Community Services Directory - Oswego County
Community Services Directory - Oswego County
Community Services Directory - Oswego County
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HEALTH SERVICES<br />
AIDS <strong>Community</strong> Resources<br />
10 George Street<br />
<strong>Oswego</strong>, NY 13126<br />
343-7778 or 1-800-475-2430 FAX: 343-4663<br />
e-mail: information@aidscommunityresources.com<br />
Website: www.aidscommunityresources.com<br />
SERVICES:<br />
Support <strong>Services</strong><br />
AIDS <strong>Community</strong> Resources provides a broad range of case management and follow-up services including housing assistance,<br />
crisis intervention, support groups, and advocacy for those infected and affected by HIV/AIDS.<br />
Contact: Alissa Viscome<br />
Youth Prevention and Education <strong>Services</strong>:<br />
Teen AIDS Task Force (TATF) chapters are in dozens of middle and high schools in our nine county service area. TATF members<br />
receive specialized training, and in turn, provide accurate and up-to-date information on HIV/AIDS to the student body and the<br />
broader community. To learn more about TATF or to start a new chapter, call Wenona Wake at 800-475-2430.<br />
Adult Prevention and Education <strong>Services</strong>:<br />
Educational services are offered to health and human service agencies, businesses, colleges, schools, prisons, service clubs, and<br />
day care centers through AIDS <strong>Community</strong> Resources’ Speakers Bureau, a group of people living with AIDS who share the<br />
lessons they have learned. Contact Wenona Wake at 1-800-475-2430.<br />
CONNECT is a service that works to help build a safer adult GLBT community through education, support groups, counseling,<br />
workshops, prevention and outreach programs.<br />
Contact Bob Forbes at 1-800-475-2430 or email connect@aidscommunityresources.com<br />
Volunteer Opportunities:<br />
Trained, caring volunteers answer the agency’s hotline, support clients through the buddy program and hospital visits, provide<br />
education through street outreach, mentor GLBTQ youth, assist with special events and participate in social and recreational<br />
activities.<br />
Contact Mary Doody at 1-800-475-2430.<br />
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY<br />
6725 Lyons Street, PO Box 7<br />
East Syracuse, NY 13057<br />
1-800-227-2345 FAX: 437-8233<br />
Website: www.cancer.org<br />
SERVICES: Information and referral, transportation services to and from cancer treatment; support groups, peer support programs<br />
including Man to Man and Reach to Recovery; community education focusing on the prevention and early detection of cancer.<br />
AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION<br />
Central New York Office, New York State Affiliate<br />
6390 FLY Road 2 nd Floor.<br />
East Syracuse, NY 13057<br />
438-8687 OR 1-888-342-2383 FAX: 463-2064<br />
Website: www.diabetes.org<br />
Contact: Sylvia Hough, Associate Director<br />
SERVICES: Your American Diabetes Association is the only organization supporting all people with diabetes: people with type 1<br />
and type 2 diabetes, children and adults. We help those who care for people with diabetes: parents, families, friends, employers.<br />
We are the only organization that also supports health care professionals who deliver the care and the scientists who search for<br />
the cure needed by people with diabetes.<br />
HOURS: Monday - Friday 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM<br />
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