World AIDS Day
Bay County Community Health Survey
Red Tie Ball 2022
St. Joe Community Foundation donates to BASIC NWFL, Inc. mobile unit fund!
We thank St. Joe for their support in helping us achieve our goal of obtaining a mobile unit. This unit will allow for testing and education in areas where access is hard for those without transportation.
National HIV Testing Week 2021
Come join us at one our our National HIV Testing Week events! We will be doing free Rapid HIV/HCV Testing at all locations and in our office. For more information contact Jermaine Daniels 850-785-1088 Ext 125
National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness 2021
Please take a moment to read through the newsletter put together by BASIC’s prevention teams recapping their hard work earlier this month. These teams worked together to host a wide variety of events during the week and throughout our community to recognize National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on March 10, 2021.
You.Me.WE. Changing the Face of HIV
Central Panhandle AIDS Network
Your HIV/AIDS Community Planning Group
Bringing Interested Individuals Together to:
Talk, Network, Advocate and Discuss How
to Combat and/or Live with HIV/AIDS
Meeting Schedule—2021
(All Meetings Held on the 3rd Tuesday quarterly at 10am and last about 1 hour)
January 26, 2021-via ZOOM(link will be provided)
April 20, 2021— Location TBA, Panama City
July 20, 2021— Location TBA, Panama City
October 19, 2021— Location TBA, Panama City
- If in person meetings resume:
St. Andrews is located at 1607 Baker Court, Panama City, FL
- If zoom meeting resume the link will be provided before the date
Call BASIC, NWFL at (850) 785-1088 for more information
BASIC NWFL Receives Two $500 Allstate Foundation Grants
Thank you to the Allstate Foundation and Allstate volunteer Charlotte Hooks for helping communities thrive by volunteering with us. We appreciate the efforts that helped us to receive two $500 the Allstate Foundation Helping Hands Grants.
Pay It Forward Fundraising Event at Pineapple Willy’s!
Join us at Pineapple Willy’s for the Annual Pay it Forward Campaign to help benefit some great local charities! August 24-28 Pineapple Willy’s will be donating 100% of the profit from all food sales to these local charities: Beach Care Services, Paws & Claws, and B.A.S.I.C. of NW Florida. Eat good food and give back to the community – win and win!
Watch our President/CEO, Valerie Mincey’s interview with WJHG here.
2nd Annual Southern HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
We will be promoting SHAAD on Day 1 & Southern Solutions on Day 2.
There is an HIV/AIDS crisis in the South, right here in our community. This reality requires all of us to be engaged in collective, bold, and innovative strategies to reduce these disparities.
Since 1989, BASIC NWFL, Inc. has helped thousands by #PursuingThePossible. We are a volunteer governed, community based organization dedicated to aiding, assisting, and comforting those living with HIV/AIDS, as well as their families and friends. At BASIC of Northwest Florida, we provide discrete and compassionate assistance without passing judgment. BASIC provides awareness, education, advocacy, linkage to care, prevention, testing and substance abuse/HIV education to the citizens of Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, and Washington counties. For more information about SHAAD, please visit their website at https://southernsolution.org/
Together, we can #EndTheHIVEpidemic by being the #SouthernSolution today. We are #DoingTheWork and making a much needed difference in the South and in our community.
“Inspiration to do this work most often comes from something or someone that has impacted my life. The need to help is ingrained in me and being fulfilled by making a difference. HIV in the South has been my mission since 1996 and is the driving force behind my dedication to people living with HIV (PLWH). Being a board member of the Southern AIDS Coalition (SAC) furthers that mission because of the connection all of us have in the South. Together, we do make a difference.”
Valerie Mincey | President/CEO
