ALFA Hike4Hope

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ALFA Hike For Hope

Catawba River Greenway in Morganton, NC
April 24, 2010

ALFA’s first annual Hike for Hope will benefit ALFA's mission to enhance the lives of those infected and affected by, and at the risk for HIV/AIDS within a nine-county service area of North Carolina. All funds raised during this event stay in Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Lincoln, Watauga and Wilkes Counties.

About ALFA

ALFA. Advancing Life. Fighting AIDS.

ALFA was organized in 1987 as a grassroots effort to provide support services to those affected by HIV/AIDS in Burke County. In 1989, with the help of a United Way Venture Grant, ALFA was established as a not-for-profit AIDS Service Organization (ASO). ALFA has remained a United Way-funded agency and currently has a staff of nine full-time employees and two AmeriCorps members.

ALFA provides medical case management, transportation and basic needs to clients in nine counties. ALFA also offers prevention education to over 13,000 people and tests over 500 people for HIV infection annually (2008). Twenty-two years later, ALFA is still the only ASO in the area, serving Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Lincoln, Watauga, and Wilkes counties.

If you are interested in learning more about ALFA, scheduling a program, or making an appointment for a HIV test, please call 828.322.1447 ext. 232.....