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Mel Wells, President, One Day At A Time
215-226-7860
Ajeenah Amir, Marketing Associate
215-226-7860 ext. 307
ajeenaha@odaat.us
One Day At A Time Hosts AmeriCorps Rally Projects
PHILADELPHIA, May 11, 2009 - One Day At A Time (ODAAT), in partnership with Hope Worldwide PA, will mobilize over 100 volunteers for a neighborhood clean-up and improvement day in North Philadelphia on Thursday, May 14, from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon.
The clean up efforts will include an six-block area from Broad Street west to 17th Street and from York Street south to Susquehanna Avenue. Volunteers will also build a playground, plant a community garden, and paint a mural at the Winchester Recreation Center, located at 15th and York Streets. This area of North Philadelphia is particularly hard hit by poverty, substance abuse, homelessness, HIV/AIDS, and crime. The event is part of national AmeriCorps Rally week.
The event will begin with a rally at the Winchester Recreation Center from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m.. Hope Worldwide will present an award to Mel Wells for his work in the community with drug and alcohol addiction and HIV/AIDS. Following the rally, volunteers will hit the streets for lot and block cleanups and improvements at the Winchester Recreation Area. Volunteers will also be on hand with face painting and children's activities for children from M. Hall Stanton Elementary School and the Tanner Duckrey School. Children's activities will take place at the AFCOM Center at 2432 W. Lehigh Avenue.
One Day At A Time and Hope Worldwide anticipate that the event will bring forty AmeriCorps volunteers, seventy One Day At A Time current and former clients, and twenty community volunteers. Mel Wells, president of One Day At A Time, says, "The beauty of this event is not just the work that gets done, but in seeing Americorps members, clients, Hope Worldwide volunteers, and community members work together to improve our community."
ODAAT provides services to low-income and homeless men and women suffering from addiction and HIV/AIDS in Philadelphia. ODAAT was founded in 1983 by Reverend Henry T. Wells when he opened his home to a group of recovering addicts, laying the groundwork for a peer-based/community-based recovery program. Since then, ODAAT has increased its scope and impact to include transitional housing facilities, comprehensive case management services, and services to address the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the addicted community. ODAAT is a program of Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coalition.
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The CDC estimates that African Americans are more severely and disproportionately affected by HIV than any other racial/ethnic group in the United States.
More infections occur among young people under 30 than any other age group. Persons 30-39 have the second highest infection rate.
HIV Fact:
In the United States, men account for 73% of new infections. Philadelphia reports African American women are the fastest growing population.
The CDC estimates that one-quarter of HIV-infected people are unaware of their HIV infection and that these cases account for 54-70% of all new infections.
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It also recommends that sexually active gay and bisexual men be tested for HIV at LEAST once a year.
HIV Facts:
High-risk heterosexual contact accounted for 31% of estimated new HIV infections in the United States in 2010.
Philadelphia reported 55% in the same population.
HIV Facts:
One in every two people living with HIV in the United States is Black. Philadelphia reports 67%of new infections are African Americans.
2010 CDC data indicates about half of the just over 1 million Americans living with HIVS or AIDS are black.
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HIV Fact:
In 2010 the rate of new HIV infections among non-Hispanic blacks was 7 times the rate among whites. Hispanics saw a rate 3 times that of the white population. Whites accounted for 35% of estimated new HIV infections. Asians/Pacific Islanders accounted for roughly 2% and American Indians/Alaska Natives accounted for roughly 1%.
HIV Fact:
Every 9 1/2 minutes another person becomes infected with the HIV virus in the United States.
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Gay and bisexual men accounted for a significantly greater proportion of estimated new infections nation-wide in the United States in 2010 than any other risk group.
Philadelphia statistics however reported heterosexual's accounted for the largest population.
HIV Facts:
Injection drug use (IDU) accounted for 12% of estimated new HIV infections in the United States in 2010.
Philadelphia reported a slightly higher statistic of 13%.
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