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THE RAINBOW
A Publication
of RegionalAIDSInterfaithNetworkOklahoma
Volume8 Number3
September1997

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Pamela S. Cross, MPH
Executive Director
OklahomaCity Office:
JoanR. Foreman
W OK Coordinator
WesleyT Wise
Executive Assistant

JeanFelix
Secretary

Rev.KathyMcCallie
Jeni MarkhamClewell
Volunteer Coordinators

1200 N. Walker
Suite 505
Okla. City OK 73103-3743
405.232.4372 fax 405.235.RAIN
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
4154 S Harvard.STEH-1
TulsaOK 74135-2602
918.749.4195
fax 918.749.4213
SouthwestOK Office:
SaundraPowell
SW OK Associate Coordinator

Centenary
United MethodistChurch
704 SW "D" Avenue
LawtonOK 7350 I
405.351.AIDS
Community EducationOffice:
Dannette RussellGeren
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)
NationalMinorityAIDS Council
(NMAC)
Wesley T. Wise, Editor

The Director's Desk
eople think that unless they
can devote themselves like
Mother Teresa, they will
not make a difference; but
that is not true. One person reaching
out to one person can make a
difference, both in the life of the one
being touched, and those that he
touches."
- Alfonso Watt.
Each Sunday, my minister asksthe
congregation 'What good thing has
happened to you this week?" It has
taken us a while to get accustomed to
the question and longer still becoming
comfortable saying out loud the good
things that happen to us. It is usually
easier to think and talk about our
problems that our blessing.
But good things do happen; people
reach out to others; we are creating a
better world in spite of those who
predict doom. I was reminded ofthis
recently when I read a letter from a
RAIN client who wrote:

RAIN OKC MovesAgain
The RAIN Oklahoma City offices
are relocatingeffective October I.
Our new addressand phone
numberswill be:
I 60 I N. Drexel Blvd
Okla. City OK 73 I 07
(405) 947-3434
FAX (405) 947-6868
"Movingshouldtake care of the
growing painswe have been
experiencing,"stated PamCross,
ExecutiveDirector. "Volunteers
who want to help with moving,
cleaning,paintingor decoratingare
welcome to call".

"My new RA.INTeamhas made the
differencethat hasallowedme to stay in
my home. I had been consideringselling
it and movingcloserto my mother, but I
was not loo0ng forward to living in an
apartment,beinga burden to my family,
whilemy motherhad her own home and
responsibilities.
Theteam has helped me
tremendously. They have inspired and
supported me more than anyone could
have imagined. They are a blessingto
count always."
Thank you, Nick, for sharing how
much your team means to you. The
neatest thing is that your team
members feel just as blessed by
knowing you!

{?~

Pamela S. Cross
Executive Director

RAIN Facts
Since 1990, RAIN volunteers have given
over 126,056hours of service. That equates
to one person working 40 hours per week
for over 60 years! At$ I 0.00 per hour, it
also equates to 1.26 million dollars!

September1997

2 TheRAINbow

News from Around the State
West
Alisa Hankins,
former RAIN NN
Assoc. Coordinator,
and husband, Jim,
are
the
proud
parents of a new
baby boy named
James Lee, born on July 12th at 5:09 pm.
Both Alisaand '1amie"are doing well. Joan is
working with the RAIN T earns and clients
that Alisa super-vised in Enid and Stillwater.
Manythanksgo to Linda Herndon and
other members of OKC Village UMC
RAIN Team, hosts of the "First Annual
RAIN Talent Show" and pot-luck dinner in
June. Entertainment was provided by
talented individuals.
Travelingmonthly T earn Rep Meetings
are now scheduled through January, 1998!
We want to thankthe RAIN T earns at OKC
Epworth UMC, EdmondFirst UMC and

EdmondSouthernHillsChristianChurch

,

for hosting our June, July and August
meetings (respectively). Sheryl Mapes,
Director of Community Outreach for
Community Hospice, gave an in-service on
"StressManagement''at the July meeting and
will present "Communicating With The
Client in Crisis" at our October meeting at
Lighthouse MCC.

St. Monica's Catholic Church in
Edmond was a beautiful setting for the July
RAIN Training. We were welcomed by Fr.
A.nthonyTaylor and church members Ethel
Schraad, Pam Burnside and others who
prepared delicious muffins in the morning
and lunches at noon. Six RAIN Team Reps
shared their experiences as RAIN volunteersand answered trainees' questions at
the Julytraining. A new RAIN T earn will be
sponsored by the OKC Church of the

Open Arms.
We are pleased to be holding RAIN
Training at Our Lady's Cathedral of
Perpetual Help in Oklahoma City on
September 20th and 27th.
RAIN welcomes student Jolynda
Hennigh who is doing a 75-hour practicum
under Joan's supervision. Jolynda is a
Chemical Dependency major at UCO in
Edmond.
-Joan Foreman

