The Hawaii Island HIV/AIDS Foundation - Providing services to those affected by HIV and AIDS on the Big Island

Choices Newsletter

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HIHAF's "Know" PSA receives a nomination for Cable Positive's POP Award - June. 2008

	To view these award nominated PSA's, click on the links below: English Version: http://www.kamaainabackroads.com/ cox/hawaii-e-finalW.wmv Hawaiian Version: http://www.kamaainabackroads.com/ cox/hawaii-h-finalW.wmv


	Roland Joseph Torres (on right) - creator and producer of the T.V. show "Kama'aina Backroads" and producer of the PSA's. Daron Scarborough (on left) - Prevention Coordinated at HIHAF and the project manager for the PSA project.

We are very please to announce that our Public Service Announcement (television commercial) produced for HIHAF by Roland Joseph Multimedia, has been nominated for a 2008 “Positively Outstanding Programming” (POP) Award. The national POP award was created “to honor cable television’s invaluable contributions to the fight against HIV/AIDS.” Past honorees include CNN’s “Where Have All The Parents Gone?, MTV’s “Fight for Her Rights”, Showtime’s “Three Needles”, and HBO’s “Angels In America”.

HIHAF received a grant from Cable Positive, the cable industry’s AIDS action organization, to produce a two part series public service announcement targeting our local, island audiences. This project is the first PSA series of its kind to be produced in both the English and Hawaiian languages.

The English version PSA, informally titled “Know”, first appeared as part of the Kama’aina Backroads special edition Merrie Monarch show back in April which aired state-wide on OC16 and at various mainland locations. As a result of this air time, the PSA was submitted to the POP Awards committee for consideration.

The HIHAF PSA is among only 4 national nominees in its category and the first to ever be nominated from Hawaii. Winners will be announced at Cable Positive’s POP Awards ceremony on Tuesday, June 10th, 2008 in New York City. For more information regarding the POP Awards Ceremony, please go to Cable Positive’s website: http://www.cablepositive.org/programs-pop.html.

Both PSA’s produced as part of this collaborative project are due to air statewide beginning mid-June thanks to the generous contribution of air time on the part of Oceanic Time Warner Cable. The key message to these PSA’s is it is important to know your HIV status. One in four people have HIV and don’t even know it – there are usually no symptoms for the first 10 years of infection. We all need to be responsible and take the test.

2008 Event Info

Taste of Life - August 23rd, 2008

The 10th Annual Taste Of Life will be held on August 23rd at the Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort and Spa from 6 to 9:30 pm. Enjoy the Island’s best food and drink, music under the stars and the company of friends at the 10th Annual “Taste Of Life”.

Once again, look forward to the island’s premiere silent auction. Shop for irresistible meals, excursions, furniture, plants, contemporary artwork, and gifts.

Chairs: Melissa Atwood and David Karl.
Cost: $75 in advance, $85 at the door, reserved tables of 10 available for $1000.

Benefits the Hawai’i Island HIV/AIDS Foundation.
For more information call 808-331-8177, email hihaf@hihaf.org or visit www.hihaf.org.

Anuenue Potluck (West Side)

GLBT social potluck that meets the first Saturday of every month at 6:30pm at the Kona Outdoor Circle (in Kailua). Call 331-8177 for more information.

Event Pictures

Staff and Board Christmas Gathering - Dec. 07