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THE RAINBOW
A Publication
of Regional
AIDSInterfaithNetworkOklahoma
Volume8 Number4
December1997

GettingOn With Your Life

A.Sill.

ReglOOOI
ADSlnlet!0/11'\
Ne1work

MSEEEIWM

Pamela5. Cross,MPH,
Executive Director
OklahomaC[ty Office:
JoanR. Foreman,
W OK Coordinator
WesleyT. Wise,
Executive Assistant
JeanFelix,
Secretary
160I N. Drexel Boulevard
Okla. City OK 73107-4728
405.947.3434 fax 405.947.6868
Outside the Metro area:
1.800.324.RAIN (7246)
EasternOK Office:
KathleenR. Bird,
Eastern OK Coordinator
StephenDavis,
Administrative Assistant
Cora Westman,
Volunteer Coordinator
HIV ResourceConsortium
3507 E.Admiral Place
TulsaOK 74115-8211
918.834.4195
fax 918.834.4196
SouthwestOK Office:
SaundraPowell,
SW OK Associate Coordinator
Centenary
United MethodistChurch
704 SW "D" Avenue
LawtonOK 7350 I
580.351.AIDS
Community EducationOffice:
DannetteRussellGeren,
Education Coordinator
Loeffler-AllenBuilding
221 E. Dewey
SapulpaOK 74067
9 18.224.4433
e-mail:rainokla@ionet.net
RAIN Oklahoma is a Member of:
AIDS NationalInterfaithNetwork
(ANIN)
NationalMinorityAIDSCouncil
(NMAC)
Wesley T. Wise, Editor

•

effects? ► Have I been free from
opportunistic infections or recurrence of
opportunistic infections for 6-12 months or
etting on with your life: Going back
longer? Answering no to one or more
to work, going back to school" was
questions might mean that you may not be
L!:::::=:::!I the title of a workshop that several
ready right now. Pleasetalk with your
RAIN clients, volunteers and staff recently
physician.
attended in Tulsa. The most exciting and
For anyone with a disability who wants
helpful part of the workshop for me was
to
return
to school or start to school, the
learning how many resources are available to
action plan suggested is to talk with your
assistsomeone who feels ready to try going
doctor to make sure it is feasible, talk to the
back to work or school. Here are some of
Social Security Administration to indicate your
those resources - Client Assistance Program,
,
interest, visit with vocational rehab to
(405)521-3756, a statewide program
formulate a plan, and then check with the
providing information and advocacy regarding
disabilities coordinator at the school that
individual rights under
appeals to you. In
the Federal
education,
very few
Rehabilitation Program,
people
need
to know
OKC & Tulsa Open Houses
State of Oklahoma
about your disability,
Employment Services
to be held on
only those involved in
(see your local office)
World AIDS Day Dec. I st
accommodations.
provides supportive
Stories on PageThree
There continues
employment services
to be much anxiety
from 40 offices in the
overthe new
state, and the State of
treatments
for
HIV/AIDS
and whether their
Oklahoma Rehabilitation Services, ( 405)
effectiveness
would
actually
cause some
951-3477 or (918) 581-2372, helps persons
individuals to lose their benefits. Many
with disabilities receive training and support
people are afraid to think seriously about
to re-enter the work force.
returning
to work or school for fear of losing
The National AIDS Fund has gathered
all
benefits,
especially prescription assistance.
helpful information, with assistancefrom the
It
was
clear
to me at this workshop that there
Social Security Administration, and written a
are people in these agencies who are
publication called HIV/AIDSand SocialSecurity
knowledgeable and who care. They are
DisabilityInsurance:Guidelinesfor Returningto
looking
forward to helping people who are
Work.It is available by calling 202-408-4848
living with HIV/AIDS go to work orto school
or accessingthe Fund's web page at
when the time is right!
aidsfund.org. It contains clear and up-to-date

The Director's Desk

G

information on how disability cases are
reviewed, Trial Work Periods, income limits
(caps), health insurance, and other issues.
Three basic questions to ask yourself
are: ► Has my viral load been nondetectable for 6-12 months or longer?
► Have I been on the same drug regimen for
6-12 months or longer with little or no side

(?(W'J
Pamela S. Cross, Executive Director

December1997

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Calendar

November
17 - SW OK Tearn Rep meeting, Polo
Restaurant,Ardmore, 6:30 to
8:00 pm
17/24 - W. OK RAIN Tearn training,
9:30 - 4:30 pm (both Sat's.),
St. Patrick'sCatholic Church, OKC
22 - Fall Peace Festival,Civic Center,
Hall of Mirrors, OKC, IO am 5:00 pm
26 - Rep Meetings; W OK T earn Rep
Meeting at UM Church of the
Servant, OKC, 7 to 9 pm
27 /28 - RAIN offices closed in
observance of Thanksgiving
Holiday

December
0 I - RAIN OKC Open House, IO am
to 6 pm; RAIN Tulsa Open
House 3:00 pm - 5:45 pm; World
AIDS Day Observance; Memorial
Servicesat St. Patrick's,
06 - AIDS Memorial Quilt Panel
Workshop, 9:30 am to 6:00 pm,
EpiscopalChurch Center
Conference Room, 924 N.
Robinson, OKC (232-4820)
13 - OKC Metro Men's Chorus
Christmas Concert, I st Unitarian
Church, OKC, 8:00 pm
22 - T earn Rep meeting, Southern
Hills Baptist Church, OKC, 7:00 9:00 pm
24 - Hanukkah
25 - Christmas Day - RAINoffices
closed