Southwest
Due to valued input
from SW RAIN volunteers, our monthly
RAIN Team Rep meeting
has become a traveling
quarterly event!. The next
meeting is scheduled for
Monday, September I 5, 7:00-9:00 pm at
Centenary UMC. 704 SW "D" Avenue in
Lawton. We will share a covered dish
dinner. All MINT earn members are invited
to come learn and share with each other.
Lawton'sAIDS Walk is scheduled for
Sunday, Oct. 5 - please call Saundra at
405.351.2437 for more information.
It never ceases to amaze me how
overwhelming each new client intake can
be. One would think that after a few clients
the stories would begin to seem alike that
even the "Quilt" can't begin to touch them
all. Certain eyes,smiles,tone of voice, shrug
of the shoulders;humor in spite of the pain,
hurt and disappointments; the long look, a
briefglimmer of hope in the eyes that are, at
last,trustinga smallgroup of people into her
life. Those who were once strangers are
now a part of her daily life; a hug, a smile, a
shared hour of fellowship. Hope for
tomorrow and the day after.
I'm proud of my RAIN T earn members
and volunteers!
-Saundra Powell

East
Transition seems to be the only constant on this side of the state. Mer a year
with MIN, Jeffrey Knox hashad to resign as
Volunteer Coordinator. Cora Westman has
acceptedthis quarter-time position. She has
also been acceptedas a National AIDS Fund
AmeriCorps participant for the coming
schoolyear. Cora will lead the AmeriCorps
team aswell as work with RAIN to develop
a "Summer RAIN" pilot program to train
Tulsa area teens to be RAIN volunteers.
Work is exciting and exhausting these
days in the HIV/AIDS field. With the media
focusing on the new medicines available,
many misconceptions abound that we have
a cure - I wish this were true. It is true we
have clients getting better, but people
continue to die. The journey continues.
-Kathy Bird

•

Calendar

August
29th - Sapulpa Dinner & Auction
September
03 - HIV/AIDS Community Update, Drs.
Beal & Peake, Tulsa
05 - Club Kaosfundraiser, OKC
I 5 - Quarterly SW OK Rep meeting,
Centenary UMC. Lawton
12 - Audra Sommers at Silver Star
fundraiser, Tulsa
20 & 27 - Western OK RAIN Tearn
training,
Our
Lady's Cathedral
Mercy Center, OKC
22 - T earn Rep meetings, OKC. Tulsa
October
05 - Lawton Area AIDS Walk
7-1 I - AIDS AwarenessSeriesat Boston Ave
UMC School of Continuing Education,
Tulsa
17-19 - NAMES Quilt Display, Tulsa
25 - SE OK RAIN Update, HIV Meds &
Resistance
27 - T earn Rep meeting, OKC. Tulsa
November
7, 8 & 9 - Care T earn Conference, Atlanta,
GA
24 - T earn Rep meeting, United Methodist
Church of the Servant Care Center,
OKC
December
22 - T earn Rep meeting, Southern Hills
BaptistChurch BuildingAnnex 14, OKC

January
26 - T earn Rep meeting, Our Lady's
Cathedral Mercy Center, OKC

RAINAppreciates
Your Support
Individual,church and corporate gifts
are essentialto RAIN continuing to
recruit, train, link, and support RAIN
teams with RAIN clients. Please
consider making a gift to RAIN today
to honor or memorialize a loved one.

September1997

l TheRAINbow

DONATIONS
INDIVIDUAL DONORS
(In alphabeticalorder)
Brent Barnes ♦ Ann Bartlett Burke ♦
Jackie & Barbara Cooper ♦ Stephanie
Grubbs ♦ Karen S. Harris ♦ Kent A. Mauk
♦ Dennis Parker ♦ Emily,AJexander
Shurley.

MONTHLY CONTRIBUTORS
Roy & ,AJine Brown ♦ Dolores &

RobertBrowning ♦ JeffreyGaughan ♦ Billie
Hurst Gasaway ♦ Terry Knapp ♦ Warren
& Margaret May ♦ Mary Catherine & Skip
Smothermon ♦ Carol Woods.
MEMORIALS
Bill Allen by T adaaki & Susan Hatta ♦
Brett Barlow by Sherril Spaar ♦ Damon
Bosse by Terry Knapp ♦ Read Browning
by PeggyPrucha & M.A. Thompson ♦ J.B.
Chenoweth & Randy Hurst by Billie Hurst
♦ Milton Leroy "Wes" Fletcher on his
38th Birthday 6(23/97 by Mark & Pauline
Fletcher♦ John Hocking by Terry Knapp ♦
Bob Knott by Richard Wawro; Polly
Houston; Miller's Floor Store ♦ Stephen
Mayby Warren & Margaret May ♦ Michael
May by Warren & Margaret May ♦ Ken
Miller by Mary Stevens,Judy Morrison, John
Jennings,Nancy Smith & Garline Wheatley;
members of Edmond I st Pres RAIN Team
(Ken's former Team) ♦ Brian Pool by
Richard & Mary Pool ♦ Those who've
Died by JT Moore ♦ Brooks Tuttle by Polly
Houston.

