BABES Network-YWCA

Happy New Year from BABES Network-YWCA!

BABES is off to a wonderful new year! We found out that we will receive Ryan White Part A funding which will keep us fully staffed and our services will remain the same for the next year. We are so excited to be able to keep providing the very important services we offer to our BABES members! Thanks to all of those in the community that continue to support us and acknowledging that Peer Support really makes a difference in the health and well-being of women living with HIV!

I love someone living with HIV!

The Winter 2013 BABES Talking Newsletter Newsletter topic was a little different than usual.

We decided to here from the family members and partners of BABES members about what its like to have someone you love living with HIV.

Meet Elaine, Brooke Davidoff’s mother and read her story!

I am a parent of a Babe. My name is Eileen and Brooke Davidoff is my Babe. When I was first told by Brooke of her diagnosis I hardly knew what to do. My husband (her dad) and I had just recently separated and he was the first person that I called. We struggled with this news together and were both close to tears. She was pregnant with her first baby and the implications to us were enormous.  To make matters worse, we were in Southern California and she was living in Seattle Washington, so we couldn’t run to her and hold her and comfort her or she us, as by that time she had gotten “used” to the news and we were just hearing it.

Over time, Brooke learned a lot about HIV from her childhood friend Sean, also living in Seattle, also living with HIV. He is the person that she actually called first and he is the one who gave her limitless information. She found a fabulous OB GYN to see her through her pregnancy. She found a support group (BABES). She found other women who shared her diagnosis. She started to take her meds. She had to have her baby via C-section to protect him and could not breast feed. She did so well. To read the full story check out the Winter 2013 BABES Talking Newsletter……

Thank you to Tranisha for sharing her story about how BABES Network-YWCA has supported her! To donate please go to www.ywcaworks.org, click donate and don’t forget to designate BABES Network!

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BABES Network-YWCA

Annual Harvest Dinner

Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at 6:30pm
YWCA Multipurpose room
This event for HIV positive women, men and their families!

Join us for a full Thanksgiving Style Meal and a presentation by Dr Cairns on
Disclosing your status and protecting your partner.

Please RSVP to 206-720-5500 

This event made possible by:

YWCA Adopt-a-Family

Its that time of year for the YWCA Adopt-a-Family Holiday Program! If you are a BABES member and have children in your custoday under 18 years old and would like to sign them up for holiday gifts please call Peer Advocate, Camilla Wilson to get signed up by November 14, 2012!

Please notes we will be closed on November 22nd, 23rd, December 24th, 25th and 31st as well as Janurary 1st!

Happy Holidays from the BABES Network-YWCA Staff!

We are so excited at how successful our Stella Steps Out Fundraiser turned out! We raised $23,000 for the BABES Network-YWCA program, surpassing our goal of $20,000.

We appreciate our sponsors for helping this event be so successful:
MOM’s Pharmacy
Adams Insurance
Chapman, LLC
Janssen Therapeutics
Tom Douglas Catering and Events
Big thanks to the Stella Planning committee, the YWCA Advancement team, and our delightful Emcee Sister Glo Euro N’Wei! You all
made this event a success!
Check out some of the photos from Stella!
BABES Network-YWCA has been providing services to women living with HIV for over 23 years. We are so lucky to have
such a supportive community that believes in the important work that BABES Network does in our community.
Thank you so much for all of your continued support!
~BABES Network-YWCA Staff

Want to learn what the Candidates stance on womens issue are?

WA Governor candidate forum with YWCA & Firesteel
The YWCA and our advocacy network Firesteel are bringing both WA state governor candidates to your computer for a virtual forum. Use Google+ Air Hangout to join the conversation and ask Jay Inslee and Rob McKenna what they
think about women’s socio-economic issues, domestic violence, and homelessness.

Jay Inslee round table:
Wednesday, October 3, from noon to 1 p.m.
Rob McKenna round table:
Friday, October 5, from 5 to 5:45 p.m.

Hosted by the YWCA and broadcast live via Google+ Hangout on Air