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Big Bend Cares 2007 Updates Archive

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Thank you for visiting the Big Bend Cares official Web site. Updates are listed below, beginning with the most recent additions:

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

• Added the World AIDS Day page and updated the main page.

Monday, November 12, 2007

• Added the November 11, 2007 E-News (PDF, 162K) to the E-News Archive.

Sunday, November 11, 2007

• Updated the Links page with a link to Invirase.
• Added one new news article, Study finds strong demand for HIV meds after high-risk sex, to the News page and updated the main page.

Saturday, November 3, 2007

• Updated the Big Bend Cares Board of Directors Roster.
• Updated the Big Bend Cares Staff Roster.
• Added two new news articles — Concurrent Sexual Relationships Not Uncommon Among U.S. Men, Contributing To Spread Of HIV, Study Says and HIV patients sicker when seeking care than in the past — to the News page and updated the main page.

Thursday, November 1, 2007

• Added new Holiday Angels page and updated the main page.

Saturday, October 20, 2007

• Updated information about the 2007 AIDS Walk on the main page.
• Added four new news articles — Stress contributes to range of chronic diseases, Carnegie Mellon psychologist says, Guessing about HIV may keep epidemic going: More gay men are having unprotected sex without really knowing their partner's HIV status, Older African-American men with HIV often have sex without condoms: High-risk sexual practices common in 40- to 65-year-olds, and UF researchers track genetic journey of HIV from birth to death — to the News page and updated the main page.

Sunday, October 7, 2007

• Updated the AIDS Walk Sponsors page.

Saturday, October 6, 2007

• Updated the Staff page.
• Updated the Volunteer page.
• Updated the Education & Prevention page.
• Updated the Client Services page.
• Updated the Hepatitis A & B Vaccination Page and added a list of County Vaccination Contacts.

Sunday, September 30, 2007

• Updated the Big Bend Cares Staff page.
• Added one new news article — Doctors See Return of Kaposi's Sarcoma in Handful of AIDS Patients — to the News page and updated the main page.
• Added the August 25, 2007 E-News (PDF, 99K) to the E-News Archive.

Saturday, September 29, 2007

• Added information about the Florida Department of Health's "Liver Awareness Month" and free Hepatitis Vaccination program and updated the main page.

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

• Updated the Big Bend Cares Board Roster.

Sunday, September 16, 2007

• Added a link to the National Institute on Drug Abuse'S "DRUGS + HIV > Learn the Link" campaign and updated the main page.

Sunday, September 9, 2007

• Added two new news articles — Heroin leads to HIV, leads to methadone and One-fourth of HIV patients believe their doctors stigmatize them — to the News page and updated the main page.

Thursday, August 29, 2007

• Updated the Sponsors page on the AIDS Walk 2007 site.
• Relaunched the Spectrum Web site and updated the main page.

Saturday, August 25, 2007

• Updated the Big Bend Cares Sponsors page.
• Added four new articles — HIV Denialists Spread Misinformation Online: Consequences Could Be Deadly, Study shows link between alcohol consumption and HIV disease progression, Abstinence-Only Sex Education Programs Not Effective At Preventing Spread Of HIV In High-Income Countries, Study Says, and HIV Delivers 'Double Whammy' to Brain — to the News page and updated the main page.
• Updated the Big Bend Cares Board of Directors roster.

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

• Launched the new AIDS Walk 2007 Web site and updated the main page. Now you can download Sponsor Packets and Walk Forms online!

Sunday, August 19, 2007

• Updated the main page with preliminary information for Tallahassee AIDS Walk 2007!

Sunday, August 12, 2007

• Updated the Events page with a date for Tallahassee AIDS Walk 2007!

Sunday, August 5, 2007

• Added two new articles, Hispanic, Black Men More Likely To Contract HIV From Drug Use, Related Risky Behavior, According To Findings Presented At Conference and Female Inmates Show High Rate of HIV, to the News page and updated the main page.

Saturday, July 27, 2007

• Added one news story, HIV Prevention: Diaphragm May Not Help, to the News page and updated the main page.