IN HONOR OF:
Those who Serve by JT Moore

♦

STAY by Barbara Belk ♦ Marriage of Clark
Wiens& MichelleMarrsby All Souls RAIN
T earn B-T ulsa.

Many thanks to Charles Faudree, the
Hope CandlelightHome Tour Committee,
home owners, and volunteers for a
tremendouslysuccessfulevent that provided
much-needed support for RAIN. Mercf
beaucoup!

RAIN 1997 Holiday Ornament

ORGANIZATIONSandFOUNDATIONS
St. Michael's Episcopal Church,
Norman ♦ Oklahoma Conference of The
United Methodist Church, OKC ♦ First
Presbyterian Church, Edmond ♦ DIFFA
New York City ♦ Episcopal Church
Women, Diocese of Oklahoma, OKC ♦
Tramps, OKC ♦ United Life Church, OKC.

INKIND DONATIONS
Kodak CarouselSlide Projectorby
Larry Crosby ♦ SWB CallingCards by
PatsyEdwards.♦ ~yal 1803 ZMR Copier
by

Melvin

♦ Panasonic

L.

Gilbertson,

Sapulpa

TelephoneAnswering
System

with Fax by Kandyce Kahn, OKC ♦ Public
ServiceAnnouncements by KCCU "Classic
FM" radio, Cameron University, Lawton ♦
SWB Prepaid Calling Card by Kayla
McClurg ♦ Office Supplies by Saundra
Powell ♦ Desk for Tulsa Office by Rae
Reynolds♦ Walgreen PHONECARDPlus
by RichardWawro.

Opera Benefits RAIN
Christ The King Opera Lighting the
Darknesspresentedit fifth program of opera
scenes August 16 with its program titled
"Opera by the Slice...with Broadway on the
Side". Proceeds from the event benefit St.
JosephResidence,"Our House", and RAIN.

Fund Raisers Slated

A SpecialThank You

Second Edition
Ornament Arrives

Two exciting fund raisers have been
sheduled during August and September.
Audra Sommers is holding her second
annualfund raiser in Tulsa at the Silver Star,
1565 S. Sheridan, at I 0:30 pm Friday,
September 12. A lively evening of
entertainment and an auction is planned.
Cover charge is $ I .00 at the door.
Ernestine
Dillard,
internationally
renowned vocalist and RAIN Board
member, will perform in concert at 5 pm
Sunday, Oct 19, at All Souls Unitarian
Church, Tulsa.A love offering will be taken.
,AJIproceedsfrom both events will go to
RAINto benefit PLWAs in the Tulsa area.

RAIN'ssecondannualholidayornament
beautifully captures a symbol of peace, the
white dove holding two long stemmed calla'
lilies. Intertwined with the dove is a red
ribbon representingthe international symbol
of AIDS awareness.
This collector's edition ornament is
crafted in solid brasswith 24 kt. gold finish
and brightly colored enamels.
Proceeds from ornament sales help
RAIN Oklahoma continue its mission of
education and service. The price is only
$ I 5 .00 (tax included). Quantities are
limited. VISA & MasterCard accepted. To
order, call405.232.4372. Outside the OKC
Metro area call 1.800.324.RAIN (7246).

In Memoriam
Sand SpringsSt. Matthews Episcopal
Victor
Tulsa PFLAG
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Tulsa All Souls Unitarian Tearn B
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THE RAINBOW
A Publication
of RegionalAIDSInterfaithNetworkOklahoma
Volume8 Number3
September1997

,t;Slt1to

RegionalAIDSlnt&rfallhNetwo1k

i•IIW·ill•lfti·i

Pamela S. Cross, MPH
Executive Director
OklahomaCity Office:
JoanR. Foreman
W OK Coordinator
WesleyT Wise
Executive Assistant

JeanFelix
Secretary

Rev.KathyMcCallie
Jeni MarkhamClewell
Volunteer Coordinators

1200 N. Walker
Suite 505
Okla. City OK 73103-3743
405.232.4372 fax 405.235.RAIN
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
4154 S Harvard.STEH-1
TulsaOK 74135-2602
918.749.4195
fax 918.749.4213
SouthwestOK Office:
SaundraPowell
SW OK Associate Coordinator

Centenary
United MethodistChurch
704 SW "D" Avenue
LawtonOK 7350 I
405.351.AIDS
Community EducationOffice:
Dannette RussellGeren
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)
NationalMinorityAIDS Council
(NMAC)
Wesley T. Wise, Editor

The Director's Desk
eople think that unless they
can devote themselves like
Mother Teresa, they will
not make a difference; but
that is not true. One person reaching
out to one person can make a
difference, both in the life of the one
being touched, and those that he
touches."
- Alfonso Watt.
Each Sunday, my minister asksthe
congregation 'What good thing has
happened to you this week?" It has
taken us a while to get accustomed to
the question and longer still becoming
comfortable saying out loud the good
things that happen to us. It is usually
easier to think and talk about our
problems that our blessing.
But good things do happen; people
reach out to others; we are creating a
better world in spite of those who
predict doom. I was reminded ofthis
recently when I read a letter from a
RAIN client who wrote:

RAIN OKC MovesAgain
The RAIN Oklahoma City offices
are relocatingeffective October I.
Our new addressand phone
numberswill be:
I 60 I N. Drexel Blvd
Okla. City OK 73 I 07
(405) 947-3434
FAX (405) 947-6868
"Movingshouldtake care of the
growing painswe have been
experiencing,"stated PamCross,
ExecutiveDirector. "Volunteers
who want to help with moving,
cleaning,paintingor decoratingare
welcome to call".

