Did you know that 25 years ago this month the Four A’s was formed as an all volunteer agency that took helpline calls from volunteers’ living rooms about the new epidemic called AIDS?

For the next year, we will be celebrating and recognizing the incredible support we’ve received from the community for the past 25 years. This will include a marketing campaign taking a look at the past 25 years of HIV/AIDS in Alaska to illustrate how far we’ve come from those beginning days and culminate in a celebration event in February of 2011. Stay tuned for more as we kick off this 25th Anniversary Adventure!

“Did You Know” Fact:

The Alaska Department of Epidemiology announced the first three cases of AIDS in Alaska in August of 1983.

Watch for more 25th Anniversary “Did You Know” Facts in e-mails, our Facebook page and on our website throughout the year! Who knows, there might be a pop quiz…

Don’t forget the Arctic Siren’s Cabaret on Friday, September 3 at 7:30 p.m. at the Snow Goose Theater. Tickets are $15 and proceeds of this fantastic show will benefit the Four A’s!