Friday, September 14, 2007

HIV-positive youth educate peers in Delray Beach

It was the first time 11-year-old Avencia Pierre met someone infected with HIV. She knows it won't be the last.

"In life there will be people you meet who have HIV," the Delray Beach resident said Thursday. "It's not anything to be afraid of."

Pierre, along with about 50 other youths at the Naoma Donnelley Haggin Boys & Girls Club in Delray Beach, spent their day off for Rosh Hashana listening to speakers from Treasure the Children Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to HIV education. read more

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