"My new RA.INTeamhas made the
differencethat hasallowedme to stay in
my home. I had been consideringselling
it and movingcloserto my mother, but I
was not loo0ng forward to living in an
apartment,beinga burden to my family,
whilemy motherhad her own home and
responsibilities.
Theteam has helped me
tremendously. They have inspired and
supported me more than anyone could
have imagined. They are a blessingto
count always."
Thank you, Nick, for sharing how
much your team means to you. The
neatest thing is that your team
members feel just as blessed by
knowing you!

{?~

Pamela S. Cross
Executive Director

RAIN Facts
Since 1990, RAIN volunteers have given
over 126,056hours of service. That equates
to one person working 40 hours per week
for over 60 years! At$ I 0.00 per hour, it
also equates to 1.26 million dollars!

September1997

2 TheRAINbow

News from Around the State
West
Alisa Hankins,
former RAIN NN
Assoc. Coordinator,
and husband, Jim,
are
the
proud
parents of a new
baby boy named
James Lee, born on July 12th at 5:09 pm.
Both Alisaand '1amie"are doing well. Joan is
working with the RAIN T earns and clients
that Alisa super-vised in Enid and Stillwater.
Manythanksgo to Linda Herndon and
other members of OKC Village UMC
RAIN Team, hosts of the "First Annual
RAIN Talent Show" and pot-luck dinner in
June. Entertainment was provided by
talented individuals.
Travelingmonthly T earn Rep Meetings
are now scheduled through January, 1998!
We want to thankthe RAIN T earns at OKC
Epworth UMC, EdmondFirst UMC and

EdmondSouthernHillsChristianChurch

,

for hosting our June, July and August
meetings (respectively). Sheryl Mapes,
Director of Community Outreach for
Community Hospice, gave an in-service on
"StressManagement''at the July meeting and
will present "Communicating With The
Client in Crisis" at our October meeting at
Lighthouse MCC.

St. Monica's Catholic Church in
Edmond was a beautiful setting for the July
RAIN Training. We were welcomed by Fr.
A.nthonyTaylor and church members Ethel
Schraad, Pam Burnside and others who
prepared delicious muffins in the morning
and lunches at noon. Six RAIN Team Reps
shared their experiences as RAIN volunteersand answered trainees' questions at
the Julytraining. A new RAIN T earn will be
sponsored by the OKC Church of the

Open Arms.
We are pleased to be holding RAIN
Training at Our Lady's Cathedral of
Perpetual Help in Oklahoma City on
September 20th and 27th.
RAIN welcomes student Jolynda
Hennigh who is doing a 75-hour practicum
under Joan's supervision. Jolynda is a
Chemical Dependency major at UCO in
Edmond.
-Joan Foreman

Southwest
Due to valued input
from SW RAIN volunteers, our monthly
RAIN Team Rep meeting
has become a traveling
quarterly event!. The next
meeting is scheduled for
Monday, September I 5, 7:00-9:00 pm at
Centenary UMC. 704 SW "D" Avenue in
Lawton. We will share a covered dish
dinner. All MINT earn members are invited
to come learn and share with each other.
Lawton'sAIDS Walk is scheduled for
Sunday, Oct. 5 - please call Saundra at
405.351.2437 for more information.
It never ceases to amaze me how
overwhelming each new client intake can
be. One would think that after a few clients
the stories would begin to seem alike that
even the "Quilt" can't begin to touch them
all. Certain eyes,smiles,tone of voice, shrug
of the shoulders;humor in spite of the pain,
hurt and disappointments; the long look, a
briefglimmer of hope in the eyes that are, at
last,trustinga smallgroup of people into her
life. Those who were once strangers are
now a part of her daily life; a hug, a smile, a
shared hour of fellowship. Hope for
tomorrow and the day after.
I'm proud of my RAIN T earn members
and volunteers!
-Saundra Powell

East
Transition seems to be the only constant on this side of the state. Mer a year
with MIN, Jeffrey Knox hashad to resign as
Volunteer Coordinator. Cora Westman has
acceptedthis quarter-time position. She has
also been acceptedas a National AIDS Fund
AmeriCorps participant for the coming
schoolyear. Cora will lead the AmeriCorps
team aswell as work with RAIN to develop
a "Summer RAIN" pilot program to train
Tulsa area teens to be RAIN volunteers.
Work is exciting and exhausting these
days in the HIV/AIDS field. With the media
focusing on the new medicines available,
many misconceptions abound that we have
a cure - I wish this were true. It is true we
have clients getting better, but people
continue to die. The journey continues.
-Kathy Bird

