December Events and Extra Hour Opportunities

Wednesday December 1, 5:30 PM, World AIDS Day Vigil
Starts at 1st Ave. at Main St. in Walla Walla.

Saturday December 4, ongoing, Parade Of Lights
AmeriCorps Team meets pre-parade to organize float.

Tuesday December 7, 5:30 PM, Edison Math Night
Math games for students and families, contact Alex (aeandary@hotmail.com ) to sign up.

Wednesday December 8, 6:30-8PM Eco-Art Night
At the Water and Environment Center located on the Community College Campus. Make eco-friendly and recycled holiday decorations. Event is free, bring your friends and family! Contact Jacqueline by Dec. 4 as space is limited, americorpswec@student.wwcc.edu.

Friday December 10, C2C Holiday Celebrations
Yesenia (yeseniag@bmacww.org) is looking for voulunteers for Committment to Community's holiday celebrations taking place at two locations, the Senior Center (720 Sprague Ave.) and WW Housing Authority (501 Cayuse St.). The events should be fun! Sign up by 1:00 PM on Monday the 6th.

Saturday, December 11, Friends Game Night

Friends is hosting a Community Game Day on December 11 from 9am to 12pm at Crossroads Steakhouse on Main Street. RSVP to Sidney (sidney@wallawallafriends.org).

Wednesday December 15, Santa!

Ariga (arigatem@gmail.com) is looking for someone to play Santa out at the farm labor homes. She is also looking for some crafty bakers to bake some sweet treats for a family celebration.

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Events

World AIDS Day

This Wednesday, December first, is World AIDS Day. This year’s theme is Universal Access and Human Rights. In Walla Walla, the non-profit organization Blue Mountain Heart to Heart (BMH2H) will sponsor several events highlighting efforts to make education, prevention and care available to all, here in Southeastern Washington.

This year’s events

At 5:30 pm on December 1st, participants are invited to gather at the corner of First and Main for a candlelight vigil. Three a capella groups from Whitman College will perform: The Sirens of Swank, Schwa, and the Testostertones. Following the ceremonial candle-lighting, at 6 pm, we will march to the First Congregational Church (Palouse and Alder) for a memorial service.

The non-sectarian Memorial Service will feature an original dance made for the event by Idalee Hutson-Fish and a vocal performance by Diane Gray-Chamberlain. Brief remarks will be made by Casey Burns on her work fighting AIDS in Kenya, Tumi Monthei, a Whitman College Senior, on the disease in his native Botswana, and Jill Dickey, BMH2H Program

Director and Case Manager will describe the local battle. Refreshments will follow the service provided by members of PFLAG and the church’s Women’s Fellowship.

World AIDS Day is a time to celebrate, to learn and to remember. It is an opportunity to reflect on those lost to the global pandemic, the heroes who have fought to end the plague, and to rededicate ourselves as a community to the continuing struggle to educate in order to prevent new infections—especially among our youth—and to care for those in our midst already infected.

Blue Mountain Heart to Heart provides support and assistant to persons living with HIV/AIDS and their families. Their services include: Free HIV testing, counseling, alternative treatments resources and syringe exchange.

For further information about World AIDS Day or for questions and concerns about HIV/AIDS, please contact Blue Mountain Heart to Heart at 509 529 4744 or visit www.bluemountainheart.org.