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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.
PHILADELPHIA, November 16, 2009 - Mel Wells, president, and Reverend Henry T. Wells, founder, are pleased to announce that One Day At A Time (ODAAT) will be hosting its annual Community Thanksgiving Day Dinner for Philadelphia men, women, and families suffering from homelessness.
PHILADELPHIA, November 2, 2009 - One Day At A Time (ODAAT), in partnership with NET and Everything Must Change, will mobilize over 150 individuals for a neighborhood clean-up day in North Philadelphia on Friday, November 6, at 10:00 a.m. Participants will gather at the Winchester Recreation Center, located at 2332 North 15th Street. This area of North Philadelphia is particularly hard hit by poverty, substance abuse, homelessness, HIV/AIDS, and crime.
PHILADELPHIA, July 16, 2009 - One Day At A Time (ODAAT), is interviewing candidates for a new customized job training and placement program designed to prepare unemployed and dislocated workers for jobs in drug and alcohol recovery arena. Funded by the Philadelphia Workforce Development Corporation, the Recovery Career Development Project will combine basic job readiness and job training with specific training about working in addictions services. Upon completion of the training, participants will be placed in positions as receptionists, residential aides, outreach workers, and peer specialists in local agencies.
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.
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:
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:
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:
High-risk heterosexual contact accounted for 31% of estimated new HIV infections in the United States in 2006.
Philadelphia reported 55% in the same population.
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 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:
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:
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.