•

Calendar

August
29th - Sapulpa Dinner & Auction
September
03 - HIV/AIDS Community Update, Drs.
Beal & Peake, Tulsa
05 - Club Kaosfundraiser, OKC
I 5 - Quarterly SW OK Rep meeting,
Centenary UMC. Lawton
12 - Audra Sommers at Silver Star
fundraiser, Tulsa
20 & 27 - Western OK RAIN Tearn
training,
Our
Lady's Cathedral
Mercy Center, OKC
22 - T earn Rep meetings, OKC. Tulsa
October
05 - Lawton Area AIDS Walk
7-1 I - AIDS AwarenessSeriesat Boston Ave
UMC School of Continuing Education,
Tulsa
17-19 - NAMES Quilt Display, Tulsa
25 - SE OK RAIN Update, HIV Meds &
Resistance
27 - T earn Rep meeting, OKC. Tulsa
November
7, 8 & 9 - Care T earn Conference, Atlanta,
GA
24 - T earn Rep meeting, United Methodist
Church of the Servant Care Center,
OKC
December
22 - T earn Rep meeting, Southern Hills
BaptistChurch BuildingAnnex 14, OKC

January
26 - T earn Rep meeting, Our Lady's
Cathedral Mercy Center, OKC

RAINAppreciates
Your Support
Individual,church and corporate gifts
are essentialto RAIN continuing to
recruit, train, link, and support RAIN
teams with RAIN clients. Please
consider making a gift to RAIN today
to honor or memorialize a loved one.

September1997

l TheRAINbow

DONATIONS
INDIVIDUAL DONORS
(In alphabeticalorder)
Brent Barnes ♦ Ann Bartlett Burke ♦
Jackie & Barbara Cooper ♦ Stephanie
Grubbs ♦ Karen S. Harris ♦ Kent A. Mauk
♦ Dennis Parker ♦ Emily,AJexander
Shurley.

MONTHLY CONTRIBUTORS
Roy & ,AJine Brown ♦ Dolores &

RobertBrowning ♦ JeffreyGaughan ♦ Billie
Hurst Gasaway ♦ Terry Knapp ♦ Warren
& Margaret May ♦ Mary Catherine & Skip
Smothermon ♦ Carol Woods.
MEMORIALS
Bill Allen by T adaaki & Susan Hatta ♦
Brett Barlow by Sherril Spaar ♦ Damon
Bosse by Terry Knapp ♦ Read Browning
by PeggyPrucha & M.A. Thompson ♦ J.B.
Chenoweth & Randy Hurst by Billie Hurst
♦ Milton Leroy "Wes" Fletcher on his
38th Birthday 6(23/97 by Mark & Pauline
Fletcher♦ John Hocking by Terry Knapp ♦
Bob Knott by Richard Wawro; Polly
Houston; Miller's Floor Store ♦ Stephen
Mayby Warren & Margaret May ♦ Michael
May by Warren & Margaret May ♦ Ken
Miller by Mary Stevens,Judy Morrison, John
Jennings,Nancy Smith & Garline Wheatley;
members of Edmond I st Pres RAIN Team
(Ken's former Team) ♦ Brian Pool by
Richard & Mary Pool ♦ Those who've
Died by JT Moore ♦ Brooks Tuttle by Polly
Houston.

IN HONOR OF:
Those who Serve by JT Moore

♦

STAY by Barbara Belk ♦ Marriage of Clark
Wiens& MichelleMarrsby All Souls RAIN
T earn B-T ulsa.

Many thanks to Charles Faudree, the
Hope CandlelightHome Tour Committee,
home owners, and volunteers for a
tremendouslysuccessfulevent that provided
much-needed support for RAIN. Mercf
beaucoup!

RAIN 1997 Holiday Ornament

ORGANIZATIONSandFOUNDATIONS
St. Michael's Episcopal Church,
Norman ♦ Oklahoma Conference of The
United Methodist Church, OKC ♦ First
Presbyterian Church, Edmond ♦ DIFFA
New York City ♦ Episcopal Church
Women, Diocese of Oklahoma, OKC ♦
Tramps, OKC ♦ United Life Church, OKC.

INKIND DONATIONS
Kodak CarouselSlide Projectorby
Larry Crosby ♦ SWB CallingCards by
PatsyEdwards.♦ ~yal 1803 ZMR Copier
by

Melvin

♦ Panasonic

L.

Gilbertson,

Sapulpa

TelephoneAnswering
System

with Fax by Kandyce Kahn, OKC ♦ Public
ServiceAnnouncements by KCCU "Classic
FM" radio, Cameron University, Lawton ♦
SWB Prepaid Calling Card by Kayla
McClurg ♦ Office Supplies by Saundra
Powell ♦ Desk for Tulsa Office by Rae
Reynolds♦ Walgreen PHONECARDPlus
by RichardWawro.

