Shepherd Wellness Community

Shepherd Wellness Community Shepherd Wellness Community's mission is helping people living with HIV/AIDS improve their Wellness The first dinner was held in October 1987.
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In the summer of 1987, four young men living with AIDS, a social worker, and a physician met with Episcopal Priest Father Lynn Edwards to discuss the effects of AIDS and HIV infection in the Pittsburgh area. Then, as today, Pennsylvania ranked among the top 10 states with the most cases of AIDS. Yet there was no place where people with this disease could socialize with their partners, families and

friends in a safe and secure setting. From that meeting grew the Shepherd Wellness Community, a gathering place and resource center for people with HIV/AIDS and their loved ones. The tradition of a nourishing meal accompanied by health education programs, peer support, wellness classes and socialization continues to this day, as we welcome people across the spectrum of age, race, sexual orientation, and gender identity. SERVICES PROVIDED
• The only HIV/AIDS community in Western Pennsylvania.
• More than 7,000 wellness dinners each year improve nutrition and provide social support.
• HIV Support groups boost mental and physical health
and guide members through the challenges of living
with HIV/AIDS.
• Peer Counseling phone calls offer a lifeline of help by
providing support, information and referrals to connect
members with HIV/AIDS services.
• Treatment education speakers help our members
improve their wellness and provide the latest
information about HIV/AIDS treatment and medical
advances.
• Wellness programs improve quality of life by
addressing the six dimensions of wellness (social,
occupational, spiritual, physical, intellectual and
emotional).
• Transportation assistance, in the form of bus tickets
or mileage reimbursement, helps our members access
our services.
• Quality of Life Respite Outings combat isolation
and loneliness and provide supportive community for
people living with HIV and their loved ones.

Tickets are on sale now for the SWC Red Ribbon Benefit supporting our 2025 Kitchen Renovation. For more information and ...
08/15/2024

Tickets are on sale now for the SWC Red Ribbon Benefit supporting our 2025 Kitchen Renovation. For more information and to purchase tickets:

Tickets on sale now! Thursday, October 10, 2024 At the Carnegie Library & Music Hall – 300 Beechwood Avenue -Carnegie, PA 15106 Hosted by David Highfield & Courtney Moran Honorees for distinguished service to the Shepherd Wellness Community Linda Rose Frank, PhD –  Bruce Kraus, Pittsburgh City...

The Center for Organ Recovery and Education (CORE) recently did a presentation at SWC. Key parts of the presentation in...
08/01/2024

The Center for Organ Recovery and Education (CORE) recently did a presentation at SWC. Key parts of the presentation included busting the myth that you do not qualify to be an organ donor because of an HIV or Hep C diagnosis. If you are considering Organ Donation please talk to your doctor and be a hero become an organ donor....

PA Donor Day is here! We are celebrating today, 8/1, because 8 lives can be saved by just 1 organ donor. 💙💚

Spread the word and celebrate Donor Day with us by registering your decision to be an organ, eye and tissue donor at https://ow.ly/zW1l50SNz3c

07/29/2024

With Allegheny County Covid infection rates on the rise, and keeping member safety foremost in mind, masks are encouraged (not required) at this time while in the SWC building.

If you develop symptoms and test positive for COVID, please alert us immediately by calling 412 683 4477 or by emailing [email protected]

If you test positive for COVID-19, please stay home for at least 5 days and isolate from others in your home. You are likely infectious during the first 5 days.

Once symptoms begin improving you may return to SWC functions after day 5 if you are fever-free for 24 hours (without the use of fever-reducing medication), AND you have a negative test for COVID-19.

You must continue to mask through day 10.

SWC has test kits and masks available for you, should you need them.

Please take care, be safe and follow the wise health guidance outlined above.

07/25/2024
Workplace giving campaigns thru the United Way will be beginning soon. When filling out your United Way pledge form, ple...
07/18/2024

Workplace giving campaigns thru the United Way will be beginning soon. When filling out your United Way pledge form, please consider specifying Contributor Choice Code 3186 to direct all or a portion of your United Way contribution to Shepherd Wellness Community.

The mission of Shepherd Wellness Community is helping people living with HIV/AIDS improve their wellness.

The need for SWC wellness programs has grown as new medical treatments have enabled people with HIV/AIDS to live longer. The goal of our services is to provide the HIV/AIDS community with life-enhancing programs that promote physical, mental, social, occupational, emotional and spiritual wellness.

3186, that’s us, Shepherd Wellness Community, the only HIV/AIDS community center in Western Pennsylvania. Already a donor thank you from the bottom of our heart!

We here at SWC often get phone calls from individuals looking to donate medical supplies and mobility equipment. While ...
07/18/2024

We here at SWC often get phone calls from individuals looking to donate medical supplies and mobility equipment. While we are unable to accept medical supplies and we currently have all of the mobility equipment we need here at our center we would like to remind everyone that our good friends at Global Links is able to accept some of these donations. Please review their webpage information (link provided below) and if you have other questions please contact them directly.

Sharing Surplus. Saving Lives.

We here at SWC send our heartfelt thanks for the work of the amazing men and women who both run and participate in the P...
07/15/2024

We here at SWC send our heartfelt thanks for the work of the amazing men and women who both run and participate in the Pitt Men's Study as they mark 40 years of incredible work!

From The NIH National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute: In the 1980s, infection with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, was often viewed as a death sentence. With no treatments available and little un…

We can't thank The Pittsburgh Foundation Small & Mighty enough for the support, both past and present. This grant will g...
07/11/2024

We can't thank The Pittsburgh Foundation Small & Mighty enough for the support, both past and present. This grant will go a long way to help with operating expenses not currently funded as well as some needed updates to our computer security and equipment updates.

