Tag Archives: hiv/aids
Dining Out For Life: Easiest Fundraiser Ever
It may be tempting to curl up inside today, but this is one of the few days during the year that dining out could save lives. If you’ve taken part in this annual Dining Out for Life fundraiser before, then you know the drill: Dozens of local restaurants volunteer to set aside a percentage of [...]
Tomorrow: Dining Out For Life [Easiest Fundraiser Ever]
Tomorrow marks the 8th annual Dining Out for Life event to fight AIDS in Nashville. For the uninitiated, Dining Out for Life is a day when dozens of our favorite local restaurants pitch in and donate 30-100% of their food sales to Nashville CARES, an organization dedicated to providing community education, advocacy, and supportive services for [...]
Happy Hour: Excuses, Excuses
The adoptive grandmother of the Russian boy who was packed onto a plane and shipped back across the ocean has spoken out in defense of the incident. She’s also the one who actually put the kid on the plane. Oh and also, Russia is now considering stopping all adoptions of Russian kids by US citizens. [...]
Knowing The Facts: HIV/AIDS In Nashville [World AIDS Day]
If you’ve made a trip or two around the internet this morning, you probably know that it’s World AIDS Day. Though we’ll see a great deal of focus today on the HIV/AIDS crisis in the third world, we want to take a moment to remember the folks living with the disease right here in Nashville. [...]
Bright & Early: Wait-Listed Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Tennessee’s drug assistance program for people with HIV/AIDS now has a waiting list thanks to folks losing jobs and insurance, along with an increase in the number of people living with the disease. Those overseeing the program hope that their own services can be supplemented with federal programs and pharmaceutical companies. Pregnant women [...]
Bright & Early: An Apple A Day Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Several members of Congress are a little less than pleased with VA officials after yesterday’s testimony in which officials admitted that their hospitals still aren’t following proper procedures for cleaning medical equipment. You may remember that the problems were first uncovered Alvin C. York Medical Center in Murfreesboro in December 2008 and [...]
Happy Hour: Life’s Not Fair
Well, the days of texting and driving (legally) are over. Or will be over on July 1 when the new law that Governor Phil signed today officially goes into effect. Funny thing is, the law will apply to everyone except for state/local AND CAMPUS law enforcement officers. What? [Tennessean] July 1 might be a bad [...]
Happy Hour: Keep The Painted Side Up
Hair World Beauty Supply in East Nashville took a tumble today (yes, we mean the whole store) after an SUV’s gas pedal got stuck and the driver backed into the corner of the building from the Suntrust lot next door. Fortunately no one was hurt including the driver, whose car was pretty much crushed by [...]
Happy Hour: This Is The Air We Breathe
So Davidson, Rutherford, Sumner, and Wilson counties now have something else in common: None of us can measure up to the new EPA air quality standards. Bring on another Endless Summer Of Smog And Air Quality Alerts. [Tennessean] Apparently the marathon people were doling out sports drinks that made everyone puke. [Pith In The Wind] [...]
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