Opera Benefits RAIN
Christ The King Opera Lighting the
Darknesspresentedit fifth program of opera
scenes August 16 with its program titled
"Opera by the Slice...with Broadway on the
Side". Proceeds from the event benefit St.
JosephResidence,"Our House", and RAIN.

Fund Raisers Slated

A SpecialThank You

Second Edition
Ornament Arrives

Two exciting fund raisers have been
sheduled during August and September.
Audra Sommers is holding her second
annualfund raiser in Tulsa at the Silver Star,
1565 S. Sheridan, at I 0:30 pm Friday,
September 12. A lively evening of
entertainment and an auction is planned.
Cover charge is $ I .00 at the door.
Ernestine
Dillard,
internationally
renowned vocalist and RAIN Board
member, will perform in concert at 5 pm
Sunday, Oct 19, at All Souls Unitarian
Church, Tulsa.A love offering will be taken.
,AJIproceedsfrom both events will go to
RAINto benefit PLWAs in the Tulsa area.

RAIN'ssecondannualholidayornament
beautifully captures a symbol of peace, the
white dove holding two long stemmed calla'
lilies. Intertwined with the dove is a red
ribbon representingthe international symbol
of AIDS awareness.
This collector's edition ornament is
crafted in solid brasswith 24 kt. gold finish
and brightly colored enamels.
Proceeds from ornament sales help
RAIN Oklahoma continue its mission of
education and service. The price is only
$ I 5 .00 (tax included). Quantities are
limited. VISA & MasterCard accepted. To
order, call405.232.4372. Outside the OKC
Metro area call 1.800.324.RAIN (7246).

In Memoriam
Sand SpringsSt. Matthews Episcopal
Victor
Tulsa PFLAG
Steven
Tulsa All Souls Unitarian Tearn B
Michael
Tulsa First Presbyterian
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THE RAINBOW
A Publication
of RegionalAIDSInterfaithNetworkOklahoma
Volume8 Number3
September1997

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Pamela S. Cross, MPH
Executive Director
OklahomaCity Office:
JoanR. Foreman
W OK Coordinator
WesleyT Wise
Executive Assistant

JeanFelix
Secretary

Rev.KathyMcCallie
Jeni MarkhamClewell
Volunteer Coordinators

1200 N. Walker
Suite 505
Okla. City OK 73103-3743
405.232.4372 fax 405.235.RAIN
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
4154 S Harvard.STEH-1
TulsaOK 74135-2602
918.749.4195
fax 918.749.4213
SouthwestOK Office:
SaundraPowell
SW OK Associate Coordinator

Centenary
United MethodistChurch
704 SW "D" Avenue
LawtonOK 7350 I
405.351.AIDS
Community EducationOffice:
Dannette RussellGeren
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)
NationalMinorityAIDS Council
(NMAC)
Wesley T. Wise, Editor

The Director's Desk
eople think that unless they
can devote themselves like
Mother Teresa, they will
not make a difference; but
that is not true. One person reaching
out to one person can make a
difference, both in the life of the one
being touched, and those that he
touches."
- Alfonso Watt.
Each Sunday, my minister asksthe
congregation 'What good thing has
happened to you this week?" It has
taken us a while to get accustomed to
the question and longer still becoming
comfortable saying out loud the good
things that happen to us. It is usually
easier to think and talk about our
problems that our blessing.
But good things do happen; people
reach out to others; we are creating a
better world in spite of those who
predict doom. I was reminded ofthis
recently when I read a letter from a
RAIN client who wrote:

RAIN OKC MovesAgain
The RAIN Oklahoma City offices
are relocatingeffective October I.
Our new addressand phone
numberswill be:
I 60 I N. Drexel Blvd
Okla. City OK 73 I 07
(405) 947-3434
FAX (405) 947-6868
"Movingshouldtake care of the
growing painswe have been
experiencing,"stated PamCross,
ExecutiveDirector. "Volunteers
who want to help with moving,
cleaning,paintingor decoratingare
welcome to call".

"My new RA.INTeamhas made the
differencethat hasallowedme to stay in
my home. I had been consideringselling
it and movingcloserto my mother, but I
was not loo0ng forward to living in an
apartment,beinga burden to my family,
whilemy motherhad her own home and
responsibilities.
Theteam has helped me
tremendously. They have inspired and
supported me more than anyone could
have imagined. They are a blessingto
count always."
Thank you, Nick, for sharing how
much your team means to you. The
neatest thing is that your team
members feel just as blessed by
knowing you!

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Pamela S. Cross
Executive Director

RAIN Facts
Since 1990, RAIN volunteers have given
over 126,056hours of service. That equates
to one person working 40 hours per week
for over 60 years! At$ I 0.00 per hour, it
also equates to 1.26 million dollars!

