Hope Begins with Health
Hope Begins with Health, we can all relate to that, particularly right now and that is why Hope Begins with Health is the battle cry of DAP’s COVID response campaign.
Our roots are deep from the lessons of compassionate care that the AIDS crisis taught us. From those roots, we learned the importance of health equity for all and COVID is calling on us to pay those lessons forward.
We quickly recognized the disastrous local impact the coronavirus pandemic would wield on our community:
- That uncertainty and isolation would breed fear and anxiety
- That people of color, people living with HIV, people living in poverty—would be at higher risk of joblessness, food insecurity, and homelessness.
- And the need for our services would greatly increase.
Using our knowledge, compassion, and infrastructure for the greater good, we are committed to the dual purpose of continuing to care for our 8,000 clients while also supplying support to all those in our community affected by the pandemic.
- We established one of California’s first COVID-19 clinics and a COVID hotline.
- As people test positive & quarantine, we deliver food and essential supplies to aid their recovery.
- And we are providing newly unemployed and uninsured individuals with access to health care and benefits
With the coronavirus sure to continue on its destructive path, DAP remains resolute to expand its services even further.
Your generous support of our Hope Begins with Health campaign will make it possible.
The economic impact of COVID-19 on our community is not just a change in financial circumstances. Rather, the implications have far-reaching consequences on mental health, psychological welfare, and loss of an underlying sense of security.
With your support, we will care for anyone experiencing financial challenges, whether it be a job loss or a change in health status.
Over the decades, DAP has created an extensive database of services and relationships that can stabilize lives. Our case management, traditionally reserved for our HIV-positive clients -will provide people with the vast resources and benefits available at DAP and in our region.
Our community is now struggling with isolation. Loneliness is a precursor for depression and research shows that time plays a critical factor in determining how harmful loneliness can be.
Your generous support of our HOPE BEGINS WITH HEALTH campaign will make it possible for DAP to double our efforts in providing mental health services and will accelerate the build-out of a new mental health clinic.
DAP transforms lives and with your generosity, we will be able to offer hope and health to our community.
DAP will expand the capacity of our COVID-19 clinic to test and treat symptoms of 15,000 people in 2021.
And administer a safe, proven vaccine once it is released.
And, we will never lose sight of fighting HIV.
DAP will increase our at-home HIV testing services. This program, born out of necessity during the COVID pandemic, empowers and protects the health of our community.
Since our inception, DAP’s every success has only been made possible thanks to the extraordinary, continued compassion and generosity of people just like you. For that, DAP’s gratitude knows no bounds.
If you would like to partner with us in this ambitious Campaign —or if you have any questions—please reach out to us so we can reach the neediest in our Valley.
Thank you
David Brinkman
Chief Executive Officer
Contact Darrell L. Tucci, CFRE
Since 1984, DAP's mission has been to ensure people living in the Coachella Valley with HIV and AIDS lead healthy and happy lives, by receiving the comprehensive and compassionate care every human being deserves. To learn more about how you can support DAP's mission to enhance and promote the health and well-being of our community, please contact Darrell L. Tucci, CFRE, at dtucci@desertaidsproject.org.