Good things are happening at SWC.

Funding initiative surpasses $3 million with recent cycle

Happy 4th of July!
07/02/2024

Happy 4th of July!

We can't thank Eden Hall Foundation enough for the support, both past and present. This grant will go a long way to help...
06/25/2024

We can't thank Eden Hall Foundation enough for the support, both past and present. This grant will go a long way to help fund our kitchen renovation planned for 2025. It will also fund staffing changes/editions, as well as to revive/reinvent some programs our community members have been asking about.

Good things are happening at SWC.

See what’s new at Eden Hall Foundation. Learn how our grantees are making headlines.

Just a reminder - SWC will be closed tomorrow Wednesday June 19th in observance of Juneteenth.
06/18/2024

Just a reminder - SWC will be closed tomorrow Wednesday June 19th in observance of Juneteenth.

More details coming soon!
06/13/2024

More details coming soon!

06/13/2024

HIV Conference in Pittsburgh, June 26th, at the Sheraton Station Square

The PA Department of Health, Division of HIV Health is excited for the 2024 HIV Conference being held in Pittsburgh, PA. Registration for this conference is open to anyone from Pennsylvania who has an interest in learning more about HIV including people who utilize HIV services, HIV Prevention and Care providers, community-based organizations, and government agencies/employees. This conference will focus on both statewide initiatives and spotlight some regionally based providers and programs.

Register at:
https://hivpreventionandcareproject.com/2024/04/29/register-for-doh-2024-hiv-conference-in-pittsburgh/

Hey, don't forget to follow us on Instagram.
06/13/2024

Hey, don't forget to follow us on Instagram.

If you know you know.... missing him so much in this month of Pride...
06/12/2024

If you know you know.... missing him so much in this month of Pride...

06/07/2024

Pride flag roasted veggies...

Can you taste the rainbow....the boys in the kitchen say you will tonight at SWC!!!
06/07/2024

Can you taste the rainbow....the boys in the kitchen say you will tonight at SWC!!!

06/06/2024

The 2024 PA LGBTQ+ Health Needs Assessment is currently underway. The purpose of this assessment, which is administered every other year by Bradbury Sullivan LGBT Community Center and Public Health Management Corporation (PHMC), is to strengthen the health and well-being of the LGBTQ+ community.


The assessment aims to fill the void of available research on LGBTQ+ health, identifying health disparities and barriers to care, and exploring possible strategies for addressing these issues. The survey will close in August and is available in both English and Spanish.


English: 2024 PA LGBTQ Health Needs Assessment https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/7444161/4aed5a49c604

Spanish: 2024 PA LGBTQ Needs Assessment - Español https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/7444165/482a905178f1

2024 PA LGBTQ Needs Assessment - Español.

Calling all Fashionistas!
06/04/2024

Calling all Fashionistas!

Friday May 24 - SWC HIV/AIDS Support Group -
05/23/2024

Friday May 24 - SWC HIV/AIDS Support Group -

05/22/2024

Drugs that make cells with self-destruct induce profound viral load drops in mice after just one or two doses.

https://tinyurl.com/y95j8r3b

Allegheny County Government announced a new program yesterday - Allegheny County and Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT) a...
05/21/2024

Allegheny County Government announced a new program yesterday - Allegheny County and Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT) announced a new program called "Allegheny Go," which offers a 50% discount on Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT) fares to working-age residents who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.

Freshly baked cinnamon rolls and quiche in 6 ways... Our brunch and garden tending day was filled with fun.
05/20/2024

Freshly baked cinnamon rolls and quiche in 6 ways... Our brunch and garden tending day was filled with fun.

It's Friday night at SWC and the kitchen is working hard....it's a burger night with some cowboy caviar on the menu! Yu...
05/17/2024

It's Friday night at SWC and the kitchen is working hard....it's a burger night with some cowboy caviar on the menu! Yummy

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4800 Sciota Street
Pittsburgh, PA
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Pride flag roasted veggies...

Have you been "read" lately? We're really reddy! We're redding up the place. 😆 🤣 😂

We could use a couple of extra hands in the Shepherd Wellness Community kitchen this Friday March 29th from 2pm-4pm prepping for our wellness dinner. If interested and able please sign up here: https://wellness.ivolunteer.com/event_635

Shepherd Wellness Community and The Alliance - Pittsburgh are celebrating #GivingTuesdaycampaign by getting our center ready for the holidays! Thank you to The Alliance for their time and to YOU for watching and learning more about what we do. https://swconline.org/donate-online-now/

We could use a couple of extra hands in the kitchen this Friday August 28th from 2pm-4pm prepping for our wellness dinner and 6:15pm-8pm serving and cleaning up after the dinner...If interested and able please sign up here: https://wellness.ivolunteer.com/event_594

Congratulations on your retirement Scott!
Congratulations on your retirement Scott!

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Shepherd Wellness Community

In the summer of 1987 a group of young men living with AIDS, a caring social worker and a physician met with Father Lynn Edwards to discuss the effects of AIDS and HIV infection in the Pittsburgh area.

Then, as today, Pennsylvania ranked among the top 10 states with the most cases of AIDS. Yet there was no place in Pittsburgh where people with this disease could socialize with their partners, families and friends in a safe and secure setting. From this meeting grew the Shepherd Wellness Community – a supportive community for people with HIV/AIDS and their loved ones. The first dinner was held in October 1987, and the tradition of nourishing meals accompanied by wellness

programs and social support continues to this day. A concerned group sitting around a kitchen table has become the only HIV/AIDS community in Western Pennsylvania.

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