A message from TOUCH Executive Director Julian Palmer! After five years at TOUCH, I’m thinking about all the impact that our team and supporters have had and continue to have today. Together we’ve helped thousands of people gain access to nutritious food, quality medical care, and nutritional counseling. It’s not just about giving people food […]
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The Rockland Community Against Hunger coalition was featured in local media this past month, speaking out and raising awareness of the growing need for help to provide food for food insecure residents of Rockland County. Rockland Community Against Hunger (RCAH) and United Way of Rockland County led the charge to raise awareness and much needed funds […]
Today is Dio Dominguez’ last day as TOUCH’s Deputy Director and Medical Case Management Program Manager! For over 25 years he has provided the highest standard of service for TOUCH, our members and our community. Dio started at TOUCH as a volunteer in 1994 during the darkest days of the AIDS pandemic, when AIDS was […]
The New York Times recently highlighted this little recognized link to poor Covid outcomes: “People with poorly controlled diabetes are especially vulnerable to severe illness from Covid, partly because diabetes impairs the immune system but also because those with the disease often struggle with high blood pressure, obesity and other underlying medical conditions that can […]
What a year it’s been! Please enjoy this special year end video made by Time Machine Film Works highlighting our Covid response this year. Please click here to view. Our amazing team and partners have provided food for over 2 MILLION meals since the pandemic began! As well as thousands of services we’ve provided to […]
Congrats to TOUCH Executive Director Julian Palmer on his appointment to the HIV Health and Human Services Planning Council of New York. The Council oversees over $90 million in annual Ryan White grants and programs; their mission is to ensure that people living with HIV and AIDS in the New York metro area have access […]
TOUCH THANKS OUR PARTNERS WHO HAVE HELPED US DELIVER FOOD FOR OVER 1.2 MILLION MEALS DURING THE COVID CRISIS TO PREVENT HUNGER IN ROCKLAND AND ORANGE COUNTIES TOUCH-Together Our Unity Can Heal, Inc. and our partners in the Rockland Community Against Hunger have distributed food for over 1.2 million meals during the 12 months since […]
This year, December 1 is both World AIDS Day & Giving Tuesday! TOUCH is proud to have served those affected by the HIV pandemic for thirty years now. Many people living with HIV/AIDS in Rockland & Orange Counties are counting on us more than ever in these difficult times. On this Giving Tuesday, TOUCH asks […]
Escape to the cultural heart of the Hudson Valley without ever leaving your living room when the Dancers Responding to AIDS Hudson Valley Dance Festival goes virtual at 7 pm Eastern on Saturday, October 10 with dance made for the moment. TOUCH is honored to be selected as a beneficiary of the Virtual Hudson Valley […]
Each year, suicide claims more lives than war, murder, and natural disasters combined. Yet suicide prevention doesn’t receive anywhere near the funding as other leading causes of death.Together we can change the conversation about mental health and put a stop to this tragic loss of life. In the context of TOUCH’s work to promote health and well-being […]