Client Focus
A long way back home

“Vital Bridges got me my apartment. Before that I didn’t always know where I would sleep. Now I wake up. Take my medicine, eat a healthy breakfast, and go to school. I don’t know where I’d be today without Vital Bridges. I’ve come a long way.

Read Betty's story...
Imagine contracting HIV and becoming too weak to work, losing your job, your home and having to choose between food and medication.

Where would you turn to rebuild your life? Strengthen your body? Lift your spirits?

Vital Bridges. Bridges to health. Bridges to hope.

In 1988, an HIV diagnosis for most was a death sentence. Today, HIV is still incurable but those who have the disease – whether rich or poor – can lead fruitful and fulfilling lives with the right medications and resources.

Vital Bridges – at the forefront of helping men, women and children impacted by HIV and AIDS build healthier lives for twenty years.
Announcements
Vital Bridges has a New Look!

We're proud to announce Vital Bridges’ new website! Our new design gives us more opportunity to feature our clients and programs front and center, highlight our events and make donating a cinch. We’ve added new features, including HIV News/Resources, Client Focus and Announcements. Over the next four weeks, we'll be launching the rest of the website and adding a blog, more content to many of the web pages and an E-newsletter. We hope you’ll visit the website often!

10/1/2008 - HARVEST FOR HOPE


October marks the start of our annual food and fund-raising campaign for the holiday season: Harvest for Hope. The need is great, but the solution is simple.  See details...

12/7/2008 - HOLIDAY BRUNCH

Celebrate the Spirit. This holiday season help us kick off the celebration of our 20th Anniversary. Celebrate the Spirit: Twenty Years of Hoping, Helping, and Giving!  See details...
HIV News/Resources
Chicago Unites for World AIDS Day
11/04/2008
World AIDS Day is a day when people from around the world join together to remember those lost to AIDS, educate each other about the disease, and take action to stop the spread of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.   Read More...

Food Costs Feed Health Woes
9/2/2008
After peeling the electronic probes off Sharon Spain's foot and hand, Courtney Jones delivered the good news...  Read More...

Newsletter
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Fall 2008

Henry's in a Pinch

What’s the pinch Henry feels? It’s the same pinch you feel. In the past year, food prices have risen over 4.5 percent. But those staples that are crucial to you and our clients who live with HIV and AIDS – milk, eggs, bread and chicken – rose by double digits. For Henry and the clients that we serve in our grocery centers throughout the week, the cost of these foods is becoming prohibitive.

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