January
26 - Tearn Rep meeting, Our Lady's
Cathedral Mercy Center, OKC

February
02 - Quartlery AIDS Task Force
meeting, Okla. Blood Institute.
OKC, 12 noon - I :30 pm
16 - SW OK Tearn Rep Meeting
23 - W OK T earn Rep meeting, Our
Lady's Cathedral, OKC, 7-9 pm
MeaCulpa!
In our last issue, I stated that our 1997
holiday ornaments had arrived. Well, they
were supposedto have arrived by the time
the newsletter went to print. They actually
arrived on October 22nd! My apologies for
any inconvenience this may have caused.
Ornament quantities are limited, so order
now!
- Editor

DONATIONS
INDIVIDUAL DONORS
(In alphabeticalorder)
Charlotte Alexandre ► Perry Dillon ►
Charles Faudree ► Darren Hildebrand ►
Doris & George Yocham.
MONTHLY CONTRIBUTORS
Roy & Aline Brown ► Robert &
Dolores Browning ► Barbara & Jackie
Cooper ► First Presbyterian Church Edmond ► Billie Hurst-Gasaway ►
Jeffrey Gaughan ► Terry Knapp ►
Warren & Margaret May ► Carol
Woods.

MEMORIALS
BillAllenby Catherine Reed;
Virginia Hendrix; SHS Class of76 ►
DorisAndersonby Barbara & Kathy
Ward ► Angus,belovedcompanionby
Steave Harlon & Wes Wise ► Damon
Bosseby Terry Knapp ► Richard
by Phyllis Brassfield ► Mike
Brassfield
Hardway by Roy & Myrna Scott ► John
Hocking by Terry Knapp ► Paul Kerby
by Susan Ross ► Michael May by
Warren & Margaret May ► Chuck
Meers by Anonymous ► Ken Millerby
Rob Riggs► Dorcy Sargenton his
Birthday9()_4 by Ruth Kingsley ►
FrancisSelbyby Michael 0. Brown ►
ScottSpaulding
by Ralph & Lena
Lawson ► JamesMichaelWilsonby
Betty & JamesWilson.

ORGANIZATIONS
I st United Methodist Church of
Perkins ► Kirkpatrick Family Fund, OKC
► OK Conference of The United
Methodist Church, OKC ► Roger
Heights Christian Church, Tulsa ► Tulsa
Area United Way ► United Life Church,
OKC.

INKIND
StephenDaniels,OKC office paint
► Darrell Fischer,microwave oven
► KCCU/Cameron Univ., Lawton,
Public Service Announcements ► Angie
Kelley,Dan Logsdon,MC Smotherman, phone cards ► RobertWagner,
office supplies ► The Hon. Richard
Woolery, bookshelf for Sapulpaoffice ►
Steave Harlen, chair, OKC office.

FUNDRAISERS
August16: Opera by the Slice,
Tulsa ► August29: Picnic & Auction at
Tom & Yvonne Allen's home, Sapulpa ►
September5: Club Kaos, OKC ►
September 12: Audra Sommer's
Auction at the Silver Star Saloon, Tulsa ►
October 4: Reception/fundraiser at
Mary Ruth Bussey'shome, Norman ►
October 19: Ernestine Dillard's
Concert, Tulsa ► October 21 & 28:
Strike Pot bowling fundraiser, OKC

HIV/AIDSACTION INITIATIVE
Oklahoma City Community
Foundation

A SpecialThankYou
Specialthanks go to Rick Lantroop
& Jeff Zielny for constructing the RAIN
quilt panel presented to the Names
Project in Tulsa in October: Audra
Summers & all performers involved in
the RAIN benefit at Tulsa's Silver Star
(thanks Steve & John): Tom & Yvonne
Allen and committee for the Sapulpa
Fund Raiser in August: Mary Ruth
Bussey & committee for the Norman
Fund Raiserat her home: Ernestine
Dillard & All Souls Unitarian Church &
their RAIN Teams forthe benefit
concert: Robert Wagner & Jimmy
Beets for painting & remodeling OKC
office; Jimmy Beets for NC service.

Meet the RAIN
Boardof Directors
Mrs. Yvonne Allen
Rev. Melvin Bailey
Mr ..Tommy Chesbro
Mr. Stephen Danie.ls
Ms. Ernestine Dillard
Mr. Charles Faudree
Mr. Reynold M. Jones
Ms. Pamela E.Kerr
Ms. Saundra L. Lucas
Mr. Brad Mulholland
Mr, Mark A Nossaman
Mr ..JayParham
Mr. Peter G. Pierce, 1ll
Ms..Janice Piggee
Ms. Catherine.Seeger
Leonard N. Slater,.MD
Ms. Marilyn Staats
Mr, Robert W. Wagner

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RAIN OKC and Tulsa Offices Schedule Open Houses on World AIDS Day
The Executive;Western Region
office in Oklahoma City and the Eastern
Oklahoma Region office in Tulsa will
host Open Houses on Monday,
December I, 1997.
The Open Houses coincide with
World AIDS Day observances.
The Oklahoma City office will be
receiving guests from I 0:00 am until
6:00 pm, while the Tulsa office will
welcome visitors from 3:00 pm until
5:45 pm.
The new OKC office is located at
160 I N. Drexel Boulevard (at the
corner of NW 15th & Drexel, across
from Homeland). The new Tulsa office
is located at 3507 E. Admiral Place.
In OKC, the Candlelight Memorial
service begins at 7:00 pm at St. Patrick's
Catholic Church. Tulsa's Candlelight
March and Memorial service begins at
6:00 pm with the march from
Southminster Presbyterian church;
services begin at 7 :00 pm at All Souls
Unitarian Church.

RAIN 1997 Holiday Ornament

RAIN's secondannual Holiday
Ornamentbeautifullycapturesa
symbolof peace, the whitedove
holdingtwo long-stemmedcalla
lilies.Intertwinedwiththe dove is a
red ribbonrepresentingthe internationalsymbolof AIDS awareness.
This collector'seditionornament
is craftedin solidbrasswith24 kt.

