Tulsa
appreciates the National AIDS Fund AmeriCorps Teams
Tulsa is the the only
National AIDS Fund Partnership to have hosted an AmeriCorps team since the
program in national service began in 1993. The
team is hosted by the Tulsa Community AIDS Partnership.
Welcome, 2009-2010 Team!
Tulsa has been selected for a 16th
National AIDS Fund AmeriCorps Team.
Five
new National AIDS Fund AmeriCorps Team-Tulsa members will begin work on August
20 after five days of AmeriCorps training by the National AIDS Fund in Santa Fe,
New Mexico. The new members are their host sites are:
Sara Swain (Team
coordinator) – Tulsa CARES
Samantha Young – The HOPE
Testing Clinic
Lauren Corr – the HOPE
Testing Clinic
Haley Adams – the American
Red Cross
Torey Brill – Planned
Parenthood and Youth Services
If your
organization would like assistance from the Team, please contact Yolanda Arnold,
Team Coordinator, at the Community Service Council, 585-5551.
Thanks,
2008-09 Team!
Left to right: Erica Morgan, Yolanda Arnold (Team Coordinator),
Samantha Young, Cory Wofford, and Sara Swain.
The
Team began work at their host sites on August 13th, 2008. Members and
their host sites:
Yolanda Arnold,
Team Coordinator
–
University of Tulsa Alexander Health Clinic and the Tulsa
Community AIDS Partnership
Erica Morgan
–
Planned Parenthood
Cory Wofford
–
American Red Cross
Samantha Young
–
HOPE Testing Clinic
Sara Swain
–
Tulsa C.A.R.E.S.
Tulsa's Team
completed their year of national
service in Washington, D.C. on July 10, 2009. They are pictured above with
AmeriCorps Team members from Charlotte, Detroit, Indianapolis, the state of New
Mexico, and Washington, D.C.
The four 2008-2009 Tulsa Team
members reported outcomes from their 11 months of work at the HOPE Testing
Clinic, Tulsa CARES, the American Red Cross and Planned Parenthood including the
following service:
·
- 50 HIV
positive individuals received case management assistance for housing, food,
transportation, medical care, and mental health counseling
·
- 2,000
students in Tulsa area schools received HIV prevention education
·
- 600
individuals received HIV prevention, education, counseling and testing with 5
persons testing HIV positive
In addition, the Tulsa Team
completed two long-term projects:
·
- the
donation and installation of a new air conditioning system for Our House Too and
their clients
·
- health
fairs at the Eddie Warrior Correctional Facility for women and the Jess Dunn
Correctional Facility for men
Thanks to Sara Swain (Team
Coordinator), Samantha Young, Erica Morgan, and Cory Woffard for contributing
more than 6,800 hours of national service to the Tulsa community.
Looking Back...
Tulsa's 2007-2008
National
AIDS Fund AmeriCorps Team
Mechelle King
National AIDS Fund
AmeriCorps Team – Tulsa Team Coordinator;
worked at Planned Parenthood providing education and HIV counseling
and testing to high risk women and their partners
Blakely Adams
Worked at the
University of Tulsa Student Health Center
providing HIV prevention education, counseling, and testing on the TU
campus
Ryan Cochran
Provided HIV
prevention education, counseling,
and testing for high risk men and women
Stephen Hoyt
Worked at the HOPE
Testing Clinic and the OK Equality Center
providing HIV prevention education, counseling and testing for HIV risk
men
Brandi Peoples
Worked at Tulsa CARES
helping clients find transportation
to medical appointments and access the food pantry
The Team with Justice
Waidner,
former AmeriCorps Team Coordinator for Team Tulsa
Justice was the
invited speaker for the swearing-in ceremony and closing luncheon
at the pre-service training in
Washington,
D.C. for all the National AIDS Fund AmeriCorps
members on 7 teams on August 11.
