E-Newsletter November 2024

Scott Blades
Executive Director

Quick Links to This Month’s Articles

• A Message from Scott Blades
• ‘Tis the Season to Share Warmth and Joy Through Your Gifts
• Please Help Us Fold Newsletters
• Supporting Two TIHAN Volunteers Riding in El Tour de Tucson Raising Funds for TIHAN
• Giving Tuesday
• Win a New Jeep Wrangler, First Class Airline Tickets, or $5,000 Cash!
• TIHAN Office Schedule During November and December
• TIHAN is Hiring a Program Coordinator!
• Save the Date: December 1 A Gathering to Commemorate World AIDS Day, and TIHAN’s 30th Anniversary

Message from Scott Blades

Dear Friends,
November is here, and today is Election Day. Please remember to VOTE!
As we move past the election and approach the Thanksgiving holiday, we can return our focus to gratitude. We hope you know how much we appreciate you! TIHAN is blessed with wonderful volunteers, donors, CarePartners, staff, and colleagues, and we are grateful to work together with you for a healthier and more compassionate community…
Thank you for joining us, sharing your blessings, and helping us support each other to live well, especially during these challenging times. There is hope, and you have a part to play.
Here are a few announcements to help keep you connected and informed about TIHAN and all our happenings. Plus, one announcement that could make you much richer!
Happy Thanksgiving!

‘Tis the Season to Share Warmth and Joy Through Your Gifts

 

A gift can mean so much more than the actual item. Every December, our ability to hand out gifts and gift cards to CarePartners living with HIV lets them know that someone is thinking about them and wants to share with them the warmth of the season. CarePartners often tell us that the gift they receive from TIHAN is the one gift that they know they will get to enjoy each year. Can you help us make this a reality in 2024? As you shop and help spread the word, please remember:

• Gifts must be new and unused and should be donated unwrapped
• Because CarePartners belong to a variety of faith traditions, or may not identify with any faith, we ask that holiday gifts do not portray any religious images or messages.
• It’s important for us to be able to keep gifts equitable, so please look for gifts with a value between $15 and $25.
• The greatest need is for gifts that would be appropriate for older adult males.
• We are also hoping to give a $25 gift card to Target, Walmart, or Fry’s to every CarePartner, so we also need donations of $25 gift cards.
• Please bring all donations to the TIHAN office by Monday, December 2.

Thank you for helping TIHAN make this holiday season more special for Tucsonans living with HIV.

Please Help Us Fold Newsletters!

It is time to get the Newsletter Folding Brigade together! TIHAN’s final Quarterly Newsletter for 2024 is being assembled soon and we need volunteers to help!   It’s an important and fun event as we fold the newsletter, insert a donation envelope, seal it, and apply the address labels – in preparation for mailing. We need friendly volunteers to help us at the TIHAN office (2660 N. 1st Avenue) with the preparation of the newsletter on Thursday, November 14 and Friday, November 15, between 9:00am-4:00pm.  Stop in to help for an hour or two or more if you’d like! To sign up, contact Susannah Myerson at 520-299-6647 ext 204 or OperationsManager@tihan.org

Supporting Two TIHAN Volunteers Riding in El Tour de Tucson Raising Funds for TIHAN

El Tour de Tucson is approaching! Two TIHAN supporters are riding in this year’s benefit, and we’re asking for your support. Doug Wingert, a volunteer who serves as our liaison between Catalina United Methodist Church and TIHAN, has already raised $1,650 for his ride and is only $350 short of his $2,000 goal. Brett Christenson, is a first-time rider in the event, and he’s already raised $715, exceeding his $500 goal. If you’d like to support their fundraising efforts and sponsor their ride, click here.

Please consider a donation to TIHAN in honor of their efforts for our CarePartners!

Giving Tuesday

 
#GivingTuesday is an annual day of contributing online to support nonprofits helping build a better world. Taking place on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, #GivingTuesday falls on December 2. Please consider making a gift in support of TIHAN’s programs and services that help people with HIV to live well.
In addition to making an online donation, you could also consider making a difference by reaching out to friends living with HIV and tell them you are thinking of them for World AIDS Day, or contacting friends who have lost a loved one and re-connecting with them. Another way to make a difference is by looking at TIHAN’s wish list to see if you might donate an item we need. We are collecting holiday gifts for our CarePartners (clients living with HIV), toiletry items for our CarePackages, and we have many other items on our wishlist, which you can see at this link.

Win a New Jeep Wrangler, First Class Airline Tickets, or $5,000 Cash!

The 2024 “Millions for Tucson” raffle features three amazing prizes!  The grand prize is a 2024 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 4xe Plug-In Hybrid; second prize is two roundtrip first-class airline tickets to anywhere in the world*; and third prize is $5,000 cash. Tickets are only $25 each, or 5 tickets for $100. Need not be present to win.
TIHAN gets to utilize the money from all the raffle tickets we sell to support our programs and services, and you get a chance to win these great prizes! Tickets available now online here or you can get them from the TIHAN office (520-299-6647).  The public drawing takes place in December, and you don’t have to be present to win.  Your odds are much better than the lottery—no more than 120,000 tickets will be sold. Get yours now! *some restrictions apply

TIHAN Office Schedule During November and December

The TIHAN office is open Mon-Fri 8:30am-4:30pm, but will be closed on the following days:

TIHAN is Hiring a Program Coordinator!

Do you, or someone you know, like working in direct services, helping link people to resources, as well as engaging volunteers in the community?  TIHAN is hiring a full-time Program Coordinator (40 hours/week, including weekday hours and occasional evening/weekend hours).  This staff person will oversee TIHAN’s Link program connecting people living with HIV with resources, and also be responsible for volunteer recruitment and onboarding, including our Volunteer Orientations.  Must be proficient in Microsoft Office programs and databases, reliable, and able to work in a fast-paced office, coordinating direct service programs as well as volunteer management.
Job description is available here. Please help us spread the word about this job opportunity.

Qualified applicants should send a cover letter and resume to OperationsManager@tihan.org, and also submit an online application, available here.

Save the Date: December 1 A Gathering to Commemorate World AIDS Day, and TIHAN’s 30th Anniversary

Please join us on Sunday, December 1, at 5:00pm for a gathering to commemorate World AIDS Day at Catalina United Methodist Church, 2700 E Speedway.  This community gathering will take place in the Fellowship Hall, which is the site of TIHAN’s first gathering, our public debut on December 1, 2024.  We’ll have a few reflections from people living with HIV, music, remembrance of people we’ve lost, information from community resources, and light refreshments.  It’s free and open to all.  To help us plan, please RSVP to Scott@tihan.org