Goldfinishand brightlycolored

I

enamels.
Proceedsfrom ornamentsales
help RAIN Oklahomacontinueits
missionof educationand service.
The priceis only$15.00 (tax incl).
Quantitiesare limited.VISA &
MasterCardaccepted.To order,
call 405.947.3434. Outsidethe
OKC metro area call 800.324.7246.

In Memoriam

OKC Village United Methodist Church

Taxpayer ReliefAct of 1997
According the newsletter of the
National Society of Fund Raising
Executives (NSFRE),the Taxpayer
Relief Act of 1997 signed into law on
August 5, 1997, contains 800 provisions
altering the tax code. Among the
changes:
► Gifts of Stock to Private
Foundations: The Act provides a full,
fair market value deduction for gifts of
stock through June 30, 1998 and
retroactive to June I, 1997.
► Mileage Rate for Volunteers:
The Act increasesthe rate at which
volunteers may be reimbursed for
mileage from 12 cents to 14 cents per
mile.

Adverse Drug Reactions?
The PoisonControl Center
hasdoctors, pharmacists,
and/or nurseson staff24
hours a day and will take calls
concerningadversedrug
reactionsif you are unableto
reach your physician.
Call I -BOO-POISON-I .

Paul

RAIN Update

Enid Central Christian Church
Jane
Calera/Colbert United Methodist Parish

Peer EducatorTraining Slated

Robert

Seven students from Kellyville High
School in Creek County were trained as
Peer Educators during the fall break by
Dannette Russell Geren, AA.IN's
Education Coordinator based in Creek
County. These students made their first
presentation to the 9th & 12th grade
classmatesat their school. One new
Peer Educator from Sapulpa High
School also completed the training.
Another training is scheduled in
December for additional students of
Sapulpa High.

!

RAINAppreciates
Your Support
Individual, church and corporate
gifts are essential to RAIN
continuing to recruit, train, link, and
support RAIN teams with RAIN
clients. Please consider makingagrft
to AA.INtoday to honor or
memorialize a loved One.

In October, 19 presentations were
made to 877 people. From February
1990 through October 1997, I, 186
programs were presented to 48,822
persons.
Seventy-three AA.INteams
consisting of nearly I ,000 volunteers
have served 410 HIV-infected men,
women, children, their families and care
givers. Sixty-two clients are currently
being served.
AA.IN volunteers logged 826 hours
in October. Since 1990, they have given
129,600 hours - this equates to one
person working 40 hours per week for
62.3 years! At$ I 0.00 per hour, that
work would have cost$ I ,296,000.00.

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RAIN Oklahoma@Umlted EditionCollectableHoliday
Ornamentmakes the perfect gift- and sales proceeds help RAIN
continue its program of education and service. Choose the
Holiday Wreath decorated with red AIDS awareness ribbons with
a golden candle glowing in the center. Or select the Dove of
Peace perched on white calla lilies, intertwined with the symbolic
red ribbon. Either 24 kt. gold-finished ornament will make a lovely
addition to anyone's holiday decor, reflecting hope and compassion
- so appropriate for this Season.
To make it even easier for you, RAIN will gift-wrapand
mall your selection to the recipient. The Wreath ornaments

are only$ I 0.00 each, and the Dove ornaments are only
$15.00. just add $3.00 per ornament for gift-wrapping and mailing,
and your shopping is complete! Your friends will be sure to want
both ornaments to start their collection.
Just call or visit your local RAIN office, or e-mail us
(rainokla@ionet.net) and place your order by December 15th.
The ornaments will be shipped from the Executive office and reach
their destination prior to the holidays.
Quantities are limited, and time is running out, so order now!
We gladly accept VISA & MasterCard.
And have a wonderful Holiday Season!

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THE RAINBOW
A Publication
of Regional
AIDSInterfaithNetworkOklahoma
Volume8 Number4
December1997

GettingOn With Your Life

A.Sill.

ReglOOOI
ADSlnlet!0/11'\
Ne1work

MSEEEIWM

Pamela5. Cross,MPH,
Executive Director
OklahomaC[ty Office:
JoanR. Foreman,
W OK Coordinator
WesleyT. Wise,
Executive Assistant
JeanFelix,
Secretary
160I N. Drexel Boulevard
Okla. City OK 73107-4728
405.947.3434 fax 405.947.6868
Outside the Metro area:
1.800.324.RAIN (7246)
EasternOK Office:
KathleenR. Bird,
Eastern OK Coordinator
StephenDavis,
Administrative Assistant
Cora Westman,
Volunteer Coordinator
HIV ResourceConsortium
3507 E.Admiral Place
TulsaOK 74115-8211
918.834.4195
fax 918.834.4196
SouthwestOK Office:
SaundraPowell,
SW OK Associate Coordinator
Centenary
United MethodistChurch
704 SW "D" Avenue
LawtonOK 7350 I
580.351.AIDS
Community EducationOffice:
DannetteRussellGeren,
Education Coordinator
Loeffler-AllenBuilding
221 E. Dewey
SapulpaOK 74067
9 18.224.4433
e-mail:rainokla@ionet.net
RAIN Oklahoma is a Member of:
AIDS NationalInterfaithNetwork
(ANIN)
NationalMinorityAIDSCouncil
(NMAC)
Wesley T. Wise, Editor