Saturday, June 16, 2007

• Added the Artopia 2007: Impressions of Paris PSA and the National HIV Testing Day 2007 PSA to the Multimedia page.
• Added one news story, Targeting HIV better than broad screening: study, to the News page and updated the main page.
• Updated the Artopia Index with prize-winning and live-auction artwork.

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

• Added information about National HIV Testing Day 2007 and updated the main page.

Monday, June 11, 2007

• Added six new pieces of art to the Artopia Art Gallery.

Sunday, June 10, 2007

• Updated the Artopia Art Jury page.
• Added twenty-three new pieces of art to the Artopia Art Gallery.
• Updated the Artopia Sponsors page.

Saturday, June 2, 2007

• Added twenty-three new pieces of art to the Artopia Art Gallery.
• Updated the Big Bend Cares Sponsors page.

Thursday, May 31, 2007

• Added fourteen new pieces of art to the Artopia Art Gallery.
• Updated the Events page with information about Tallahassee Pridefest 2007 and updated the main page.

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

• Updated the Big Bend Cares Staff Roster.
• Added nine new pieces of art to the Artopia Art Gallery.

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

• Updated the Big Bend Cares Board of Directors Roster.
• Updated the Big Bend Cares Sponsors page.
• Added one new piece of art to the Artopia Art Gallery.

Sunday, May 27, 2007

• Updated the Artopia Sponsors page.

Saturday, May 26, 2007

• Added five new pieces of art to the Artopia Art Gallery.
• Updated the Artopia Sponsors page.

Friday, May 25, 2007

• Added thirteen new pieces of art to the Artopia Art Gallery.

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

• Updated the Artopia Sponsors page.

Monday, May 21, 2007

• Added three new pieces of art to the Artopia Art Gallery.

Sunday, May 20, 2007

• Updated the Artopia Sponsors page.

Saturday, May 19, 2007

• Added the May 19 E-News (PDF, 67K) to the E-news Archive.
• Added two new news articles, HIV Survival Improves If Patients Stay In Care and Minorities fighting HIV odds, to the News page and updated the main page.

Friday, May 18, 2007

• Added thirteen new pieces of art to Artopia Gallery 1 and three new pieces of art to Artopia Gallery 2

Sunday, May 13, 2007

• Updated the Big Bend Cares 2007 Class Schedule.
• Added two new articles, Men's infidelity is the single greatest HIV risk for women and Religious response to AIDS to be studied, to the News page and updated the main page.
• Added eleven new pieces of art to the Artopia Art Gallery.
• Updated the Artopia Sponsor Page.
• Updated the Big Bend Cares Staff Roster.

Sunday, May 6, 2007

• Created a new Healthy Relationships program page and updated the main page.

Saturday, May 5, 2007

• Added five new articles — No Longer a Death Sentence, AIDS Has Lost Power to Scare, HIV Drugs May Raise Heart Attack Risk, One-third Of Sexually Active Older Adults With HIV/AIDS Has Unprotected Sex, 1 In 3 HIV Positive Gay Men Report Unprotected Sex (Great Britain), and Knowing HIV status for prevention seen on rise — to the News page and updated the main page.
• Launched the Artopia 2007: Impressions of Paris Web site!
• Added one piece of new art to the Artopia Web site.
• Updated the Events page.

Thursday, April 26, 2007

• Updated the Big Bend Cares Board of Directors Roster.

Sunday, April 14, 2007

• Added the World AIDS Day PSA (WMV Format, 4MB) to the Multimedia page.
• Added the April 14 E-Newsletter (PDF, 103K) to the E-News Archive.
• Updated the Enroll Today page.

Sunday, April 8, 2007

• Updated the Sponsors page.
• Updated the Big Bend Cares Staff Roster.
• Added one new article, New drug surprises AIDS experts with its effectiveness: A protease inhibitor fast-tracked by the FDA significantly lowered levels of resistant HIV, a study has found, to the News page and updated the main page.

Sunday, April 1, 2007

• Added one new article, New Website Launched as Social Network for HIV/AIDS Community, to the News page and updated the main page.
• Added the April 1 E-Newsletter (PDF, 47K) to the E-News Archive.

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

• Updated the Big Bend Cares Board of Directors Roster.

