The telephone began to ring in 1987.  it was picked up by an answering machine in the basement of All Saints Church in Pasadena.  The phone rang because people in the San Gabriel Valley needed help with an epidemic called AIDS.  They needed help with doctors, with drugs and with a host of problems they had never imagined.  Since that time the phone has rung millions of times.  AIDS Service Center has answered every call.

Today AIDS Service Center is a full-service agency offering cutting-edge answers to the complex problems of the disease, through the efforts of 65 professional staff members, numerous volunteers -- and invaluable donors, sponsors, and community leaders.  AIDS Service Center helps people rebuild lives with a wide array of vital services:

• Individualized healthcare programs
• housing assistance
• Transportation
• Food
• Child care
• Counseling
• Legal help
• Education

AIDS Service Center reaches out to almost 1,700 individuals and families affected by, and at risk for, HIV/AIDS.  Who are these people?  They are black, and brown, and white.  They are gay, and they are straight.  They live in almost every corner of Los Angeles County.  They are women and they are men.  And they are children.

HIV/AIDS is still around, and as challenging as ever.  The phone is still ringing.  AIDS Service Center is here to answer the call.