•

effects? ► Have I been free from
opportunistic infections or recurrence of
opportunistic infections for 6-12 months or
etting on with your life: Going back
longer? Answering no to one or more
to work, going back to school" was
questions might mean that you may not be
L!:::::=:::!I the title of a workshop that several
ready right now. Pleasetalk with your
RAIN clients, volunteers and staff recently
physician.
attended in Tulsa. The most exciting and
For anyone with a disability who wants
helpful part of the workshop for me was
to
return
to school or start to school, the
learning how many resources are available to
action plan suggested is to talk with your
assistsomeone who feels ready to try going
doctor to make sure it is feasible, talk to the
back to work or school. Here are some of
Social Security Administration to indicate your
those resources - Client Assistance Program,
,
interest, visit with vocational rehab to
(405)521-3756, a statewide program
formulate a plan, and then check with the
providing information and advocacy regarding
disabilities coordinator at the school that
individual rights under
appeals to you. In
the Federal
education,
very few
Rehabilitation Program,
people
need
to know
OKC & Tulsa Open Houses
State of Oklahoma
about your disability,
Employment Services
to be held on
only those involved in
(see your local office)
World AIDS Day Dec. I st
accommodations.
provides supportive
Stories on PageThree
There continues
employment services
to be much anxiety
from 40 offices in the
overthe new
state, and the State of
treatments
for
HIV/AIDS
and whether their
Oklahoma Rehabilitation Services, ( 405)
effectiveness
would
actually
cause some
951-3477 or (918) 581-2372, helps persons
individuals to lose their benefits. Many
with disabilities receive training and support
people are afraid to think seriously about
to re-enter the work force.
returning
to work or school for fear of losing
The National AIDS Fund has gathered
all
benefits,
especially prescription assistance.
helpful information, with assistancefrom the
It
was
clear
to me at this workshop that there
Social Security Administration, and written a
are people in these agencies who are
publication called HIV/AIDSand SocialSecurity
knowledgeable and who care. They are
DisabilityInsurance:Guidelinesfor Returningto
looking
forward to helping people who are
Work.It is available by calling 202-408-4848
living with HIV/AIDS go to work orto school
or accessingthe Fund's web page at
when the time is right!
aidsfund.org. It contains clear and up-to-date

The Director's Desk

G

information on how disability cases are
reviewed, Trial Work Periods, income limits
(caps), health insurance, and other issues.
Three basic questions to ask yourself
are: ► Has my viral load been nondetectable for 6-12 months or longer?
► Have I been on the same drug regimen for
6-12 months or longer with little or no side

(?(W'J
Pamela S. Cross, Executive Director

December1997

2 TheRAINbow

•

.

Calendar

November
17 - SW OK Tearn Rep meeting, Polo
Restaurant,Ardmore, 6:30 to
8:00 pm
17/24 - W. OK RAIN Tearn training,
9:30 - 4:30 pm (both Sat's.),
St. Patrick'sCatholic Church, OKC
22 - Fall Peace Festival,Civic Center,
Hall of Mirrors, OKC, IO am 5:00 pm
26 - Rep Meetings; W OK T earn Rep
Meeting at UM Church of the
Servant, OKC, 7 to 9 pm
27 /28 - RAIN offices closed in
observance of Thanksgiving
Holiday

December
0 I - RAIN OKC Open House, IO am
to 6 pm; RAIN Tulsa Open
House 3:00 pm - 5:45 pm; World
AIDS Day Observance; Memorial
Servicesat St. Patrick's,
06 - AIDS Memorial Quilt Panel
Workshop, 9:30 am to 6:00 pm,
EpiscopalChurch Center
Conference Room, 924 N.
Robinson, OKC (232-4820)
13 - OKC Metro Men's Chorus
Christmas Concert, I st Unitarian
Church, OKC, 8:00 pm
22 - T earn Rep meeting, Southern
Hills Baptist Church, OKC, 7:00 9:00 pm
24 - Hanukkah
25 - Christmas Day - RAINoffices
closed

January
26 - Tearn Rep meeting, Our Lady's
Cathedral Mercy Center, OKC

February
02 - Quartlery AIDS Task Force
meeting, Okla. Blood Institute.
OKC, 12 noon - I :30 pm
16 - SW OK Tearn Rep Meeting
23 - W OK T earn Rep meeting, Our
Lady's Cathedral, OKC, 7-9 pm
MeaCulpa!
In our last issue, I stated that our 1997
holiday ornaments had arrived. Well, they
were supposedto have arrived by the time
the newsletter went to print. They actually
arrived on October 22nd! My apologies for
any inconvenience this may have caused.
Ornament quantities are limited, so order
now!
- Editor

DONATIONS
INDIVIDUAL DONORS
(In alphabeticalorder)
Charlotte Alexandre ► Perry Dillon ►
Charles Faudree ► Darren Hildebrand ►
Doris & George Yocham.
MONTHLY CONTRIBUTORS
Roy & Aline Brown ► Robert &
Dolores Browning ► Barbara & Jackie
Cooper ► First Presbyterian Church Edmond ► Billie Hurst-Gasaway ►
Jeffrey Gaughan ► Terry Knapp ►
Warren & Margaret May ► Carol
Woods.

MEMORIALS
BillAllenby Catherine Reed;
Virginia Hendrix; SHS Class of76 ►
DorisAndersonby Barbara & Kathy
Ward ► Angus,belovedcompanionby
Steave Harlon & Wes Wise ► Damon
Bosseby Terry Knapp ► Richard
by Phyllis Brassfield ► Mike
Brassfield
Hardway by Roy & Myrna Scott ► John
Hocking by Terry Knapp ► Paul Kerby
by Susan Ross ► Michael May by
Warren & Margaret May ► Chuck
Meers by Anonymous ► Ken Millerby
Rob Riggs► Dorcy Sargenton his
Birthday9()_4 by Ruth Kingsley ►
FrancisSelbyby Michael 0. Brown ►
ScottSpaulding
by Ralph & Lena
Lawson ► JamesMichaelWilsonby
Betty & JamesWilson.

