You can still support ACR Health for Giving Tuesday! Help keep our services in your community.

Your Giving Tuesday donation supports our work in harm reduction for people who use substances, overdose prevention, care management for people with complex health conditions, affirmative programs for LGBTQ+ youth, HIV/STI/Hep. C prevention, testing, and treatment, and health insurance counseling for anyone needing health insurance!

35 Years of World AIDS Day

ACR Health will commemorate the 35th World AIDS Day on Friday, December 1st, from 7-10 PM at SALTspace with the Red Ribbon Extravaganza! This community event will include a vigil and memorial, live music and entertainment, dessert reception, on-site free and confidential testing, and a community resource fair.

The first World AIDS Day was held on December 1st, 1988. This annual event serves as an opportunity to remember and honor all the people we have lost from AIDS, end HIV/AIDS-related stigma, and continue the work to end the epidemic.

We will be honoring the people we have lost, while celebrating HIV advancements that increase prevention and treatments that make longer life attainable.

2023 Holiday Angels

As we begin the holiday shopping season, we would like to invite you to become an ACR Health Holiday Angel! Our holiday angels purchase gifts for individuals and families in need. Community angels can be individuals, families, friends, co-workers, schools, churches, or anyone who wants to help brighten the upcoming holiday season for those that ACR Health serves.

Drop off dates for holiday angel gifts are December 1st, 2nd, 8th, and 9th from 10 AM - 6 PM at our Syracuse office.

Your Holiday Angel gifts will greatly enhance the holiday season for some our communities most vulnerable people and their families.

To become a Holiday Angel fill out the online form here. Or email Katherine Lowe at klowe@acrhealth.org.

ACR Health Celebrates 40 Years!

On November 9th we held the first annual Zero Proof Affair to celebrate 40 years of ACR Health!

We are here, 40 years later, due to the dedication of our staff, clients, volunteers, community members, supporters, and all of you! This night to remember was held at the Redhouse Arts Center and was hosted by award-winning journalist, Iris St. Meran.

We want to thank everyone who joined us and supported this exciting event! Thank you to our band Grupo Pagan, dancers La Familia de la Salsa, Epicuse and Sweet KAM Delights for catering, and Light to the Darkness Photography.

Thank you to Crazy Daisies and Emerald Cocktail Kitchen for participating in the Mocktail Master Mix-off and congratulations to Crazy Daisies for submitting the winning Mocktail Master Mix-off drink, the Honey Figtini!

Thank you to all of the event sponsors for your support and partnership! Noble Health Services, Analytix Solutions, OneGroup Insurance, Northland Communications, Brackens Financial Solutions Network, Dannible & McKee, LLP, Growth Mode Technologies, and Wegmans

Transgender Day of Remembrance

On November 20th, we commemorated Transgender Day of Remembrance with events in Syracuse, Utica, and Watertown. These events were planned by the Q Center team to provide a memorial space for those in the transgender community that we have lost. Each event displayed art created by the LGBTQ+ community, guest speakers, vigil, and moments of silence.

Transgender Day of Remembrance is a day for communities to come together and remember the people we have lost due to anti-transgender violence. It is an opportunity to raise awareness about the threats transgender people face on a daily basis and what we can all do to make the world a safer place for the transgender community. The first Transgender Day of Remembrance was started in 1999 by Transgender advocate Gwendolyn Ann Smith to honor the memory of Rita Hester, a transgender woman who was killed in 1998

November Mission Moments

Three of our staff members helped to check on our houseless neighbor to make sure he was okay: "While walking over to the main office, two of our staff members, stopped me and stated that someone in the law office next door reported a person laying on the ground by the underpass and that they looked unconscious. They grabbed Narcan and we were able to jump in the car and go the 2 blocks to the underpass to see if we found them. We saw them across the street, on the other side of the traffic that we were in, and one staff member was able to park quickly as we ran across the street to try to help them. The gentleman was indeed found lying on his back on the street corner, with a sign on his chest and his eyes were rolled up in his head. I was able to touch his arm and ask if he was ok. The man was able to open his eyes and slowly rose to sit up. We all let out a sigh of relief knowing that he was at least not overdosing, and we then asked if he needed something to drink or eat. He stated he was homeless, and we let him know that he could walk over to the SEP and we would get him a drink and a heater meal. The man was quite excited to hear this and was able to come over to the SEP office. We were all glad that we were able to check on him and ensure he was not overdosing and that in a moment’s notice we could all come together as a team to help one another."

Our Family Peer Advocate, Karen Fuller, coordinated the efforts for a name change clinic: "Karen worked with the Volunteer Lawyers Project of CNY to host the fall name change clinic. These events are always a hit but this session, Karen received over 100 inquiries. Karen developed a system to ease the process from inquiry to scheduling an appointment to ensure that the lawyer's had the proper paperwork to make the best use of their time at the Q. Over the two days, we were able to serve 30 TGNCNB folks with initiating legal name changes. Huge shout out to Karen for her ongoing advocacy and allyship!

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