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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT Mel Wells, President, One Day At A Time 215-226-7860
One Day At A Time (ODAAT) will be holding its annual Toy March for kids on Christmas Day, December 25, 2009, beginning at 10:00 a.m. The march will distribute toys to children in North Philadelphia in a neighborhood that has been hard-hit by poverty, violence, crime, and addiction. ODAAT anticipates the march will draw approximately 200 people.
The march will kick off at the Winchester Recreation Center, located at 2332 N. 15th Street, at 10:00 a.m. with a morning prayer and remarks by State Representative Jewell Williams and former Philadelphia Police Commissioner Sylvester Johnson. Marchers will then head out with toys, proceeding west on York Street, south on Cleveland Street, and then east on Cumberland Street to end at Bouvier and Cumberland Streets. Marchers will stop at various points along to route to distribute toys.
Toys to be distributed have been collected by volunteers and donors from HOPE Worldwide, the Greater Philadelphia Church of Christ, and ODAAT staff. ODAAT will be joined in the march and toy distribution by HOPE Worldwide, Greater Philadelphia Church of Christ, Everything Must Change, and members of the 22nd police district.
Mel Wells, President of One Day At A Time, says, We are grateful for the opportunity that God has given us to recover and better our lives. We are honored to have this chance to give back to the community and share the giving spirit of Christmas with children in need. ODAAT's founder, Reverend Henry T. Wells, expands on these sentiments, We are delighted to continue this tradition in a time when our neighbors are in more need than ever.
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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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.
2006 CDC data indicates about half of the just over 1 million Americans living with HIVS or AIDS are black.
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.
HIV Fact:
In 2006 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 Facts:
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.
Every 13 minutes another person becomes infected with the HIV virus in the United States.
HIV Facts:
The CDC recommends that everyone in the US aged 13-64, regardless of perceived risk, get tested for HIV to help stop the spread of the disease.
It also recommends that sexually active gay and bisexual men be tested for HIV at LEAST once a year.
HIV Facts:
Gay and bisexual men accounted for a significantly greater proportion of estimated new infections nation-wide in the United States in 2006 than any other risk group.
Philadelphia statistics however reported heterosexual's accounted for the largest population.
Each year, more than 40,000 people become newly infected with HIV in the United States.
That's 109 new infections per day or 1 new infection every 13 minutes.
HIV Facts:
Injection drug use (IDU) accounted for 12% of estimated new HIV infections in the United States in 2006.
Philadelphia reported a slightly higher statistic of 13%.
HIV Facts:
High-risk heterosexual contact accounted for 31% of estimated new HIV infections in the United States in 2006.
