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Upcoming Client

Events

News and

Accomplishments

Donors Spotlight

Nov & Dec Events

Important People

Christie’s Place

Happy New Year! Welcome to the Winter edition of the

Christie's Place newsletter; our third one to date, all of which we trust has helped to keep you updated on our latest news and events. We hope that your year is off to a good start and you are out enjoying all of this fabulous “winter” weather we are having.

Mark Your Calendar

Bar AIDS Raise a glass, Advance the cause! On Thursday, February 15th join Bar AIDS San Diego and "raise your glass" to the end of new HIV infections in San Diego County. On this day, participating bars, nightclubs, coffee shops, and juice bars will be donating 25% or more of the day’s earnings to the San Diego HIV Funding Collaborative (SDHFC), which supports HIV/AIDS services throughout San Diego County.

For more information visit: baraidssd.org

Please check our website often for more fun-filled fundraising events happening throughout the year.

Christie’s Place Newsletter WINTER EDITION 2018

Christie’s Place is a nonprofit social service organization in San Diego County that provides HIV/AIDS education, support and advocacy.

New Year's Day. A fresh start. A new

chapter in life waiting to be written.

New questions to be asked, embraced,

and loved. Answers to be discovered

and then lived in this transformative

year of delight and self-discovery.

Today carve out a quiet interlude for

yourself in which to dream, pen in

hand. Only dreams give birth to

change. -Sarah Ban Breathnach

Trauma Informed Care Manual

Christie’s Place teamed up with AIDS United to co-author a resource that walks through the steps of designing a trauma-informed care program. The tool kit shares tips, best practices and directs you to additional resources! The Christie’s Place model shows that implementing trauma-informed care can increase your organization’s ability to meet the needs of people living with HIV and improve the overall wellness of your clients, staff, and organization.

We are thrilled to share that AIDS United has published the tool kit on trauma-informed care and that it is now available for download.

Trauma Informed Care: Improving Services, Saving Lives.

NEWS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS

UPCOMING CLIENT EVENTS

African American/Black Heritage Celebration Happening on Thursday, February 15th at Christie’s Place

from 3pm-5pm. Come celebrate with us. We will have

lively music, soul food and fun. In honor of African

American/Black History Month & National Black HIV/AIDS

Awareness Day.

A Women’s Voice Conference 2018: Learning, Connecting and Leading

Held Saturday March 3rd from 9am-2pm at the Handlery

Hotel, San Diego. The conference will address HIV

awareness, life skills, prevention, treatment and advocacy.

This event is organized by San Diego HIV CARE Partnership

for Women, Children and Families. We welcome anyone

who is interested to join us. To register or for more

information, call UCSD-MCAP 619.543.8089 or stop by

Christie’s Place to register.

Registration deadline is February 16th.

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Turkey Mania November 2017

Annual Holiday Party 2017

DONORS SPOTLIGHT

Operation Turkey Mania

Thanks to You!

Hillcrest Pharmacy

Trader Joe’s (Encinitas)

OHR Shalom Synagogue

Medical Center Pharmacy

Romeo Anderson-Camacho

Sean Brosnan

Office of Senator Toni Atkins

5 Anonymous Donors

SUCCESS!

Annual Holiday Party

It wouldn’t be possible without you!

Imperial Court de San Diego

Bilateral Safety Corridor Coalition

FOCUS

Giselle’s Pledge

Hillcrest Pharmacy

Kroger Specialty Pharmacy

Olive Oil Café

Pride Pharmacy

Redwing Bar & Grill

Starbucks

Wedding Entertainment Collective

Several Anonymous Donors

Bringing Hope Home for the Holidays

GOAL ACHIEVED $5,000

Thank You!

Lianne U * Laurie & David S Julie G * Martha G * Karen L Connie B * Sara D * Kathy G Renee S * Steve W * John B

Shanice D * Barbara H Bobbie A * Anonymous

“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give” -Winston Churchill

PROVIDED FULL

THANKSGIVING

MEALS TO OVER

50 FAMILIES.

COLLECTED OVER 200

TOYS AND RECEIVED

100 ($20) GIFT CARD

DONATIONS

Give us a call for more

information about our

events, services and

support groups.

619.702.4186

Christie’s Place

2440 Third Ave

San Diego, CA 92101

Hours:

M,W, Th & F

9am-5:30pm

Tuesday

9am-7pm

www.christiesplace.org

BOARD CORNER Meet Renee Sievert, RN, MFT Board Secretary at Christie’s Place (CP).

Renee is an author, speaker, and leadership consultant

with over 30 years of experience working in healthcare

and social services. She presents workshops nationwide

on staff and leadership development, motivational

interviewing, clinical education, co-occurring disorders

and ethics.

Renee worked at UCSD’s HIV Neurobehavioral Research

Center (HNRC) from 1989 – 1998 and early in those years,

she met Irene and Doug Milton, and Christie & Angel Torres. Renee remembers Christie as a

kind and courageous woman, loving mother and wife, and a fierce advocate for ensuring that

services were created for women, children and families impacted by HIV/AIDS and she ignited

that passion in others. Beginning in 1991, Renee was one of the first volunteers to facilitate

support groups in San Diego for Women with HIV/AIDS. Renee has been honored to serve at

Christie’s Place as a group facilitator, clinical education provider, leadership consultant and a

member of the board of directors for nearly 22 years.

Thank you for your dedication Renee!

CONTACT US!

IMPORTANT PEOPLE

This project is/was supported in part or whole by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under H89HA00001,

HIV Emergency Relief Project Grants for a contracted amount with the County of San Diego. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be con-

strued as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS, the U.S. Government or the County of San Diego. Also funded in part by HRSA through

the UCSD Mother, Child & Adolescent HIV Program; by the County of San Diego, Health and Human Services Agency; by Kaiser Foundation Hospitals; by Broadway Cares/Euuity Fights AIDS;

by The San Diego Human Dignity Foundation and the San Diego HIV Funding Collaborative; by Wells Fargo Foundation; by California Community Foundation; by Iris House; by ViiV

Healthcare; by The Gilead Foundation; by Macy’s; by Qualcomm; by Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies Contribution Fund; by The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation; and a charitable

contribution from Janssen Therapeutics.

BOARD OFFICERS

C. Denice Williams, MSW BOARD PRESIDENT Kathleen Grove BOARD VICE PRESIDENT Reneé Sievert, RN, MFT BOARD SECRETARY Andrew Cook BOARD TREASURER

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Constance A. Benson, M.D. Julie Greenberg Suzie Korth T. Michelle Laird Monique Lineback, Ph.D., RN Karen Long RN, MSN Laurie Stewart Lianne Urada, PhD, MSW, LCSW

*Interested in joining our board? Contact: Erin Falvey, Ph.D. falvey@christiesplace.org

GET INVOLVED Do you want to make a difference in the community? There are many

different ways you can help at Christie’s Place.

Ways you can help us! Volunteer

Donate

Intern Program

Event Sponsor

Join our team

We need you!

Contact: info@christiesplace.org

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