Contact information, map and directions, contact form, opening hours, services, ratings, photos, videos and announcements from AIDS Response Effort, Inc. (ARE), 124 West Piccadilly Street, Winchester, VA.
ARE is a non-profit HIV/AIDS, Health, and Housing service organization serving the City of Winchester and Counties of Frederick, Clarke, Warren, Shenandoah, and a portion of Page County Virginia.
11/27/2025
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Today, let’s remember those who are not sitting at the table. Let’s remember those we’ve lost to HIV and AIDS, those we’ve lost due to LGBTQIA+ violence, and those we’ve lost to substance use.
All of these people were parents, siblings, friends, community members, etc. They were all more than their pain and more than a statistic.
While we honor all of these people today, we are reminded of the fight still ahead. We stand in that fight beside each of them ❤️
11/26/2025
ARE and ARE's R.I.S.E Center will be closed on Nov. 27th and 28th for Thanksgiving. We will re-open on Monday Dec. 1st. Have a wonderful holiday!
11/24/2025
Did you know ARE's R.I.S.E Center has a food pantry thanks to our amazing volunteers? Stop by this week for any last minute Thanksgiving needs. No demographic data is collected. Take what you need.
11/21/2025
“Because I knew you, I have been changed for good.”
ARE staff have been through it this year. So we took some time this afternoon for self care and saw Wicked For Good at the Alamo Drafthouse Wi******er. So grateful for a little time together for fun!
11/21/2025
ARE is proud to partner with Visual AIDS for Day With(out) Art 2025 by presenting Meet Us Where We’re At. The theme this year is Harm Reduction.
The films in this year's program are:
Kenneth Idongesit Usoro, Voices of Resilience
Voices of Resilience follows the lives of q***r individuals and drug users living with HIV in Nigeria. Through personal interviews and experimental visual storytelling, the film shows the protagonists’ worlds as they seek out underground harm reduction services.
Hoàng Thái Anh, The Sister’s Journey
Through a documentary style, The Sister’s Journey explores the daily life of a transgender woman in Vietnam using drugs. The film delves into her fear of stigma, struggles she faces, and the vital role of harm reduction services and healthcare available to her.
Gustavo Vinagre and Vinicius Couto, chempassion
In the magical realist film, chempassion, a gay man reminisces about his o**y days and chem s*x, contemplating what the future holds for himself and his close relationships.
Camilo Tapia Flores, Realce (Highlight)
Realce is a documentary short following two HIV-positive friends, DJ Deseo and p**n actor Fernando Brutto, during one of their performances at Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival. The duo move through the streets of Rio and Carnival “blocos,” sharing their reflections on friendship, undetectability, their relationship with s*x, and drug use within their own community.
Camila Flores-Fernández, Ghost in the Park
Ghost in the Park traces the narratives of the community of Görlitzer Park, an area in Berlin known for public drug use and trade. Highlighting “drug consumption buses” that promote safer use and aim to reduce HIV transmission among drug users, the space of the bus is taken as an axis through which the experiences and feelings of the community around the park are amplified.
José Luis Cortés, ¿Por qué tanto dolor? (Why so much pain?)
Instead of asking, “Why so much m**h in the gay community?,” Cortés’s experimental film provokes the deeper question, “Why so much pain?” The film delves into the emotional and social wounds that fuel addiction and risk-taking behaviors.
11/13/2025
Hello community!
Our CHR program is still in need of new or gently used gloves, scarves, and hats for our unsheltered community members. Also, we need socks! (New ones only please).
Donations can be dropped off at our Piccadilly office- 124 W. Piccadilly St.
Thank you so much for your continued support to those who need a little extra as these temps continue to drop.
11/06/2025
Hello from CHR!
Quick note- due to staffing, CHR will be from 9-11am at our Piccadilly office location tomorrow instead of 1-3 at our Amherst location.
Please call 540-532-0294 if you have any questions 😊
11/04/2025
Today is election day in Virginia!
Voting is one of the most powerful ways to shape the world around us.
Support your friends, neighbors, and community members in making their voices heard — especially those who face barriers to voting.
Use your voice where others can’t!
10/29/2025
Come join us at the Mobile Health Hub today from 9-12 at the Food Maxx parking lot on Berryville Ave. We have some hats, gloves and coats donated to us from a community member, Narcan, personal hygiene supplies, condoms, information on how to get tested for HIV and STIs, and more!
There are a lot of great resources and community agencies present!
10/27/2025
Attention 💥
CHR has a new schedule! This schedule is temporary, but will be used until further notice 😊
10/22/2025
Hi friends!
Our CHR team needs your help 🫶🏼
The weather is changing and it’s getting colder, especially the nights. The CHR team serves a lot of folks who are unsheltered and exposed to the frigid air.
We are asking for donations of gloves, scarves, and hats- new or gently used. Donations can be dropped off at the RISE Center, 124 W. Piccadilly St. to Sara, Monday through Friday 8:30am-4pm.
We appreciate our community support more than we could ever say, and we can’t do this work without you!
10/15/2025
Today was kit making day for our CHR team!
Safe use kits ready to be distributed to the community 😊
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AIDS Response Effort, Inc. (ARE) is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization that provides crucial healthcare information and compassionate care for those impacted by HIV/AIDS, homelessness, and human service needs in the Northern Shenandoah Valley Region.
Here’s a list of current services being offered at ARE:
*Medical Case Management (within that umbrella there is financial assistance for medical care, labs, medication, mental health services, support groups, dental care, nutritional therapy, food banks, transportation assistance, linguistic services, vision care, and referrals to other support services in the community.
*Housing Services (which can include first month’s rent, supportive housing placement, utility assistance, deposits, partial or full rent/mortgage payments, hotel vouchers, budget counseling, case management)
