Shepherd Wellness Community

Tickets are on sale now for the SWC Red Ribbon Benefit supporting our 2025 Kitchen Renovation. For more information and to purchase tickets:

Red Ribbon Benefit: A Fashion Experience and AIDS Retrospective for Shepherd Wellness Community - Shepherd Wellness Community Tickets on sale now! Thursday, October 10, 2024 At the Carnegie Library & Music Hall – 300 Beechwood Avenue -Carnegie, PA 15106 Hosted by David Highfield & Courtney Moran Honorees for distinguished service to the Shepherd Wellness Community Linda Rose Frank, PhD –  Bruce Kraus, Pittsburgh City...

The Center for Organ Recovery and Education (CORE) recently did a presentation at SWC. Key parts of the presentation included busting the myth that you do not qualify to be an organ donor because of an HIV or Hep C diagnosis. If you are considering Organ Donation please talk to your doctor and be a hero become an organ donor....

PA Donor Day is here! We are celebrating today, 8/1, because 8 lives can be saved by just 1 organ donor. 💙💚

Spread the word and celebrate Donor Day with us by registering your decision to be an organ, eye and tissue donor at https://ow.ly/zW1l50SNz3c

With Allegheny County Covid infection rates on the rise, and keeping member safety foremost in mind, masks are encouraged (not required) at this time while in the SWC building.

If you develop symptoms and test positive for COVID, please alert us immediately by calling 412 683 4477 or by emailing [email protected]

If you test positive for COVID-19, please stay home for at least 5 days and isolate from others in your home. You are likely infectious during the first 5 days.

Once symptoms begin improving you may return to SWC functions after day 5 if you are fever-free for 24 hours (without the use of fever-reducing medication), AND you have a negative test for COVID-19.

You must continue to mask through day 10.

SWC has test kits and masks available for you, should you need them.

Please take care, be safe and follow the wise health guidance outlined above.

Workplace giving campaigns thru the United Way will be beginning soon. When filling out your United Way pledge form, please consider specifying Contributor Choice Code 3186 to direct all or a portion of your United Way contribution to Shepherd Wellness Community.

The mission of Shepherd Wellness Community is helping people living with HIV/AIDS improve their wellness.

The need for SWC wellness programs has grown as new medical treatments have enabled people with HIV/AIDS to live longer. The goal of our services is to provide the HIV/AIDS community with life-enhancing programs that promote physical, mental, social, occupational, emotional and spiritual wellness.

3186, that’s us, Shepherd Wellness Community, the only HIV/AIDS community center in Western Pennsylvania. Already a donor thank you from the bottom of our heart!

We here at SWC often get phone calls from individuals looking to donate medical supplies and mobility equipment. While we are unable to accept medical supplies and we currently have all of the mobility equipment we need here at our center we would like to remind everyone that our good friends at Global Links is able to accept some of these donations. Please review their webpage information (link provided below) and if you have other questions please contact them directly.

Donate Medical Supplies – Global Links Sharing Surplus. Saving Lives.

We here at SWC send our heartfelt thanks for the work of the amazing men and women who both run and participate in the Pitt Men's Study as they mark 40 years of incredible work!

Longest running study of HIV survivors is marking its 40th anniversary this year From The NIH National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute: In the 1980s, infection with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, was often viewed as a death sentence. With no treatments available and little un…

We can't thank The Pittsburgh Foundation Small & Mighty enough for the support, both past and present. This grant will go a long way to help with operating expenses not currently funded as well as some needed updates to our computer security and equipment updates.

Good things are happening at SWC.

Pittsburgh Foundation grants $480,000 to Small and Mighty nonprofits | The Pittsburgh Foundation Funding initiative surpasses $3 million with recent cycle

Happy 4th of July!

We can't thank Eden Hall Foundation enough for the support, both past and present. This grant will go a long way to help fund our kitchen renovation planned for 2025. It will also fund staffing changes/editions, as well as to revive/reinvent some programs our community members have been asking about.

Good things are happening at SWC.

Transformative Grants in Education, Public Parks and More See what’s new at Eden Hall Foundation. Learn how our grantees are making headlines.

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Take pride in yourself! treatment keeps you healthy and strong so you can keep celebrating YOU.🔥💫🌈

Find more information on how : https://bit.ly/3Q7iQDx
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Just a reminder - SWC will be closed tomorrow Wednesday June 19th in observance of Juneteenth.

More details coming soon!

HIV Conference in Pittsburgh, June 26th, at the Sheraton Station Square

The PA Department of Health, Division of HIV Health is excited for the 2024 HIV Conference being held in Pittsburgh, PA. Registration for this conference is open to anyone from Pennsylvania who has an interest in learning more about HIV including people who utilize HIV services, HIV Prevention and Care providers, community-based organizations, and government agencies/employees. This conference will focus on both statewide initiatives and spotlight some regionally based providers and programs.

Register at:
https://hivpreventionandcareproject.com/2024/04/29/register-for-doh-2024-hiv-conference-in-pittsburgh/

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If you know you know.... missing him so much in this month of Pride...

REMINDER - SWC & Allies for Health + Wellbeing Kennywood Ticket Deadline - Friday, June 14th, 2024 - https://mailchi.mp/58785ec46853/reminder-swc-allies-for-health-wellbeing-kennywood-ticket-deadline-friday-june-14th-2024

Can you taste the rainbow....the boys in the kitchen say you will tonight at SWC!!!

The 2024 PA LGBTQ+ Health Needs Assessment is currently underway. The purpose of this assessment, which is administered every other year by Bradbury Sullivan LGBT Community Center and Public Health Management Corporation (PHMC), is to strengthen the health and well-being of the LGBTQ+ community.


The assessment aims to fill the void of available research on LGBTQ+ health, identifying health disparities and barriers to care, and exploring possible strategies for addressing these issues. The survey will close in August and is available in both English and Spanish.


English: 2024 PA LGBTQ Health Needs Assessment https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/7444161/4aed5a49c604

Spanish: 2024 PA LGBTQ Needs Assessment - Español https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/7444165/482a905178f1

2024 PA LGBTQ Needs Assessment - Español 2024 PA LGBTQ Needs Assessment - Español.

Calling all Fashionistas!

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Friday May 31 - SWC HIV/AIDS Support Group

Friday May 24 - SWC HIV/AIDS Support Group -

Friday May 24 - SWC HIV/AIDS Support Group

Drugs that make cells with self-destruct induce profound viral load drops in mice after just one or two doses.

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Allegheny County Government announced a new program yesterday - Allegheny County and Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT) announced a new program called "Allegheny Go," which offers a 50% discount on Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT) fares to working-age residents who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.

Freshly baked cinnamon rolls and quiche in 6 ways... Our brunch and garden tending day was filled with fun.

It's Friday night at SWC and the kitchen is working hard....it's a burger night with some cowboy caviar on the menu! Yummy

May 17th Volunteer Opportunity - https://mailchi.mp/e8571f174296/may-3rd-volunteer-opportunity-6228541