Above: Donna Barker, Officer Patricia Alleyne and Chief Mayers.

BARBADOS FIRE SERVICE DONATES TO FOOD BANK

The Barbados Fire Service took their commitment to HIV/AIDS awareness to another level by donating food items to the HIV/AIDS Food Bank. Fire Officer 282 Alleyne explained that the Barbados Fire Service formed a HIV/AIDS Committee in June 2007.

Additionally, she noted that although this is the first time the Committee is donating to the food bank, their committee intends to continue to do so.

Community Nutrition Officer and Food Bank Manager, Donna Barker, addressed the fire officers and informed them of the role of the HIV/AIDS Food Bank.

See entire article here: Bajan Fire Fighter's News

Compliments: Barbados Advocate - February 12, 2008.

Above: Fire Officers Kim Jordan and Christopher Corbin of the BFS HIV/AIDS Committee.

FIRE SERVICE HIV/AIDS FOOD BANK

The Barbados Fire Service HIV/AIDS Committee is in the process of collecting dry foods to be donated to the food bank for persons living with, or affected by the disease. We anticipate your support and thank you in advance for your generosity and selflessness in this venture.

Barrels have been placed at fire stations for your convenience, food items can also be given to the representatives at each station. Please see below a list of some food items that are always needed by the food bank.

Rice, Pasta, Oats, Cornflakes, Biscuits, Cornmeal, Canned Soup, Canned Fish, Canned Meats, Dried Peas, Canned Vegetables, Drink Mix, Juices, Milo, Lasco, Peanut Butter, Cooking Oil, Tea Bags, Canned Milk.

Members of the public may also make donations to the Food Bank at Fire Stations between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Mondays to Saturdays.

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The Barbados Fire Service HIV/AIDS Committee will be hosting a Church Service on Sunday, February 17, 2008 at the Church of God in Christ, Laynes Road, Brittons Hill, St. Michael at 11:00 hours.

Fire Officers and members of the public are invited to attend and support the work of the HIV/AIDS Committee as they seek to increase awareness of this global pandemic.

For further information you may contact the Chairperson Mrs. Tracia Batson-Dottin at the Arch Hall Fire Station at the following telephone numbers: 421-8660 / 421-8661 or leave a message in our Guestbook: Click Here.

LIVE UP: Love.Protect.Respect. is the Caribbean's first media-led campaign on HIV/AIDS. Developed by the Caribbean Broadcast Media Partnership on HIV/AIDS (CBMP), a coalition of more than 50 leading television and radio broadcasters representing 23 nations, the campaign seeks to inspire and empower people across the region, especially youth, to help stem the spread of the disease and reduce stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV/AIDS. LIVE UP inspires individual action- to do what is within YOUR power to help stem the spread of HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean. To Love, Protect and Respect.

The Caribbean Broadcast Media Partnership on HIV/AIDS (CBMP) and its corresponding LIVE UP campaign are designed to enable mutual respect for all people including and especially persons living with HIV and AIDS. The CBMP does not support stigma and discrimination of any sort. Our goal is to allow a diversity of views to be discussed openly but always with respect. Contributions that are disrespectful to any individual or group will be removed from what is intended to be an enabling environment to provide us with an opportunity to redouble our efforts to change this stigma and discrimination. Any offensive, judgmental or disrespectful contributions do not reflect the views of and are not supported by the CBMP. Visit the site here: Live Up

One of the highlights of the World AIDS Day (Saturday, December 1, 2007) celebration was a march from Jubilee Gardens to Queen's Park where free AIDS tests, cholesterol, high blood pressure, sugar and weight tests were offered to the public. An evening packed with entertainment and featuring some of the island's top performers, including winners in this year's National Independence Festival Of Creative Arts, also formed part of the activities.

Welcome to "FireTalk4HIV/AIDS" the official blog of the Barbados Fire Service HIV/AIDS Committee. We invite you to visit often and encourage you to get involved in the campaign to STOP AIDS.

Once you begin using our blog, you can communicate directly with our members and also interact with other persons who are reading our blog as well as where they come from.

We hope you enjoy our Blog. Be sure to tell all your friends about this great new service.

Tracia Batson-Dottin
Chairperson