ORGANIZATIONS
I st United Methodist Church of
Perkins ► Kirkpatrick Family Fund, OKC
► OK Conference of The United
Methodist Church, OKC ► Roger
Heights Christian Church, Tulsa ► Tulsa
Area United Way ► United Life Church,
OKC.

INKIND
StephenDaniels,OKC office paint
► Darrell Fischer,microwave oven
► KCCU/Cameron Univ., Lawton,
Public Service Announcements ► Angie
Kelley,Dan Logsdon,MC Smotherman, phone cards ► RobertWagner,
office supplies ► The Hon. Richard
Woolery, bookshelf for Sapulpaoffice ►
Steave Harlen, chair, OKC office.

FUNDRAISERS
August16: Opera by the Slice,
Tulsa ► August29: Picnic & Auction at
Tom & Yvonne Allen's home, Sapulpa ►
September5: Club Kaos, OKC ►
September 12: Audra Sommer's
Auction at the Silver Star Saloon, Tulsa ►
October 4: Reception/fundraiser at
Mary Ruth Bussey'shome, Norman ►
October 19: Ernestine Dillard's
Concert, Tulsa ► October 21 & 28:
Strike Pot bowling fundraiser, OKC

HIV/AIDSACTION INITIATIVE
Oklahoma City Community
Foundation

A SpecialThankYou
Specialthanks go to Rick Lantroop
& Jeff Zielny for constructing the RAIN
quilt panel presented to the Names
Project in Tulsa in October: Audra
Summers & all performers involved in
the RAIN benefit at Tulsa's Silver Star
(thanks Steve & John): Tom & Yvonne
Allen and committee for the Sapulpa
Fund Raiser in August: Mary Ruth
Bussey & committee for the Norman
Fund Raiserat her home: Ernestine
Dillard & All Souls Unitarian Church &
their RAIN Teams forthe benefit
concert: Robert Wagner & Jimmy
Beets for painting & remodeling OKC
office; Jimmy Beets for NC service.

Meet the RAIN
Boardof Directors
Mrs. Yvonne Allen
Rev. Melvin Bailey
Mr ..Tommy Chesbro
Mr. Stephen Danie.ls
Ms. Ernestine Dillard
Mr. Charles Faudree
Mr. Reynold M. Jones
Ms. Pamela E.Kerr
Ms. Saundra L. Lucas
Mr. Brad Mulholland
Mr, Mark A Nossaman
Mr ..JayParham
Mr. Peter G. Pierce, 1ll
Ms..Janice Piggee
Ms. Catherine.Seeger
Leonard N. Slater,.MD
Ms. Marilyn Staats
Mr, Robert W. Wagner

December1997

3 TheRAINbow

RAIN OKC and Tulsa Offices Schedule Open Houses on World AIDS Day
The Executive;Western Region
office in Oklahoma City and the Eastern
Oklahoma Region office in Tulsa will
host Open Houses on Monday,
December I, 1997.
The Open Houses coincide with
World AIDS Day observances.
The Oklahoma City office will be
receiving guests from I 0:00 am until
6:00 pm, while the Tulsa office will
welcome visitors from 3:00 pm until
5:45 pm.
The new OKC office is located at
160 I N. Drexel Boulevard (at the
corner of NW 15th & Drexel, across
from Homeland). The new Tulsa office
is located at 3507 E. Admiral Place.
In OKC, the Candlelight Memorial
service begins at 7:00 pm at St. Patrick's
Catholic Church. Tulsa's Candlelight
March and Memorial service begins at
6:00 pm with the march from
Southminster Presbyterian church;
services begin at 7 :00 pm at All Souls
Unitarian Church.

RAIN 1997 Holiday Ornament

RAIN's secondannual Holiday
Ornamentbeautifullycapturesa
symbolof peace, the whitedove
holdingtwo long-stemmedcalla
lilies.Intertwinedwiththe dove is a
red ribbonrepresentingthe internationalsymbolof AIDS awareness.
This collector'seditionornament
is craftedin solidbrasswith24 kt.

Goldfinishand brightlycolored

I

enamels.
Proceedsfrom ornamentsales
help RAIN Oklahomacontinueits
missionof educationand service.
The priceis only$15.00 (tax incl).
Quantitiesare limited.VISA &
MasterCardaccepted.To order,
call 405.947.3434. Outsidethe
OKC metro area call 800.324.7246.

In Memoriam

OKC Village United Methodist Church

Taxpayer ReliefAct of 1997
According the newsletter of the
National Society of Fund Raising
Executives (NSFRE),the Taxpayer
Relief Act of 1997 signed into law on
August 5, 1997, contains 800 provisions
altering the tax code. Among the
changes:
► Gifts of Stock to Private
Foundations: The Act provides a full,
fair market value deduction for gifts of
stock through June 30, 1998 and
retroactive to June I, 1997.
► Mileage Rate for Volunteers:
The Act increasesthe rate at which
volunteers may be reimbursed for
mileage from 12 cents to 14 cents per
mile.

Adverse Drug Reactions?
The PoisonControl Center
hasdoctors, pharmacists,
and/or nurseson staff24
hours a day and will take calls
concerningadversedrug
reactionsif you are unableto
reach your physician.
Call I -BOO-POISON-I .

Paul

RAIN Update

Enid Central Christian Church
Jane
Calera/Colbert United Methodist Parish

Peer EducatorTraining Slated

Robert

Seven students from Kellyville High
School in Creek County were trained as
Peer Educators during the fall break by
Dannette Russell Geren, AA.IN's
Education Coordinator based in Creek
County. These students made their first
presentation to the 9th & 12th grade
classmatesat their school. One new
Peer Educator from Sapulpa High
School also completed the training.
Another training is scheduled in
December for additional students of
Sapulpa High.

!