Saturday, March 17, 2007

• Added five new articles — Why Are So Many Mid-Life Gay Men Getting HIV?, New HIV cases drop again in S. Florida: Groups attribute lower numbers to grassroots efforts, Evidence mounts that coping skills can boost HIV survival, Program helps girls avoid HIV, and Blacks Lead in U.S. HIV/AIDS Diagnoses: Blacks Continue to Account for More Than Half of New HIV/AIDS Cases — to the News page and updated the main page.

Monday, March 12, 2007

• Updated the Sitemap.

Sunday, March 11, 2007

• Added information about the ticket Pre-Sale through PayPal to "The Full Monty" page.
• Added the January 28, 2007 E-News (PDF, 103K) to the E-News Archive. Sign up for Big Bend Cares's E-Newsletter!
• Added three new articles — Needle exchange programs struggle with funding despite positive studies, Bill aims to limit spread of HIV, AIDS by prisoners: Lee's legislation includes education, condoms and Sobering news for teen girls about HIV, AIDS: Women make up 27 percent of new AIDS cases in 2005, according to CDC — to the News page and updated the main page.

Saturday, March 10, 2007

• Updated the Events page.
• Added a new information page about the Tallahassee Little Theatre's benefit performance of "The Full Monty" and updated the main page

Saturday, March 3, 2007

• Added three new news articles — Analysis: AIDS cuts 16 years off life, "Down low" myth distorts HIV research, prevention, and New HIV drugs on the way — to the News page and updated the main page.

Wednesday, February 28, 2007

• Updated the Board of Directors Roster.

Sunday, February 25, 2007

• Added information about Big Bend Cares new Walk-in HIV Testing program to the main page.

Saturday, February 24, 2007

• Updated the An Evening With Friends Dessert Reception information to the main page.
• Added four new news articles — New AIDS drugs aim to combat resistant HIV strains, Teenagers learn about safe sex, Call for herpes simplex virus control measures for prevention of HIV transmission, and Long fight foreseen against AIDS — to the News page and updated the main page.

Sunday, February 18, 2007

• Updated the Events page with information about HIV/AIDS in India: The Social Work Response (PDF, 103K), hosted by the Florida State University School of Social Work.
• Updated the Education and Prevention page with photos and information about the Gadsden Women to Women Project Health Fair, and added information about Walk-in HIV testing (no appointment required!).
• Added three new news articles — Scientists Determine How HIV Infects Vagina, Outside View: End the Black AIDS Plague, and 'I have the power to help others': Volunteers cover the city for 'Make a Difference Day' — to the News page and updated the main page.

Friday, February 9, 2007

• Added an "HIV/AIDS Controvesial Content Notice" to the Spectrum Web site at the request in accordance with Florida Department of Health guidelines.
• Added a call for dessert makers to donate for the An Evening With Friends Dessert Reception to the main page.
• Added a list of restaurants who have graciously agreed to donate a percentage of one day's profits during February for An Evening With Friends!
• Added the Big Bend Cares Web Annual Report (PDF, 195K) to the main page.
• Added a new publication, Silence is Death (PDF, 2MB), from the Florida Department of Health to the main page.
• Added three new news articles — Broward churches join the fight against AIDS in the black community, Men's testicles 'HIV hiding spot', and New Compound Shows Promise In Halting HIV Spread — to the News page and updated the main page.
• Added the Big Bend Cares 2006 Annual Report (PDF, 276K) to the Make a Donation page and the Donor Information page.

Saturday, February 3, 2007

• Updated the Prevention and Education page.
• Updated the Enroll Now page.

Monday, January 29, 2007

• Updated the Big Bend Cares Board Roster.

Sunday, January 28, 2007

• Added the January 28, 2007 E-News to the E-News Archive.
• Added two new articles, The parasite trichomoniasis can make some women more vulnerable to HIV and Selenium Supplements May Contribute To Reduced HIV Viral Load, to the News page and updated the main page.

Saturday, January 20, 2007

• Launched the An Evening With Friends Web page and updated the main page.
• Updated the Events page.
• Updated the Spectrum Events page with information about the Chocolate Party and the Spectrum Index page with a link to the Spectrum MySpace page.

Thursday, January 11, 2007

• Updated the Big Bend Cares Staff Roster.

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