Donating to TSATF
The Tri-State AIDS Task Force is a non-profit organization
which receives some federal and state funding, but these funds
are always less that the perfect amount to help us meet the growing
needs of persons affected by AIDS/HIV.
Corporate Donations
Consider the beneficial impact your company or organization
can make on the lives of persons living with AIDS. No amount
is too small to give. The cost of health care for a single patient
with AIDS is more than a years income for most people; most people
with AIDS do get some assistance from the government, but that
assistance does not cover the cost of transportation to and from
a doctor's office, special dietary needs, and many other aspects
of daily life.
Most of the people living with AIDS in our community are unable
to work or unable to find work due to community misapprehension
of the disease. These people are human beings with families,
and the burden of their needs falls on these families. Imagine
yourself in a similar situation dealing with the costs of a critically
ill loved one. It should be easy to image the worries of struggling
to make ends meet. Picture the same situation with help coming
from the community. The absence of financial worries would make
dealing with the stress of the health crisis much less harrowing.
Donations of goods are equally beneficial. Clothing, food,
transportation, and utilities are basic human needs that often
are set lower on the priority of the welfare system as medical
costs never decrease. For as little as $100.00 a month your company
can help a family dealing with AIDS to make ends meet.
We urge you to consider the Tri-State AIDS Task Force as one
of your company's charities. You can give a family a little breathing
room that makes a life dealing with death less horrifying.
Private Donations
Families coping with the certain death of a critically ill
loved one -- that is what we are dealing with. Whereas it is
certain no amount of money in the world will make up for the
loss of a loved one, a few dollars can make the
difference between never-ending stress and the ability to spend
as much time as possible with a loved one before the certain
death. Whether they are parents or children of a person with
AIDS, they are all affected.
Your small donation can make the difference while they live
in a state of constant worry and hurt. Whether you donate time,
money, goods, or food, you are maker the lives of some in our
community a little less painful.
We urge you to donate as generously as you can afford to the
cause of Life -- surely the best charitable cause
in the world.
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