Hepatitis C is a systemic blood borne virus that primarily attacks the liver.
It is spread by blood to blood contact
1 in 50 Americans have HCV - 2 out of 3 do not know it.
There is no vaccine for Hepatitis C
Risk factors!
Have you:
>received blood, blood products, or an organ transplant prior to 1992?
>ever shared drug paraphernalia? injecting or snorting
>ever been stuck by a used blood needle?
>been on kidney dialysis?
>had a tattoo or body piercing?
>had sexual activity that involves contact with blood?
>shared personal cars items(razors, toothbrushes, etc.) with other people?
>been incarcerated
>war veteran (especially vietnam)
If you answered YES to any of these questions, you may have been exposed to the Hepatitis C virus
GET TESTED!
Music
Here's some pics from the telethons we did for Hepatitis C Awareness!
Check out our website to see all the great bands that have helped us raise awareness of hepatitis C. www.HepCAware.org
Here's a recent interview I did on Fox in Houston
Kelly Z LIVE! ..
Movies
Please help us raise funding for our materials.
Asking for donations when raising awareness of hepatitis C is a way for the cause to be taken more seriously. A person who donates, even $10, is listening more, cares more and takes you more seriously.
You can have folks send donations
Hepatitis C Awareness, Inc
P.O.Box 3122
North Hollywood, CA 91606.
They can also donate online at www.HepCAware.org
Television
I am also the singer of the band Kelly's Lot who has been raising awareness of hepatitis C for 8 years to honor a close friend! Visit us at myspace.com/kellyslot****************************************WATCH Kelly's Lot Duo on Good Morning Texas- Raising Awareness of Organ Donation and Hepatitis C
About me: For HepCAware Events please visit www.HepCAware.org or myspace.com/hepcaware*************
We are on the lookout for more street team members to distribute information about Hepatitis C in their communities. Please visit www.HepCAware.org and check out our postcard. Then send us an email to HepatitisCAware@aol.com and we will send you a stack of them along with a T-shirt. Send us your T-shirt size and an address. Please join us in raising awareness across the world!
If you are already a street team member and need more postcards let us know. Ask your friends to join us. Let's build our team!
Attn: Musicians - These postcards were designed originally for bands to place at their merchandise table during gigs. Join our musicians coalition. Already involved? -Need more postcards? Send us an email.
Love and Light,
kelly z
HepCAware.or
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Faith is the evidence of things hoped for and not yet seen!
Believe and you shall receive!
Who I'd like to meet: More street team members and musicians who want to help!
This is the myspace page for the coalition I started that raises awareness about hepatitis C through music, postcards and events. Our coalition members perform at our events and sometimes place our postcards (filled with info about hep c) at their merchandise tables when they perform other shows. Some of them even take the time to distribute them in and around their community. We also have comedians helping us. If you want to join please become our friend and ask for postcards! If you are not an entertainer you can still join our street team and help get the cards out to your community. You can see the full postcard and read all about what we're doing at www.HepCAware.org. Either way please be our friend!
THANKS!
"""""A Spoon Full of Music Helps The Awareness Go Down!""""""
As you are probably awar, Our Darla Sue is in Indiana waiting for her new liver, As for me Im rolling to So.Oregon in a couple of days with my niece, Im moving back to Grants Pass, My 19yr old girl is prego, I want to be close to her. I will be helping with HCV advocacy up there as well. I hope you and Perry and Linda and everybody else is all doing well sister! L&R's John
We are helping to get the word out about this event. come on down if you are free.
What: Marathon of Music to Raise Awareness of Hepatitis C Where: Liquid Lounge, 3522 E Anaheim St, Long Beach, CA When: Saturday, May 30th from 1pm - 9pm
This is a free community event that is open to the public. Musical Performances by Bernie Pearl, Kelly’s Lot, Scott Detweiler, Holly Light, Mister B, Patsy Grind, Michelle Mangione, The Babylon Blues Band, Phil Gates and Evonne Rivera. There will be free Hepatitis testing available. Sponsors and raffle item donors so far include The Long Beach Symphony, Los Angeles Blues Society, Miranda Mirsec, Two Umbrellas Café, Buonos Pizza, Liquid Lounge, Flowers by Vicky, Long Beach Barber Shop, Black Market, Rock Bottom Café, Aquarium of The Pacific, Loft on Broadway, Long Beach Opera, Lace Pickups and Guitars and Crystal Hot Sauce, Roche, Stella Artois, EarCandy, The Dr. Phil Show, paintings by Cindi and Dover and a signed guitar donated by Grace Slick.
Schedule for the day 1pm - Patsy Grind 1:45pm - Mister B 2:30pm - Kelly's Lot 3:15pm- Michelle Mangione 4pm - Holly Light 5pm - Babylon Blues 6pm - Scott Detweiler 6:45pm - Bernie Pearl 7:30pm - Blues Jam featuring Phil Gates and Evonne Rivera
Please pass along to friends if you can.
More info at http://www.HepCAware.org or call 818-769-2701
Press inquiries Tom Kidd/Pres Pak Public Relations 310-377-2527 cell 310-433-6734
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well, it has been a long and winding road, and an even longer time coming, but my debut CD, I Remember, is FINALLY HERE!!! YAY!!!!!
to celebrate, American HeartBeat Records(tm) has arranged a FREE DOWNLOAD of Now Is The Time in exchange for a valid email address. Now Is The Time is a brand new, upbeat song I wrote: we are living in turbulent times. suddenly it is okay to be greedy and heartless? no way! a song of hope for our future, a new vision of America and the world.
we have a bunch of exciting things planned to kick this whole thing off, and we need to get a better picture of who our friends are, so the FREE DOWNLOAD form will ask you a few questions, like, what is your country and nearest major city. it all takes maybe 15 seconds.
anyhoo, the FREE DOWNLOAD, and the FUN, begins at www.JAETCHISON.com
I look forward to getting to know you a little better, and I thank you SO VERY MUCH for your friendship and support!
please tell your friends about JAETCHISON.com, and ask them to sign up for the email list, too! FUN things are coming up!!
May is the 4th official WorldWide Hepatitis Awareness Month! Talk about Hep C with people. -- Use it as a conversation topic -- bring it up whenever you have the opportunity. Be Aware! AND Make A Difference!