RAINAppreciates
Your Support
Individual, church and corporate
gifts are essential to RAIN
continuing to recruit, train, link, and
support RAIN teams with RAIN
clients. Please consider makingagrft
to AA.INtoday to honor or
memorialize a loved One.

In October, 19 presentations were
made to 877 people. From February
1990 through October 1997, I, 186
programs were presented to 48,822
persons.
Seventy-three AA.INteams
consisting of nearly I ,000 volunteers
have served 410 HIV-infected men,
women, children, their families and care
givers. Sixty-two clients are currently
being served.
AA.IN volunteers logged 826 hours
in October. Since 1990, they have given
129,600 hours - this equates to one
person working 40 hours per week for
62.3 years! At$ I 0.00 per hour, that
work would have cost$ I ,296,000.00.

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Let RAIN take the drudgery out of your holiday shopping. A

RAIN Oklahoma@Umlted EditionCollectableHoliday
Ornamentmakes the perfect gift- and sales proceeds help RAIN
continue its program of education and service. Choose the
Holiday Wreath decorated with red AIDS awareness ribbons with
a golden candle glowing in the center. Or select the Dove of
Peace perched on white calla lilies, intertwined with the symbolic
red ribbon. Either 24 kt. gold-finished ornament will make a lovely
addition to anyone's holiday decor, reflecting hope and compassion
- so appropriate for this Season.
To make it even easier for you, RAIN will gift-wrapand
mall your selection to the recipient. The Wreath ornaments

are only$ I 0.00 each, and the Dove ornaments are only
$15.00. just add $3.00 per ornament for gift-wrapping and mailing,
and your shopping is complete! Your friends will be sure to want
both ornaments to start their collection.
Just call or visit your local RAIN office, or e-mail us
(rainokla@ionet.net) and place your order by December 15th.
The ornaments will be shipped from the Executive office and reach
their destination prior to the holidays.
Quantities are limited, and time is running out, so order now!
We gladly accept VISA & MasterCard.
And have a wonderful Holiday Season!

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THE RAINBOW
A Publication
of Regional
AIDSInterfaithNetworkOklahoma
Volume8 Number4
December1997

GettingOn With Your Life

A.Sill.

ReglOOOI
ADSlnlet!0/11'\
Ne1work

MSEEEIWM

Pamela5. Cross,MPH,
Executive Director
OklahomaC[ty Office:
JoanR. Foreman,
W OK Coordinator
WesleyT. Wise,
Executive Assistant
JeanFelix,
Secretary
160I N. Drexel Boulevard
Okla. City OK 73107-4728
405.947.3434 fax 405.947.6868
Outside the Metro area:
1.800.324.RAIN (7246)
EasternOK Office:
KathleenR. Bird,
Eastern OK Coordinator
StephenDavis,
Administrative Assistant
Cora Westman,
Volunteer Coordinator
HIV ResourceConsortium
3507 E.Admiral Place
TulsaOK 74115-8211
918.834.4195
fax 918.834.4196
SouthwestOK Office:
SaundraPowell,
SW OK Associate Coordinator
Centenary
United MethodistChurch
704 SW "D" Avenue
LawtonOK 7350 I
580.351.AIDS
Community EducationOffice:
DannetteRussellGeren,
Education Coordinator
Loeffler-AllenBuilding
221 E. Dewey
SapulpaOK 74067
9 18.224.4433
e-mail:rainokla@ionet.net
RAIN Oklahoma is a Member of:
AIDS NationalInterfaithNetwork
(ANIN)
NationalMinorityAIDSCouncil
(NMAC)
Wesley T. Wise, Editor

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effects? ► Have I been free from
opportunistic infections or recurrence of
opportunistic infections for 6-12 months or
etting on with your life: Going back
longer? Answering no to one or more
to work, going back to school" was
questions might mean that you may not be
L!:::::=:::!I the title of a workshop that several
ready right now. Pleasetalk with your
RAIN clients, volunteers and staff recently
physician.
attended in Tulsa. The most exciting and
For anyone with a disability who wants
helpful part of the workshop for me was
to
return
to school or start to school, the
learning how many resources are available to
action plan suggested is to talk with your
assistsomeone who feels ready to try going
doctor to make sure it is feasible, talk to the
back to work or school. Here are some of
Social Security Administration to indicate your
those resources - Client Assistance Program,
,
interest, visit with vocational rehab to
(405)521-3756, a statewide program
formulate a plan, and then check with the
providing information and advocacy regarding
disabilities coordinator at the school that
individual rights under
appeals to you. In
the Federal
education,
very few
Rehabilitation Program,
people
need
to know
OKC & Tulsa Open Houses
State of Oklahoma
about your disability,
Employment Services
to be held on
only those involved in
(see your local office)
World AIDS Day Dec. I st
accommodations.
provides supportive
Stories on PageThree
There continues
employment services
to be much anxiety
from 40 offices in the
overthe new
state, and the State of
treatments
for
HIV/AIDS
and whether their
Oklahoma Rehabilitation Services, ( 405)
effectiveness
would
actually
cause some
951-3477 or (918) 581-2372, helps persons
individuals to lose their benefits. Many
with disabilities receive training and support
people are afraid to think seriously about
to re-enter the work force.
returning
to work or school for fear of losing
The National AIDS Fund has gathered
all
benefits,
especially prescription assistance.
helpful information, with assistancefrom the
It
was
clear
to me at this workshop that there
Social Security Administration, and written a
are people in these agencies who are
publication called HIV/AIDSand SocialSecurity
knowledgeable and who care. They are
DisabilityInsurance:Guidelinesfor Returningto
looking
forward to helping people who are
Work.It is available by calling 202-408-4848
living with HIV/AIDS go to work orto school
or accessingthe Fund's web page at
when the time is right!
aidsfund.org. It contains clear and up-to-date

