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ALFA has a mission in Alexander County

I would like to say thank you to Alexander Central High School for being so supportive of ALFA’s mission in Alexander County! ACHS is the only school in the county that has opened its doors to the mission of HIV/AIDS and the message of prevention.  We truly enjoy presenting abstinence-based education programs to their students, and wish them and all the residents of Alexander County good health. Education is the key to preventing a disease that has no cure.

QUICK FACTS ABOUT ALFA

1- AIDS Leadership Foothills-area Alliance (ALFA) is a non-profit, United Way member agency serving Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Watauga and Wilkes counties, and has been open since 1987.

2- ALFA provides free and confidential client services to more than 220 individuals living with HIV/AIDS each year.

3- ALFA provides free, culturally and linguistically sensitive HIV prevention education programs to more than 14,000 people each year in English and Spanish.

4- HIV prevention education programs are offered to area churches, schools, youth groups, parenting groups, prisons, mental health and substance abuse facilities, health fairs and festivals, and community based organizations, and are tailored to fit the needs of each individual venue and audience.

5- ALFA offers free and confidential HIV Counseling, Testing and Referral services to over 350 individuals each year.

6- OraQuick Advance HIV 1/HIV 2 Antibody test is quick, simple, and painless. With a swab of the upper and lower gum line, results are given in just 20 minutes. The test is portable, so if you prefer, ALFA staff can come to you, in your county, instead of coming to us.

7- ALFA offers volunteer, community service and internship opportunities to the community.

8- Volunteer opportunities include pantry shopping, client transporters, event preparation and assistance, education at fairs and festivals, office assistance (data entry, answer phones, copies, etc), scrapbooking, peer education.

9- HIV/AIDS is not spread through casual contact like answering phones, providing transportation, using the same bathroom as others, eating or drinking after others, hugging, kissing, or shaking the hand of someone who is HIV+.

10- HIV is transmitted from a person who has HIV/AIDS to another person through unprotected sex, needle sharing, blood-to-blood contact, or mother-to-child.

11- If you have any questions about ALFA and our services, please contact Jennifer Hart Dockey, Executive Director at 828/322-1447, or check us out online at www.alfainfo.org


Jennifer Hart Dockey, BA
Executive Director, ALFA