Hope Begins with Health Supporters
PINNACLE SUPPORTERS
Tom McClay and Mike Feddersen |
PRODUCING SUPPORTERS
Steve Tobin, Johnny Krupa and the Grace Helen Spearman Foundation |
Patrick Jordan |
Lauri Kibby |
The Auen Foundation |
MAJOR SUPPORTER
Anonymous |
Bank of America |
Sue Burnside |
Desert Care Network |
Eisenhower Health |
Jeff Elder and Karla Kjellin-Elder |
Elizabeth Firth Wade Endowment Fund / Steven Anders, Trustee |
Linda Usher and Malcolm Lambe |
Walgreens |
Marc Walters |
STAR SUPPORTER
Annette Bloch |
Lynn Hammond |
Peter Hammond |
Rob Jeddeloh and Peter Krembs |
David Kaplan and Glenn Ostergaard |
Lane-Jacobson Family Foundation |
Nick Pepper |
COMMUNITY SUPPORTER
Kevin Bass and Brent Bloesser |
John Boccardo and Derek Esplin |
Dennis R Branick |
David Brinkman and Will Grimm |
Jim Burba and Bob Hayes |
Don Cecil and Mark Gilbert |
Dr. Jim Cox / Jack Pugh Charitable Trust |
Diageo / Ketle One |
El Paseo Jewelers |
Carolyn D. Feldsine |
Gilead Sciences, Inc. |
Alan Kaminsky |
Frank Kurland |
Dorothy and Mel Lefkowitz |
Bertil Lindblad |
Jack Martin and Colleen Crowley |
Scott Nevins and Phil Hodges |
Steve Rose |
Ann Sheffer and Bill Scheffler |
Trina Turk |
Wells Fargo |
Rich Weissman and JD Horn |
Western Wind Foundation / Jeremy Hobbs |
Steve Winters and Don Curtis |
David Zippel and Michael Johnston |
BENEFACTOR SUPPORTER
Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians |
Bruce Bastian and Clint Ford |
Bennion Deville Homes |
Bighorn Golf Club Charities |
Coachella Valley Health Personnel |
Desert Oasis Healthcare |
Goodwin Family Trust |
Greg Hansen and Stanton Kernan |
Charley & Courtney Kieley |
Perry McKay |
Tom Morgan |
Thomas O’Mara |
PhRMA |
Pure Health / Dr. Corey King |
Renaissance Hotel Palm Springs |
Revive Wellness Center |
Bart Vis |
White Cross Pharmacy |
PATRON SUPPORTER
Anonymous |
Carrie Babij |
Walter Barnes |
Richard Bass |
Carolyn and Daniel Caldwell |
Heather Carmichael |
Coachella Valley Wellness Foundation |
CODA Gallery |
Arthur Cohen and Daryl Otte |
Compass Real Estate |
Jeff Consoletti |
David Bohnett Foundation |
Desert Hospital Outpatient Pharmacy / Ramesh Upadhyayula |
Tom Dolle and George Waffle |
Thomas Feddersen |
Dean Foster |
William "Bill" Goldberg |
Mary K. Humfeld |
Mike Isbell |
Leslie & David Jaffe |
Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies |
Terri & Bart Ketover |
George Larribas |
James Lindquist and Ken Shafer |
Bob Machado and Michael Crick |
Jay Marciano and Lisa Battista |
Astrid McWilliams |
Ken Mikos |
John Monahan |
Mark Musin |
Palm Springs Front Runners |
Randy Paschke and John Bisceglia |
David Perez and James Reed |
Supervisor V. Manuel Perez |
Reaction Marketing and Productions (Dave Morgan) |
Christopher Ryan |
Fine’ and Rio Score |
Louis Smith and Kyle Mudd |
Stewart Smith |
Socius Foundation |
Darrell L. Tucci, CFRE |
UCR School of Medicine |
Sven Vennen |
CONTRIBUTING SUPPORTER
Roberta Conroy |
Rob Czechowicz |
Thomas Daniels |
Nevin Dolcefino |
Phillip Doolittle |
Lee Doud |
Michael Eicksteadt and Nicholas Lawson |
Grant and Kevin Elder |
Eric Ellenbogen |
Michael Erlinger |
Ken Forney |
Brad Fuhr |
Dan Garrow |
Paul Gauer |
Thomas Glushko |
Cindy Jeanne Greever |
Keisha Halverson |
Eugene C. Hawkins |
Alicia Hildreth |
Stephen Hill and Christopher Mandarano |
Chris Kanda |
Herbert and Barbara Ketay |
David LeRoy |
Andy Linsky |
Edward Marteka |
Marsha Martin and William DiStefano |
Robert Martin |
Gary Matus and Dan Sheehan |
Douglas McCourt |
Galen Mckinzie |
Michael Metzler |
JoAnn Morford |
Shane Morgan |
Diane Murphy |
Madeline Murphy |
Larry Naishtut |
Jeffrey Norman |
William Petrasich |
William Robinson |
Rachel Roth |
Marvin Russell and Kevin Vorwerk |
Allison Sachs |
Rebecca Sandlin |
David Smitherman |
Gary Steinberg and Stephen Ceplenski |
Jacqueline and Dean Stolber |
Michael Taylor |
Kenneth Theriault and Doug Furness |
Lynn Toles |
David Urman |
Susan Unger and Pamela Erwin |
Max von Essen |
John Walk |
Tom Watson |
Chris White |
Bruce Wishefsky |
Reuel Young |