Buyers' club list, December 2004.AIDS Treatment News publishes a buyers' club list each December. For a short overview and introduction to the meaning, history, and services of these organizations, see AIDS Treatment News #309, December 18, 1998. All the organizations listed below are nonprofit. Most can provide products by mail order. Most have fact sheets or other information, and some have a nutritionist nu·tri·tion·ist n. One who is trained or is an expert in the field of nutrition. nutritionist Dietitian, see there or other expert available at certain times to answer questions. Some offer financial assistance with purchases if necessary. Most are open to the public, but some require membership. Call ahead for current information. Arizona Body Positive's Vitamin and Herb Shop 1144 E. McDowell Rd, Suite 200 Phoenix AZ 85006 602-307-5330x2239 http://www.phoenixbodypositive.org/vitamin/index.htm Travis Wright Memorial Buyers' Club Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation http://www.saaf.org/buyersClub.htm buyersclub@saal:org 375 S. Euclid Ave Tucson AZ 85719 800-771-9054 or 520-628-7223 fax: 520-628-6222; TTY (TeleTYpewriter) See teletypewriter and TDD/TTY. (hardware) tty - /tit'ee/ (ITS pronunciation, but some Unix people say it this way as well; this pronunciation is not considered to have sexual undertones), /T T Y/ 1. teletypewriter. 2. : 800-367-8939 California Rainbow Grocery Cooperative (20% PWA PWA abbr. 1. person with AIDS 2. Public Works Administration discount on vitamins, 10% on groceries, if you have the Helping Hand card) http://www.rainbowgrocery.coop/ (or http://www.rainbowgrocery.org/) vitamins@rainbowgrocery.org 1745 Folsom St. San Francisco CA 94103 415-863-0620 District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). Carl Vogel Center http://www.carlvogelcenter.com cvchiv@carlvogelcenter.org [note Web site is .com, email is .org] 1012 14th St. NW, Suite 700, Washington DC 20005 202-638-0750, fax: 202-638-0749 Membership: annual cost $25 (includes a BIA BIA abbr. Bureau of Indian Affairs test, reduced prices for massage and acupuncture, an educational symposium, a newsletter, and reduced prices for supplements). The Carl Vogel Center also offers mental health services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract and treatment education. Georgia AIDS Treatment Initiatives info@aidstreatment.org 139 Ralph McGill Blvd. NE Suite 305 Atlanta GA 30308-3311 888-874-4845 or 404-659-2437 fax: 404-450-9412 Massachusetts Treatment Information Network's Boston Buyers' Club http://www.bostonbuyersclub.com/ info@bostonbuyersclub.com Boston Living Center, 29 Stanhope stan·hope n. A light, open, horse-drawn carriage with one seat and two or four wheels. [After the Reverend Fitzroy Stanhope (1787-1864), British clergyman.] Noun 1. St., 3rd Floor Boston MA 02116 800-435-5586 or 617-266-2223 fax: 617-450-9412 mail order available by Web or phone New York New York Buyers' Club http://www.newyorkbuyersclub.org 718 573-8123 This new organization, open to all and with a focus on HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. and chronic hepatitis, hopes to establish walk-in sites in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. for pick-up in 2005. Mail and internet ordering. New treatment catalog coming in early 2005. Texas Houston Buyers Club http://www.houstonbuyersclub.com/ info@houstonbuyersclub.com 3224 Yoakum Blvd. Houston TX 77006 800-350-2392, or 713-520-5288 fax: 713-521-7419 Mail order available, including international. |
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