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News from Around the State
West
Alisa Hankins,
former RAIN NN
Assoc. Coordinator,
and husband, Jim,
are
the
proud
parents of a new
baby boy named
James Lee, born on July 12th at 5:09 pm.
Both Alisaand '1amie"are doing well. Joan is
working with the RAIN T earns and clients
that Alisa super-vised in Enid and Stillwater.
Manythanksgo to Linda Herndon and
other members of OKC Village UMC
RAIN Team, hosts of the "First Annual
RAIN Talent Show" and pot-luck dinner in
June. Entertainment was provided by
talented individuals.
Travelingmonthly T earn Rep Meetings
are now scheduled through January, 1998!
We want to thankthe RAIN T earns at OKC
Epworth UMC, EdmondFirst UMC and

EdmondSouthernHillsChristianChurch

,

for hosting our June, July and August
meetings (respectively). Sheryl Mapes,
Director of Community Outreach for
Community Hospice, gave an in-service on
"StressManagement''at the July meeting and
will present "Communicating With The
Client in Crisis" at our October meeting at
Lighthouse MCC.

St. Monica's Catholic Church in
Edmond was a beautiful setting for the July
RAIN Training. We were welcomed by Fr.
A.nthonyTaylor and church members Ethel
Schraad, Pam Burnside and others who
prepared delicious muffins in the morning
and lunches at noon. Six RAIN Team Reps
shared their experiences as RAIN volunteersand answered trainees' questions at
the Julytraining. A new RAIN T earn will be
sponsored by the OKC Church of the

Open Arms.
We are pleased to be holding RAIN
Training at Our Lady's Cathedral of
Perpetual Help in Oklahoma City on
September 20th and 27th.
RAIN welcomes student Jolynda
Hennigh who is doing a 75-hour practicum
under Joan's supervision. Jolynda is a
Chemical Dependency major at UCO in
Edmond.
-Joan Foreman

Southwest
Due to valued input
from SW RAIN volunteers, our monthly
RAIN Team Rep meeting
has become a traveling
quarterly event!. The next
meeting is scheduled for
Monday, September I 5, 7:00-9:00 pm at
Centenary UMC. 704 SW "D" Avenue in
Lawton. We will share a covered dish
dinner. All MINT earn members are invited
to come learn and share with each other.
Lawton'sAIDS Walk is scheduled for
Sunday, Oct. 5 - please call Saundra at
405.351.2437 for more information.
It never ceases to amaze me how
overwhelming each new client intake can
be. One would think that after a few clients
the stories would begin to seem alike that
even the "Quilt" can't begin to touch them
all. Certain eyes,smiles,tone of voice, shrug
of the shoulders;humor in spite of the pain,
hurt and disappointments; the long look, a
briefglimmer of hope in the eyes that are, at
last,trustinga smallgroup of people into her
life. Those who were once strangers are
now a part of her daily life; a hug, a smile, a
shared hour of fellowship. Hope for
tomorrow and the day after.
I'm proud of my RAIN T earn members
and volunteers!
-Saundra Powell

East
Transition seems to be the only constant on this side of the state. Mer a year
with MIN, Jeffrey Knox hashad to resign as
Volunteer Coordinator. Cora Westman has
acceptedthis quarter-time position. She has
also been acceptedas a National AIDS Fund
AmeriCorps participant for the coming
schoolyear. Cora will lead the AmeriCorps
team aswell as work with RAIN to develop
a "Summer RAIN" pilot program to train
Tulsa area teens to be RAIN volunteers.
Work is exciting and exhausting these
days in the HIV/AIDS field. With the media
focusing on the new medicines available,
many misconceptions abound that we have
a cure - I wish this were true. It is true we
have clients getting better, but people
continue to die. The journey continues.
-Kathy Bird

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Calendar

August
29th - Sapulpa Dinner & Auction
September
03 - HIV/AIDS Community Update, Drs.
Beal & Peake, Tulsa
05 - Club Kaosfundraiser, OKC
I 5 - Quarterly SW OK Rep meeting,
Centenary UMC. Lawton
12 - Audra Sommers at Silver Star
fundraiser, Tulsa
20 & 27 - Western OK RAIN Tearn
training,
Our
Lady's Cathedral
Mercy Center, OKC
22 - T earn Rep meetings, OKC. Tulsa
October
05 - Lawton Area AIDS Walk
7-1 I - AIDS AwarenessSeriesat Boston Ave
UMC School of Continuing Education,
Tulsa
17-19 - NAMES Quilt Display, Tulsa
25 - SE OK RAIN Update, HIV Meds &
Resistance
27 - T earn Rep meeting, OKC. Tulsa
November
7, 8 & 9 - Care T earn Conference, Atlanta,
GA
24 - T earn Rep meeting, United Methodist
Church of the Servant Care Center,
OKC
December
22 - T earn Rep meeting, Southern Hills
BaptistChurch BuildingAnnex 14, OKC

January
26 - T earn Rep meeting, Our Lady's
Cathedral Mercy Center, OKC

RAINAppreciates
Your Support
Individual,church and corporate gifts
are essentialto RAIN continuing to
recruit, train, link, and support RAIN
teams with RAIN clients. Please
consider making a gift to RAIN today
to honor or memorialize a loved one.