2006-2007 National AIDS Fund AmeriCorps Team-Tulsa - hosted by the Tulsa Community AIDS Partnership
Natalie
Ingraham – Team Coordinator and assigned to the T.U. Student Health
Clinic
and Tulsa Community
AIDS Partnership
Audra Farrow – HOPE Testing Clinic and the HIV Prevention for Incarcerated
Women’s Project
Jessica Brent – HOPE Testing Clinic
Patrick Prough – American Red Cross
Kristy Seymour – American Red Cross
Jamie Baker – Regional AIDS Interfaith Network (RAIN)
2005-2006 National AIDS Fund AmeriCorps Team-Tulsa - hosted by the Tulsa Community AIDS Partnership
Michelle
Cadman-Sullivan, Team Coordinator
–
University of Tulsa Alexander Health
Center
Zachary Bundy
–
Tulsa CARES Food Pantry
Michelle Walker
– RAIN
Rebecca Tyler
–
Incarcerated Women's Project and American Red Cross
Page Brockwell
–
Youth Services of Tulsa
2004-05 National AIDS Fund AmeriCorps Team-Tulsa - hosted
by the Tulsa Community AIDS Partnership
Heather Nash, Team Coordinator
–
Our House
II and Planned Parenthood
Steph Iervolino
–
HOPE Testing and Tulsa CARES Food Pantry
Milton Harris
–
RAIN
Michelle Cadman
–
University of Tulsa Alexander Health Center
Rachel McMichael
–
Incarcerated Women’s Project and HOPE Testing
Abby Horne
–
Youth Services
2003-04 National AIDS Fund AmeriCorps Team-Tulsa
Janice Nicklas, City Supervisor
Andrew Carter, Team Coordinator
Steph Iervolino
–
AmeriCorps Member
Heather Nash
–
AmeriCorps Member
Gina Pinc
–
AmeriCorps Member
Ayana Wilson
–
AmeriCorps Member
Becky Ballard
–
AmeriCorps Member
AmeriCorps members on Tulsa’s 10th
team worked at the HOPE Testing Clinic, the Regional AIDS Interfaith
Network, Planned Parenthood, the University of Tulsa Alexander Student Health
Services, and the Day Center for the Homeless.
2002-2003 National AIDS Fund AmeriCorps Team -
Tulsa and their work assignments for HIV prevention and care:
Justice Waidner, Team Coordinator
–
Planned Parenthood
Claire Aaronson
–
HOPE Testing Center and Planned Parenthood
Kathy Bird
–
Planned Parenthood and Palmer
Andrew Carter
–
the Regional AIDS Interfaith Network (RAIN)
Regan Kislow
–
Street School and RAIN
Lindsay Pulford
–
Youth Services of Tulsa
Shana Spector
–
Tulsa CARES, HOPE Testing Clinic and Planned
Parenthood
2001-2002 National AIDS Fund AmeriCorps Team -
Tulsa and their work assignments for HIV prevention and care:
Justice Waidner, Team Coordinator
–
Planned Parenthood
Kathy Bird
–
Planned Parenthood
Joseph Bonnell
–
Tulsa CARES Food Pantry
Louise Dobkins
–
Associates in Medical and Mental Health
Brad Gordon
–
Hope Testing Clinic
Kelly O'Hern
–
University of Tulsa
2000-2001 National AIDS Fund AmeriCorps Team - Tulsa
Jamie Baker
–
Tulsa CARES Food Pantry
Melinda Foster
–
Community of Hope
Brad Gordon
–
HOPE Testing Clinic, Ahalaya Native Care Center
Kara Jones
–
American Red Cross
Terry Taylor
–
Planned Parenthood
Sam Wolthuis
–
Planned Parenthood, University of Tulsa Alexander Health Center
1999-2000 National AIDS Fund AmeriCorps Team - Tulsa
Kate Neary, Team Coordinator
–
American Red Cross
Melinda Foster
–
Community of Hope
Derrick Davis
–
Regional AIDS Interfaith Network
Jason Fields
–
University of Tulsa Legal Clinic
Shannon Goswick
–
H.O.P.E. Testing Clinic
Kesha Gullett
–
University of Tulsa Alexander Student Health Center
Michelle MacFarlane
–
Planned Parenthood
Terry Taylor
–
Planned Parenthood
