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Your help is important.

Awareness starts with YOU! How can you support the fight against HIV/AIDS?

  • Do you think HIV/AIDS is an important issue?
  • Do you want to help increase awareness about HIV/AIDS, in Kansas and worldwide?
  • Do you believe that we should remove the stigma that HIV/AIDS carries?
  • Do you feel that you can be an element of change in someone’s life?

If you said YES to any of the questions above, then you should consider ways to support the Regional AIDS Project.

 

Meet the Staff:

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Upcoming Events:

World AIDS Week/HIV/AIDS Awareness Week

National Testing Day

2nd Annual Grocery Raffle

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Newsletter:

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Your opportunities to help out

The Regional AIDS Project depends on the efforts of people just like you. We have a variety of volunteer activities, certain to encompass at least one of your interests. Below is a list of such activities: 

  • Bookkeeping and finances
  • Program assistants
  • Committee assistants
  1. Community Outreach Committee
  2. Recruitment of program recipients
  3. Recruitment of community support volunteers
  4. Injecting Drug User Representative
  5. MSM Representative
  6. Women Representative
  7. Youth Representative
  8. At-Risk Males
  9. Public Relations Committee
  10. Media relations and promotions
  11. Website construction and maintenance
  12. Newsletter development and maintenance
  13. Promotional material development
  14. Fundraising
  15. Special Events
  16. Special Events Committee
  17. Client Services/HIV+ Committee
  • Community interviews and needs assessments
  • Survey assessments/statistics
  • Distribution of program materials
  • General clerical duties

If you'd like to help, please give us a call or drop in to our office today at:

2601 Anderson Avenue
Ste. 200B
Manhattan, KS 66502
(785) 587-1999

 

More ways you can help out

Become a member

Annual Membership Fee: $20.00
If you are interested in becoming a member please send your NAME, ADDRESS (INCLUDING CITY, STATE AND ZIPCODE), EMAIL AND/OR PHONE NUMBER, along with a your annual membership fee of $20.00, made payable to: The Regional AIDS Project, 2601 Anderson Avenue, Ste. 200B, Manhattan, KS 66502

Make a monetary donation

If you are interested in making a monetary donation please send your check (along with your name and contact information, unless you wish to remain anonymous), made payable to: The Regional AIDS Project, 2601 Anderson Avenue, Ste. 200B, Manhattan, KS 66502

Contribute items on our 'wish list'

To donate any of the following items, please contact RAP at:

(785) 587-1999 or rap.dsm@gmail.com

Or just stop by our office, located at:
2601 Anderson Avenue
Suite 200B
Manhattan, KS 66502


Food and Household Pantry
• Ensure Nutritional Beverages
• Carnation Instant Breakfast Drink Mixes
• Boost Nutritional Beverages
• Toilet Paper
• Paper Towels
• Cleaning Supplies
• Laundry Detergent
• Laundry Fabric Softener
• Disinfectant Spray and/or Wipes
• Toothbrushes
• Shampoo and Conditioner


Miscellaneous
• Art Canvas’ (any size)
• Acrylic Paints
• Good Quality Jewelry Beads
• Muslin Fabric
• Expired Condoms
• 1-2 IBM Computers
• 35mm Black/White and Color Film

Shop online with iGive®

Support RAP by shopping online with iGive! Just go to www.igive.com/RAP and follow the instructions to sign-up--its that simple! Every time you make a purchase online at any one of the 600+ stores, such as Staples, Barnes & Noble, FTD Flowers, Gap, Ebay, Bass Pro Shops Apple Store, Old Navy, Target, and Travelocity, a percentage of your online purchase will go to RAP! If you make a purchase within 45 days of signing up, RAP will automatically receive an additional $5. For a limited time, when you browse at any of the 600+ online stores (even if you make no purchase), RAP will be entered for a $1000.00 donation.

Search the internet with GoodSearch®

GoodSearch is an internet search engine, like Yahoo!, Google or Dogpile, which donates 50% of the revenue it generates from advertisers to a charity of your choice. You simply use GoodSearch as you would any other search engine and GoodSearch donates to your selected cause. The site is powered by Yahoo! so you will get quality search results. You can even make GoodSearch your homepage! Search now and help support RAP.

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Recycle your used wireless cellular phones with Phones 4 Charity®

Phones 4 Charity is an organization that recycles the following: Wireless (cellular or PCS) phones. Outdated wireless phones are discouraged as the smaller, newer phones generate the most funds. Mobile-installed telephones (including so-called "bag phones"), two-way radios, pagers, walkie-talkies, etc. are also accepted and will be recycled. Cordless phones meant for home use are not acceptable. Either mail in or drop off your used wireless phones to our office (2601 Anderson Avenue; Ste. 200B, Manhattan, KS 66502) and we will then send them to be recycled. Phones 4 Charity gives RAP approximately $1.00-$10.00 per phone, depending on the type of phone donated. You will receive a receipt by mail for donations for tax purposes. Be eco-friendly while contributing to RAP's efforts by recycling your old wireless cell phones!