.
National Association of People With AIDS - This organization is
comprised of people with AIDS _for_ people with AIDS
- to give a national voice to the needs of all people
affected by this life-threatening illness.
AIDS Action Committee - Servicing Greater Boston with a variety
of programs for people with AIDS, ARC, and HIV Infection
and their loved ones, funding this event will be used
to support and enhance existing client service programs
and education efforts for all people who need to learn
more about this disease. Programs include housing,
direct financial assistance, mental health sessions,
educational workshops, seminars, and hotline.
Also a special grant of $5000 was made to the New England Chapter
of the Names Project to bring the Quilt to New England on the weekend
of June 18th.
So, it depends what you mean by research. Fenway Community Health
Center lists research and many of the other organizations cite
program development as a goal. Also, the AIDS Action Council seems
pretty clearly to be involved in advocacy at the federal level,
so it counts as a good investment towards getting more money.
I liked raising my bit of money for all these outreach programs.
Whatever may come, we will learn a lot about caring and life through
these centers.
By the way, _anyone_ walking could have given you this information
since it comes from the pamphlet that came with the pledge form.
Also, forms were widely available from both many of the people
replying in this string or from Health Services in Digital plants.
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We had a blast walking -- it was more fun walking with people (and you
know who you are!) than alone as we've done in the past. Afterwards, we
went to Modern Times in Cambridge for a nosh.
When we were done eating, we found that my car was parked facing *into*
a Portugese-American parade. There were a lot of Joe Kennedy signs in
the parade, and then we saw Joe in person. He walked over to the car
(we were sitting there, wondering how to get out of the parade), and
shook hands with all three of us. He also tried to shake hands with a
bag of clothing in the back seat before he realized that it wasn't a
person after all. It could have been worse -- the bag contained baby
clothing, and he could have tried to kiss it!
Normally, I'm kind of indifferent about being a Digital employee (as
opposed to working for some other mega-corporation). On Sunday, I felt
proud that my company was [finally] making an important statement about
an major social problem. I hope they do more of this.
-- hs
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