Scott Blades
Executive Director
Message from Scott Blades
Happy New Year, and welcome 2025! We’re hoping it’s a great year for you. We are so grateful you are here with us, with a new year with new hope and new possibilities. And a new home for TIHAN!
Here are a few news flashes with important info, events, and opportunities for those of us who care so much. Please take a moment now and peruse!
TIHAN’s Office Has Moved – Note Our New Address
Thanks to a team of fabulous folks who made it happen, we are thrilled to be in our new quarters, sharing space on the campus of Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, located at 1200 N Campbell Avenue (just north of Speedway Blvd). Our offices are in the Activity Building, which is the same building that now houses our Poz Café lunch and social program. Please make note of our new mailing address!
Map – Here’s How to Find Us
TIHAN’s offices are located on the southeastern corner of the campus of Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, located at 1200 N Campbell Avenue. That’s our mailing address, and it’s the actual office of the church.
The entrance to the TIHAN offices is on the northwest corner of Helen Street and Norris Avenue. Parking spots are across the street as noted below on this map.
We’re still settling in and unpacking boxes and getting organized, but we’re excited to be in this great new space! Once we get fully settled in, we’ll schedule an official open house and ribbon cutting and a blessing of the space.
Thanks to the people of Our Saviour’s for their warm welcome to TIHAN!
Wish List for Our Offices
Here are a few things we’d love for our new space: picnic tables for our outdoor courtyard area, new office desk chairs, new or gently used office desks, a new metal shelving unit from Costco (size 48″ wide by 72″ high), new or slightly used 4-drawer file cabinets (vertical or horizontal) that lock and have two sets of keys), large computer monitor (24 in or larger), gift cards to Amazon and Office Depot for supplies, new desktop computers, and a new Ring video doorbell. We may realize there are more items to add to our wish list as we get settled. Before you donate any of these items, please contact Scott Blades (scott@tihan.org / 520-299-6647) for details about size and to make sure we still need them! Thanks for helping make our new space more attractive and effective!
The Red Concert Benefit – Sunday, March 9 at Three Canyon Outdoors
We are excited to announce that our annual Red Concert benefit will take place Sunday, March 9.Join us for a late afternoon of music under the beautiful Arizona sky featuring the hit Tucson band Onesall. Last year’s concert brought out over 175 people, and raised almost $30,000! Join us for another great time!
Enjoy great music (and order delicious food) while supporting the work of TIHAN and the Center for Health & Hope in helping people living with HIV/AIDS locally and worldwide. The venue is an beautiful outdoor patio with shade covering and fire pits. Tickets are $30 each in advance, or $40 at the door. Event sponsorships start at $100 and include event tickets.
OnesAll (https://onesallband.com/) is a popular local band rocks originals and tributes great musical artists. The band features a family of musicians and fuses thick funky grooves, tight vocals and exciting rock sounds with high energy performances.
The benefit takes place at Three Canyon, an outdoor music venue serving food and drink on Tucson’s northeast side. Arrive between 4 and 4:30 to get the best parking, grab your preferred seats, and order some delicious food and drink so you’ll be ready when the band starts at 5pm! This is an outdoor concert, with covered seating areas and fire pits.
Tickets and sponsorships are available at this link. Last year’s concert sold out, so get your tickets now!
All proceeds are split evenly, supporting the work of TIHAN serving people living with HIV here in Tucson, and the Center for Health and Hope providing services to people affected by HIV globally. The Center for Health and Hope is the fiscal agent for this benefit, and distributes half of the proceeds to TIHAN!
TIHAN Rummage Sale This Saturday at the OLD TIHAN Office on 1st Avenue
We have a lot of items we’ve collected from the move, donations, household items, unsold Treasures items, office items, artwork, and more that we don’t need, and we’d like to share this with others!
We’re holding a rummage sale to benefit TIHAN at the old TIHAN office (2660 N First Avenue) on Saturday, January 18 at 9am and Saturday January 25 from 9am-Noon. Please come by and see what kinds of Treasures we’re offering at great prices!
MLK Day Celebration – Monday, January 20 – TIHAN Office Closed
In honor of the life and impact of Martin Luther King Jr, the TIHAN office will be closed on the federal holiday, Monday, January 20. We encourage you to join us in attending the local community commemoration as we honor and celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr at the Reid Park Bandshell. NEW this year – the Commemorative March will start at Reid Park at 10am, and the walk will take place around the park. The festival will be held and end at Reid Park (900 S. Randolph Way), with an entrance on Tucson Boulevard, just north of 22nd Street. The inclusive festival event will go from 10:00am-3:00pm, and will feature live performances, inspirational speakers, tributes, food and retail vendors, and community information booths. Visit https://mlkcelebrationtucson.com/ for more details.
Thanks to Those Who Helped Us Make The Move
It’s a major effort to pack and move an entire organization, with nine individual office areas! After 12 years in this location, we had accumulated lots of stuff! But we had a great team of folks helping with the packing, moving, and unpacking of our office, including volunteers Katherine, John, Regina, Jess, Liz, Marisa, Ethan, Brian, Tyler, Elias, Jess, and TIHAN staff members Scott, Gina, Susannah. And a huge thank you to McCoy Moving Services, Susan Friese, Paul, Kathy, Amity Foundation, and Pastor Amalia, Michele, and John of Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church. Well done, team!
WOW! $20,000 in Matching Funds Received – Thanks to YOU and the Ralph L. Smith Legacy Fund
We are so grateful for your outpouring of donations to TIHAN in December. Your response to our end of year appeal letter and email was outstanding, and your response ensured that we met the challenge match presented by the Ralph L Smith Legacy Fund. Your donations were matched dollar-for-dollar, and we received an additional $20,000 from the Fund. What an incredible way to end the year—with fantastic holiday support for our CarePartners living with HIV, a great Poz Café holiday dinner party, a gift and two $25 gift cards for our CarePartners, and more. Thank you for what you make possible through your support of TIHAN!
