ARCH raises community awareness
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Tom Hammond, executive director of HIV/AIDS Resources and Community Health (ARCH), dyed his hair red because his team raised $2,500 for the event.
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ARCH has a significant retention rate of volunteers who end up becoming staff or peers in the program,” said a participant of the event.
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“A lot of the volunteer have backgrounds [or] living experience with HIV and AIDS. It touches all of them one way or another,” said a participant.
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“ARCH is a progressive organization that changes with what the world demands,” said a participant.
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“ARCH partners with other programs in Guelph, ACCKWA [the AIDS Committee of Cambridge, Kitchener, Waterloo & Area], and other [LQBTQ+] groups in surrounding areas,” said a participant.
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ARCH’s vision statement is: “We dream of a time and place where everyone is free to live healthy, stigma-free, vital lives.”
Photo by Alora Griffiths