AIDS Response Effort, Inc. (ARE)

12/19/2025

ONE MORE DAY!!!! We can't wait to spend time with Shi-Queeta Lee and her amazing Divas!! Get your tickets now and make sure to wear your most festive holiday gear!

The DIVAS are taking over Bright Box on December 20th and they’re doing it for a cause that matters.

Get ready for a night packed with big energy, bold performances, and all the fabulous chaos Shi-Queeta Lee and her cast bring every time they hit the stage. This show is supporting the AIDS Response Effort, Inc. (ARE) here in Wi******er, so every ticket helps uplift a local organization doing essential work in our community.

💋 Stunning looks
🎤 Show-stopping numbers
✨ A room full of love, joy, and giving back

Bring your friends, grab a drink, and come celebrate a night where entertainment and purpose meet. This one is going to shine. ❤️

🎟👉 https://tixr.com/e/163185

12/19/2025

Good morning community!

We wanted to post the ARE holiday hours for CHR.
Next week, Monday 12/22, we will have CHR walk-in hours only from 11-3 at our Piccadilly location- 124 W. Piccadilly St.

CHR will not be available the rest of next week! Have a great holiday from all of us with the CHR team!

12/18/2025

ARE's Offices will be closed:
- Dec. 24th - Dec. 26th
- Dec. 31st - Jan. 2nd.

We hope everyone has a wonderful holiday and gets a chance to rest! We will be back in the office on January 5th and ready for another amazing year!

12/12/2025

Sara Jenkins, ARE's CHR Director, went live with Bright Box today to discuss the upcoming A DIVA's Christmas Special! Check out what she had to say and then get your tickets!! https://www.tixr.com/groups/brightboxtheater/events/a-diva-s-christmas-special-benefiting-winchester-s-first-lgbtq-center-163185

12/12/2025

Did you get your tickets yet? Don't wait!! https://www.tixr.com/groups/brightboxtheater/events/a-diva-s-christmas-special-benefiting-winchester-s-first-lgbtq-center-163185

The DIVAS are taking over Bright Box on December 20th and they’re doing it for a cause that matters.

Get ready for a night packed with big energy, bold performances, and all the fabulous chaos Shi-Queeta Lee and her cast bring every time they hit the stage. This show is supporting the AIDS Response Effort, Inc. (ARE) here in Wi******er, so every ticket helps uplift a local organization doing essential work in our community.

💋 Stunning looks
🎤 Show-stopping numbers
✨ A room full of love, joy, and giving back

Bring your friends, grab a drink, and come celebrate a night where entertainment and purpose meet. This one is going to shine. ❤️

🎟👉 https://tixr.com/e/163185

12/09/2025

At ARE, we know that drag has always been more than entertainment, it's activism, resistance, joy, and community care in motion. Drag artists have long stood on the front lines of LGBTQ+ liberation and HIV advocacy, using their voices and stages to raise awareness, fight stigma and uplift our communities.

As we deepen our work in healing-centered care, we're honored to collaborate with as well as support performers who bring both artistry and heart to this community.

We invite you to support upcoming local drag performances, including the upcoming 3rd annual Diva's Christmas Special Benefiting ARE!

- ARE EVENT: Dec. 20th: 3rd Annual Diva's Christmas Show benefiting ARE at Bright Box Theater! https://tinyurl.com/aredivas2025

- LOCAL EVENT: Dec. 19th: Make it a Holiday Drag Weekend and support our local drag performers at Drag Bingo with Chasity Vain at 5050 Taphouse! https://www.facebook.com/events/1626266415409428

- ARE EVENT: Dec. 12th: Crunch and Munch at ARE. Holiday Potluck and Drag Story Time with Mx Wi******er Pride, Ava Rage! https://tinyurl.com/arecrunchandmunch

12/08/2025

Alright friends and community, our staff need your help!

The staff are involved in a door decorating contest. Please vote for your favorite!
To vote, either “like” or “love” the door of your choice.

Voting ends Monday, December 15th at 5pm. Happy voting!

12/08/2025

It’s our first day of walk-in CHR services! Find us for walk-in services at 124 W. Piccadilly St. every Monday from 11am-3pm. Ask for Sara!

12/05/2025

Due to weather and cold temperatures, there will be no CHR services at our Amherst location today. Please come see us from 1-3pm at our Piccadilly location for walk-in CHR services.

Please call or text 540-532-0294 if you have questions.

12/05/2025

For the safety of clients and staff, ARE will open at 10am.

12/04/2025

Our CHR team wants to send a big thank you to Chief Lewis with the Wi******er City Police Department for having us at the table today to ensure the new officers have community resources before they hit the streets.

This relationship, we think, can be one of success and not stigma. Coming together for the community as a whole is how we succeed. We’re so excited to have had this opportunity today!

12/03/2025

For our last post for GIVING TUESDAY, we want to remind everyone to join us for the annual DIVA's Christmas Special at Bright Box Wi******er on December 20th, 2025. Half of all proceeds benefit ARE.

Get your tickets here: https://www.tixr.com/groups/brightboxtheater/events/a-diva-s-christmas-special-benefiting-winchester-s-first-lgbtq-center-163185