Who We Are

Blue Mountain Heart to Heart was conceived by a task force of health care officials, service agencies, and concerned individuals who came together to create a coordinated response to the earliest cases of HIV/AIDS in the Walla Walla Valley. As science worked to unravel the cause, effect and treatment for HIV/AIDS and laws were enacted to protect those affected, the heart of our work was and remains compassion for those in need.

Formally incorporated in 1991 as a private non-profit community based organization, Heart to Heart continues its commitment to providing positive, non-judgmental, HIV/AIDS support services and resources in an effort to:

• prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS through direct client contact, syringe exchange, educational programs, and anonymous HIV testing and counseling
• help provide support services to people living with HIV/AIDS, their partners, families, and friends
  
• collaborate with area agencies to effectively serve clients and prevent the spread of HIV
  
• heighten public awareness and dispel myths surrounding HIV/AIDS and its transmission
  
• provide access to HIV education, prevention materials, and case management to the growing Spanish-speaking population in our service area

Heart to Heart encourages diversity in our community through participation in partnerships like the United Way. As the lead agency for the Blue Mountain HIV/AIDS Consortium, serving on the Region I Planning Group for the State of Washington, as the representative for Columbia County at Region I AIDSNET Coordinators meetings, and having been chosen to participate in the Washington State HIV/AIDS Policy summit in 1995 and 2001, Heart to Heart works to represent the needs of rural communities in the fight against HIV/AIDS.

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