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Photos From the Keepin' It Real Block Party
On Saturday August 9, 2008, the BCI Outreach Team created a fun and enjoyable block party atmosphere to motivate our community members to consider the importance of their health and their individual H...
The Most At Risk Are The Hardest To Reach
The News Journal details the extent of our challenge in reaching a hidden and mistrustful population with the needle exchange. Though blacks remain hesitant to access the services, it's important to n...
Volunteer Spotlight: Walter Frazier, Outreach Support
Walter Frazier came to Brandywine Counseling as a volunteer with the Outreach Department in July 2008, and quickly became someone we could depend on to help out. In the first of a series of volunteer ...
Outreach Workers Become Visible
From delawareonline.com, some video of our outreach team in action as they prepared for last Saturday's educational block party....
This Saturday - 1st Annual Keepin' It Real Block Party
1st Annual Keepin' It Real Block PartySaturday, August 9, 20083 PM - 7 PML.A.C.C. (Latin American Community Center) Parking Lot4th and Van Buren Streets, WilmingtonThis Saturday is our 1st Annual Keep...
New AIDS Infection Estimate Is A "Wake-Up Call"
About 55,000 Americans are infected with HIV each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This number had been thought to be 40,000 a year, until a new, more accurate blood ...
5 Questions for Dianna Dorsey, Outreach Worker
5 Questions is our ongoing feature where we introduce you to the people who make Brandywine Counseling run, spotlighting a different staff member every two weeks.Name: Dianna DorseyJob: Outreach Worke...
5 Questions for Jeremy Zane, Therapeutic Supervisor
5 Questions is our ongoing feature where we introduce you to the people who make Brandywine Counseling run, spotlighting a different staff member every two weeks.Name: Jeremy ZaneJob: Therapeutic Supe...
Denise Kitson Receives Guardian Angel Award
Brandywine Counseling congratulates Denise Kitson, Program Director of The Lighthouse Program, on receiving the Guardian Angel Award at the Delaware HIV Consortium's 2008 WOW Awards Gala.Pictured at r...
Linda DeShields, A Pioneer of Addiction Treatment in Delaware, Dies at 63
Linda DeShields, a steadfast advocate for Delaware's most disadvantaged citizens who helped build programs for treatment, prevention, and rehabilitation, died on Tuesday in Wilmington, Delaware. She w...
Support Delaware's 10 Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness
John Baker of AIDS Delaware has written an editorial to draw attention to the need for more housing for people with HIV/AIDS in our state. "A Wealthy State Fails to House Its Sick" describes how we co...
2nd Annual Old Skool Outreach
Hi, this is Brandy Rodgers from the Outreach department.It was a warm and bright afternoon on June 3, 2008 when Brandywine Counseling's Outreach team celebrated its 2nd Annual Old Skool Outreach event...
Join Us May 31 for "Old Skool" Outreach
Volunteer your time to save lives! It's our 2nd Annual "Old Skool" Outreach Blitz!Please join BCI Saturday, May 31, 2008 from 11 am - 3 pm for a Mega Outreach Blitz in the City of Wilmington to promot...
Needle Exchange: 200 Enrolled!
The Needle Exchange team has enrolled our 200th client in the program. We now stand at 3,482 needles exchanged during 698 different exchange events. Over 80 referrals have been made, including 12 to m...
5 Questions for Claudette Bell, Outreach Worker
5 Questions is our ongoing feature where we introduce you to the people who make Brandywine Counseling run, spotlighting a different staff member every two weeks.Name: Claudette BellJob: Outreach Work...
Celebrating 1 Year of Needle Exchange
Today is the first anniversary of Delaware’s pilot Needle Exchange Program in Wilmington. Some stats courtesy of John Kennedy from the Division of Public Health:180 clients are enrolled in the progr...
5 Questions for Chris Zebley, Nurse Practitioner
5 Questions is our ongoing feature where we introduce you to the people who make Brandywine Counseling run, spotlighting a different staff member every two weeks.Name: Chris ZebleyJob: Nurse Practiti...
Project Hope: 5 Years of Serving the Triply Diagnosed
Brandywine Counseling, Inc. (BCI) recently wrapped up Project Hope, a 5 year CSAT-funded project that provided integrated substance abuse treatment, mental health treatment, and medical care to substa...
World AIDS Day: Stop AIDS. Keep The Promise.
Delaware will observe World AIDS Day tomorrow, December 1.Currently, there are 3,320 Delawareans living with HIV/AIDS. Since 1981, when the HIV/AIDS case tracking began, 1,853 HIV/AIDS deaths have bee...
Needle Exchange Van Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
Today Delaware dedicated a new needle exchange van fully equipped to serve injection drug users at risk in the City of Wilmington.Since February, Brandywine Counseling, the contracted vendor for the ...
Delaware Adopts New Rapid HIV Test
Delaware's Division of Public Health has announced they are adopting a new finger prick HIV test. The Unigold test will replace the OraQuick oral swab due to its quicker results, longer shelf life, an...