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STOMPEDE BALL Beneficiaries
AIDS/BREAST CANCER EMERGENCY FUNDS
The AIDS Emergency Fund (AEF) provides short-term emergency financial assistance to San Franciscans battling HIV/AIDS. Since 1982, the AEF has rallied community support to help pay basic living costs such as rent, utility bills and medical expenses for poverty-level San Franciscans with disabling HIV or AIDS. Annually, the AEF helps nearly 2,500 clients.
The Breast Cancer Emergency Fund (BCEF) was founded in 2001, modeled after the AIDS Emergency Fund. The BCEF provides short-term emergency financial assistance to low-income San Franciscans battling breast cancer. The BCEF also makes referrals to agencies that can provide longer-term help with practical and emotional support and other vital services.
AIDS Emergency Fund
12 Grace Street, Ste 300
San Francisco, CA 94103
415-558-6999
www.aidsemergencyfund.org
SHANTI PROJECT
Founded in 1974 by Dr. Charles Garfield, Shanti has been at the forefront of a growing national movement to enhance the quality of life for persons living with life-threatening or chronic illnesses by providing volunteer-based emotional and practical support. Each year Shanti provides education, practical assistance, and emotional support to over 2,000 people living with HIV/AIDS and breast cancer.
Shanti programs include:
The L.I.F.E. Institute provides effective health-enhancement and wellness counseling services to people living with HIV/AIDS, breast cancer, and HIV-Hepatitis C co-infection; conducts research on the role of psycho-social issues in disease onset and progression.
LifeLines Breast Cancer Program offers a continuum of education, care and support services to women and men with breast cancer so they can access medical care, maintain treatment, and enjoy better health outcomes.
HIV Services meets emotional and practical needs of people living with HIV/AIDS through care navigation, peer support, treatment advocacy, a drop-in lounge, and social activities.
Shanti
720 Polk Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
415-674-4700
www.shanti.org