AIDS Service Center

RGOD2: Living in the imagination of God to weave conflicting dreams

The Rev. Canon Albert Ogle - SDGLN Contributor
May 25th, 2012

(Editor’s note: This is Part II of RGOD2 column looking at the 25 years of the AIDS Service Center in Pasadena. To read Part I, click HERE.

All Saints AIDS Service Center was founded 25 years ago in the unlikely city of Pasadena, Calif.

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RGOD2: 25 years ago, Pasadena's AIDS Service Center started with a telephone under the stairs

The Rev. Canon Albert Ogle - SDGLN Contributor
May 18th, 2012

I visited the AIDS Service Center in Pasadena several months ago with Bishop Christopher Senyonjo of Uganda.

The most poignant moment was seeing 90 satchels lined up against the conference room wall with names of children who would be going to local schools while living with HIV. It was a symbol of how this 25-year-old agency has adapted to serve an eighth of Los Angeles County residents living with HIV.

The new executive director, Anthony Guthmiller, told me how things had changed from the early days with support groups and one full time mental health specialist.