September1997

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DONATIONS
INDIVIDUAL DONORS
(In alphabeticalorder)
Brent Barnes ♦ Ann Bartlett Burke ♦
Jackie & Barbara Cooper ♦ Stephanie
Grubbs ♦ Karen S. Harris ♦ Kent A. Mauk
♦ Dennis Parker ♦ Emily,AJexander
Shurley.

MONTHLY CONTRIBUTORS
Roy & ,AJine Brown ♦ Dolores &

RobertBrowning ♦ JeffreyGaughan ♦ Billie
Hurst Gasaway ♦ Terry Knapp ♦ Warren
& Margaret May ♦ Mary Catherine & Skip
Smothermon ♦ Carol Woods.
MEMORIALS
Bill Allen by T adaaki & Susan Hatta ♦
Brett Barlow by Sherril Spaar ♦ Damon
Bosse by Terry Knapp ♦ Read Browning
by PeggyPrucha & M.A. Thompson ♦ J.B.
Chenoweth & Randy Hurst by Billie Hurst
♦ Milton Leroy "Wes" Fletcher on his
38th Birthday 6(23/97 by Mark & Pauline
Fletcher♦ John Hocking by Terry Knapp ♦
Bob Knott by Richard Wawro; Polly
Houston; Miller's Floor Store ♦ Stephen
Mayby Warren & Margaret May ♦ Michael
May by Warren & Margaret May ♦ Ken
Miller by Mary Stevens,Judy Morrison, John
Jennings,Nancy Smith & Garline Wheatley;
members of Edmond I st Pres RAIN Team
(Ken's former Team) ♦ Brian Pool by
Richard & Mary Pool ♦ Those who've
Died by JT Moore ♦ Brooks Tuttle by Polly
Houston.

IN HONOR OF:
Those who Serve by JT Moore

♦

STAY by Barbara Belk ♦ Marriage of Clark
Wiens& MichelleMarrsby All Souls RAIN
T earn B-T ulsa.

Many thanks to Charles Faudree, the
Hope CandlelightHome Tour Committee,
home owners, and volunteers for a
tremendouslysuccessfulevent that provided
much-needed support for RAIN. Mercf
beaucoup!

RAIN 1997 Holiday Ornament

ORGANIZATIONSandFOUNDATIONS
St. Michael's Episcopal Church,
Norman ♦ Oklahoma Conference of The
United Methodist Church, OKC ♦ First
Presbyterian Church, Edmond ♦ DIFFA
New York City ♦ Episcopal Church
Women, Diocese of Oklahoma, OKC ♦
Tramps, OKC ♦ United Life Church, OKC.

INKIND DONATIONS
Kodak CarouselSlide Projectorby
Larry Crosby ♦ SWB CallingCards by
PatsyEdwards.♦ ~yal 1803 ZMR Copier
by

Melvin

♦ Panasonic

L.

Gilbertson,

Sapulpa

TelephoneAnswering
System

with Fax by Kandyce Kahn, OKC ♦ Public
ServiceAnnouncements by KCCU "Classic
FM" radio, Cameron University, Lawton ♦
SWB Prepaid Calling Card by Kayla
McClurg ♦ Office Supplies by Saundra
Powell ♦ Desk for Tulsa Office by Rae
Reynolds♦ Walgreen PHONECARDPlus
by RichardWawro.

Opera Benefits RAIN
Christ The King Opera Lighting the
Darknesspresentedit fifth program of opera
scenes August 16 with its program titled
"Opera by the Slice...with Broadway on the
Side". Proceeds from the event benefit St.
JosephResidence,"Our House", and RAIN.

Fund Raisers Slated

A SpecialThank You

Second Edition
Ornament Arrives

Two exciting fund raisers have been
sheduled during August and September.
Audra Sommers is holding her second
annualfund raiser in Tulsa at the Silver Star,
1565 S. Sheridan, at I 0:30 pm Friday,
September 12. A lively evening of
entertainment and an auction is planned.
Cover charge is $ I .00 at the door.
Ernestine
Dillard,
internationally
renowned vocalist and RAIN Board
member, will perform in concert at 5 pm
Sunday, Oct 19, at All Souls Unitarian
Church, Tulsa.A love offering will be taken.
,AJIproceedsfrom both events will go to
RAINto benefit PLWAs in the Tulsa area.

RAIN'ssecondannualholidayornament
beautifully captures a symbol of peace, the
white dove holding two long stemmed calla'
lilies. Intertwined with the dove is a red
ribbon representingthe international symbol
of AIDS awareness.
This collector's edition ornament is
crafted in solid brasswith 24 kt. gold finish
and brightly colored enamels.
Proceeds from ornament sales help
RAIN Oklahoma continue its mission of
education and service. The price is only
$ I 5 .00 (tax included). Quantities are
limited. VISA & MasterCard accepted. To
order, call405.232.4372. Outside the OKC
Metro area call 1.800.324.RAIN (7246).

In Memoriam
Sand SpringsSt. Matthews Episcopal
Victor
Tulsa PFLAG
Steven
Tulsa All Souls Unitarian Tearn B
Michael
Tulsa First Presbyterian
Ken

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