The Director's Desk

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information on how disability cases are
reviewed, Trial Work Periods, income limits
(caps), health insurance, and other issues.
Three basic questions to ask yourself
are: ► Has my viral load been nondetectable for 6-12 months or longer?
► Have I been on the same drug regimen for
6-12 months or longer with little or no side

(?(W'J
Pamela S. Cross, Executive Director

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Calendar

November
17 - SW OK Tearn Rep meeting, Polo
Restaurant,Ardmore, 6:30 to
8:00 pm
17/24 - W. OK RAIN Tearn training,
9:30 - 4:30 pm (both Sat's.),
St. Patrick'sCatholic Church, OKC
22 - Fall Peace Festival,Civic Center,
Hall of Mirrors, OKC, IO am 5:00 pm
26 - Rep Meetings; W OK T earn Rep
Meeting at UM Church of the
Servant, OKC, 7 to 9 pm
27 /28 - RAIN offices closed in
observance of Thanksgiving
Holiday

December
0 I - RAIN OKC Open House, IO am
to 6 pm; RAIN Tulsa Open
House 3:00 pm - 5:45 pm; World
AIDS Day Observance; Memorial
Servicesat St. Patrick's,
06 - AIDS Memorial Quilt Panel
Workshop, 9:30 am to 6:00 pm,
EpiscopalChurch Center
Conference Room, 924 N.
Robinson, OKC (232-4820)
13 - OKC Metro Men's Chorus
Christmas Concert, I st Unitarian
Church, OKC, 8:00 pm
22 - T earn Rep meeting, Southern
Hills Baptist Church, OKC, 7:00 9:00 pm
24 - Hanukkah
25 - Christmas Day - RAINoffices
closed

January
26 - Tearn Rep meeting, Our Lady's
Cathedral Mercy Center, OKC

February
02 - Quartlery AIDS Task Force
meeting, Okla. Blood Institute.
OKC, 12 noon - I :30 pm
16 - SW OK Tearn Rep Meeting
23 - W OK T earn Rep meeting, Our
Lady's Cathedral, OKC, 7-9 pm
MeaCulpa!
In our last issue, I stated that our 1997
holiday ornaments had arrived. Well, they
were supposedto have arrived by the time
the newsletter went to print. They actually
arrived on October 22nd! My apologies for
any inconvenience this may have caused.
Ornament quantities are limited, so order
now!
- Editor

DONATIONS
INDIVIDUAL DONORS
(In alphabeticalorder)
Charlotte Alexandre ► Perry Dillon ►
Charles Faudree ► Darren Hildebrand ►
Doris & George Yocham.
MONTHLY CONTRIBUTORS
Roy & Aline Brown ► Robert &
Dolores Browning ► Barbara & Jackie
Cooper ► First Presbyterian Church Edmond ► Billie Hurst-Gasaway ►
Jeffrey Gaughan ► Terry Knapp ►
Warren & Margaret May ► Carol
Woods.

MEMORIALS
BillAllenby Catherine Reed;
Virginia Hendrix; SHS Class of76 ►
DorisAndersonby Barbara & Kathy
Ward ► Angus,belovedcompanionby
Steave Harlon & Wes Wise ► Damon
Bosseby Terry Knapp ► Richard
by Phyllis Brassfield ► Mike
Brassfield
Hardway by Roy & Myrna Scott ► John
Hocking by Terry Knapp ► Paul Kerby
by Susan Ross ► Michael May by
Warren & Margaret May ► Chuck
Meers by Anonymous ► Ken Millerby
Rob Riggs► Dorcy Sargenton his
Birthday9()_4 by Ruth Kingsley ►
FrancisSelbyby Michael 0. Brown ►
ScottSpaulding
by Ralph & Lena
Lawson ► JamesMichaelWilsonby
Betty & JamesWilson.

ORGANIZATIONS
I st United Methodist Church of
Perkins ► Kirkpatrick Family Fund, OKC
► OK Conference of The United
Methodist Church, OKC ► Roger
Heights Christian Church, Tulsa ► Tulsa
Area United Way ► United Life Church,
OKC.

INKIND
StephenDaniels,OKC office paint
► Darrell Fischer,microwave oven
► KCCU/Cameron Univ., Lawton,
Public Service Announcements ► Angie
Kelley,Dan Logsdon,MC Smotherman, phone cards ► RobertWagner,
office supplies ► The Hon. Richard
Woolery, bookshelf for Sapulpaoffice ►
Steave Harlen, chair, OKC office.

FUNDRAISERS
August16: Opera by the Slice,
Tulsa ► August29: Picnic & Auction at
Tom & Yvonne Allen's home, Sapulpa ►
September5: Club Kaos, OKC ►
September 12: Audra Sommer's
Auction at the Silver Star Saloon, Tulsa ►
October 4: Reception/fundraiser at
Mary Ruth Bussey'shome, Norman ►
October 19: Ernestine Dillard's
Concert, Tulsa ► October 21 & 28:
Strike Pot bowling fundraiser, OKC

HIV/AIDSACTION INITIATIVE
Oklahoma City Community
Foundation

A SpecialThankYou
Specialthanks go to Rick Lantroop
& Jeff Zielny for constructing the RAIN
quilt panel presented to the Names
Project in Tulsa in October: Audra
Summers & all performers involved in
the RAIN benefit at Tulsa's Silver Star
(thanks Steve & John): Tom & Yvonne
Allen and committee for the Sapulpa
Fund Raiser in August: Mary Ruth
Bussey & committee for the Norman
Fund Raiserat her home: Ernestine
Dillard & All Souls Unitarian Church &
their RAIN Teams forthe benefit
concert: Robert Wagner & Jimmy
Beets for painting & remodeling OKC
office; Jimmy Beets for NC service.

Meet the RAIN
Boardof Directors
Mrs. Yvonne Allen
Rev. Melvin Bailey
Mr ..Tommy Chesbro
Mr. Stephen Danie.ls
Ms. Ernestine Dillard
Mr. Charles Faudree
Mr. Reynold M. Jones
Ms. Pamela E.Kerr
Ms. Saundra L. Lucas
Mr. Brad Mulholland
Mr, Mark A Nossaman
Mr ..JayParham
Mr. Peter G. Pierce, 1ll
Ms..Janice Piggee
Ms. Catherine.Seeger
Leonard N. Slater,.MD
Ms. Marilyn Staats
Mr, Robert W. Wagner

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RAIN OKC and Tulsa Offices Schedule Open Houses on World AIDS Day
The Executive;Western Region
office in Oklahoma City and the Eastern
Oklahoma Region office in Tulsa will
host Open Houses on Monday,
December I, 1997.
The Open Houses coincide with
World AIDS Day observances.
The Oklahoma City office will be
receiving guests from I 0:00 am until
6:00 pm, while the Tulsa office will
welcome visitors from 3:00 pm until
5:45 pm.
The new OKC office is located at
160 I N. Drexel Boulevard (at the
corner of NW 15th & Drexel, across
from Homeland). The new Tulsa office
is located at 3507 E. Admiral Place.
In OKC, the Candlelight Memorial
service begins at 7:00 pm at St. Patrick's
Catholic Church. Tulsa's Candlelight
March and Memorial service begins at
6:00 pm with the march from
Southminster Presbyterian church;
services begin at 7 :00 pm at All Souls
Unitarian Church.

RAIN 1997 Holiday Ornament

RAIN's secondannual Holiday
Ornamentbeautifullycapturesa
symbolof peace, the whitedove
holdingtwo long-stemmedcalla
lilies.Intertwinedwiththe dove is a
red ribbonrepresentingthe internationalsymbolof AIDS awareness.
This collector'seditionornament
is craftedin solidbrasswith24 kt.

Goldfinishand brightlycolored

I

enamels.
Proceedsfrom ornamentsales
help RAIN Oklahomacontinueits
missionof educationand service.
The priceis only$15.00 (tax incl).
Quantitiesare limited.VISA &
MasterCardaccepted.To order,
call 405.947.3434. Outsidethe
OKC metro area call 800.324.7246.

In Memoriam

OKC Village United Methodist Church

Taxpayer ReliefAct of 1997
According the newsletter of the
National Society of Fund Raising
Executives (NSFRE),the Taxpayer
Relief Act of 1997 signed into law on
August 5, 1997, contains 800 provisions
altering the tax code. Among the
changes:
► Gifts of Stock to Private
Foundations: The Act provides a full,
fair market value deduction for gifts of
stock through June 30, 1998 and
retroactive to June I, 1997.
► Mileage Rate for Volunteers:
The Act increasesthe rate at which
volunteers may be reimbursed for
mileage from 12 cents to 14 cents per
mile.

Adverse Drug Reactions?
The PoisonControl Center
hasdoctors, pharmacists,
and/or nurseson staff24
hours a day and will take calls
concerningadversedrug
reactionsif you are unableto
reach your physician.
Call I -BOO-POISON-I .

Paul

RAIN Update

Enid Central Christian Church
Jane
Calera/Colbert United Methodist Parish

Peer EducatorTraining Slated

Robert

Seven students from Kellyville High
School in Creek County were trained as
Peer Educators during the fall break by
Dannette Russell Geren, AA.IN's
Education Coordinator based in Creek
County. These students made their first
presentation to the 9th & 12th grade
classmatesat their school. One new
Peer Educator from Sapulpa High
School also completed the training.
Another training is scheduled in
December for additional students of
Sapulpa High.

!

RAINAppreciates
Your Support
Individual, church and corporate
gifts are essential to RAIN
continuing to recruit, train, link, and
support RAIN teams with RAIN
clients. Please consider makingagrft
to AA.INtoday to honor or
memorialize a loved One.

In October, 19 presentations were
made to 877 people. From February
1990 through October 1997, I, 186
programs were presented to 48,822
persons.
Seventy-three AA.INteams
consisting of nearly I ,000 volunteers
have served 410 HIV-infected men,
women, children, their families and care
givers. Sixty-two clients are currently
being served.
AA.IN volunteers logged 826 hours
in October. Since 1990, they have given
129,600 hours - this equates to one
person working 40 hours per week for
62.3 years! At$ I 0.00 per hour, that
work would have cost$ I ,296,000.00.

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Let RAIN take the drudgery out of your holiday shopping. A

RAIN Oklahoma@Umlted EditionCollectableHoliday
Ornamentmakes the perfect gift- and sales proceeds help RAIN
continue its program of education and service. Choose the
Holiday Wreath decorated with red AIDS awareness ribbons with
a golden candle glowing in the center. Or select the Dove of
Peace perched on white calla lilies, intertwined with the symbolic
red ribbon. Either 24 kt. gold-finished ornament will make a lovely
addition to anyone's holiday decor, reflecting hope and compassion
- so appropriate for this Season.
To make it even easier for you, RAIN will gift-wrapand
mall your selection to the recipient. The Wreath ornaments

are only$ I 0.00 each, and the Dove ornaments are only
$15.00. just add $3.00 per ornament for gift-wrapping and mailing,
and your shopping is complete! Your friends will be sure to want
both ornaments to start their collection.
Just call or visit your local RAIN office, or e-mail us
(rainokla@ionet.net) and place your order by December 15th.
The ornaments will be shipped from the Executive office and reach
their destination prior to the holidays.
Quantities are limited, and time is running out, so order now!
We gladly accept VISA & MasterCard.
And have a wonderful Holiday Season!

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