Press Releases	EdgeAlliance President receives DIFFA Award February 23, 2010 - CHICAGO - Jim Flosi, Founder, President and CEO of EdgeAlliance, receives the Excellence in Care Award from the Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS (DIFFA). The award was graciously accepted with this speech: “First of all, I would like to thank the members of DIFFA and its Board for deciding that our mission and work reaches the quality and standards acceptable for granting this award. And secondly, I would like to add my congratulations to all the awardees this evening. I know how difficult our work is and how sporadic the rewards are. As some of you already know, we have been in existence for over 17 years serving families and individuals who are homeless and disabled with advanced HIV/AIDS. In our first 11 years, we housed and supported over 250 individuals who were both dying and living with AIDS in our house on Barry, in the Lakeview neighborhood. Within the past six years, we have built three new apartment buildings, adding a total of 66 new units of studio, 1-, 2-, and 3-bedroom apartments to respond to the need for more housing for the poor and the sick. At present, we are housing over 125 children, women and men affected by HIV/AIDS in one of the poorest neighborhoods in Chicago, North Lawndale. It is our continued mission to respond to this need with advocacy and determination. As you also may know, we changed our name on October 1, 2009 from AIDSCare to EdgeAlliance. In doing this, we have expanded our mission and vision to not only continue to serve the needs of people living with HIV/AIDS, but also to respond to the contemporary needs of Veterans, the Homeless, and the Disabled. Besides developing a new and needed alliance for non-profits which will respond to the immediate and future organizational and structural changes necessary for non-profits to exist, our next building project will consist of two new buildings: a 36 unit studio apartment building for homeless Veterans, and a Progressive Life Center, which will address the physical, financial and psychological needs of, not only the residents on the Campus, but also the needs of the poor in North Lawndale. We have set an ambitious goal for ourselves, and as many have told me, we have achieved incredible success in a relatively short time. But no time is short enough to build new housing, providing progressive services or responding to the legitimate needs of those on the edge of society. It is because of organizations like DIFFA, and the support which they give us to continue our work with our families affected with HIV/AIDS, that we are able to do the things that we do with dignity, integrity, and compassion. Again, thank you!” EdgeAlliance drives sustainability and growth of its nonprofit alliance members by managing their administrative, operational and financial needs, so they can focus on their core competencies of housing and life progress services for people on the edge of society. EdgeAlliance presents its annual premiere gala: Fat saturday ball: allure February 2, 2010 – CHICAGO – EdgeAlliance, formerly AIDSCare, will host its annual gala, Fat Saturday Ball on Saturday, February 13, 2010, at the Westin Chicago River North, 320 North Dearborn Street. Fat Saturday Ball has attained the reputation for being a mega-party, complete with ongoing live entertainment, music and lighting, a live and silent auction, cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, and a three-course dinner. The theme for this year’s event is Allure, promising to reprise the glamour of 1930’s and 40’s Hollywood. Patron Tickets are $225.00 and $2,250.00 for a Table of Ten. Call 773-359-0133 or visit www.edgealliance.org for more information or to purchase tickets. The gala is both a fundraiser and a public launch that will raise crucial funds for EdgeAlliance and its nonprofit members: AIDSCare Progressive Services, The Phoenix, Garden View, Sawyer Gardens, and The Liberty. Dean Richards from WGN TV/Radio is the Master of Ceremonies. The 2010 event honorees include: Google for The Daniel R. Ruscitti Memorial Award; Governor Patrick Quinn for The Leadership and Veterans Affairs Award; Diane and Michael Hora for The James V. Flosi Founders Award; Janet Hasz, Executive Director, Supportive Housing Providers Association for The Community Leadership Award; Mercy Housing Lakefront for The Care With Dignity Award; and Laurel Kuhn, Accounting and Audit Manager for The Outstanding Staff Member Award. EdgeAlliance drives sustainability and growth of its nonprofit alliance members by managing their administrative, operational and financial needs, so they can focus on their core competencies of housing and life progress services for people on the edge of society, including those living with HIV/AIDS, Veterans, the Homeless, and the Disabled. Join EdgeAlliance for the Fat Saturday ball Preview Party November 11, 2009 – CHICAGO – The Preview Party is a kick off for EdgeAlliance's annual fundraising gala, Fat Saturday Ball. This year’s preview will be held at Crimson Lounge in the Hotel Sax on Wednesday, November 11, 2009. Fat Saturday Ball is EdgeAlliance’s most entertaining and exciting special events, as it is both a fundraiser for the organization, and a thank you to supporters. The theme for this year’s gala is Allure, promising to reprise the glory days of 1930’s and 40’s Hollywood. The preview party is generously sponsored by Google, Absolut, and Crimson Lounge. Preview party guests will enjoy complimentary cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and music. The mission of EdgeAlliance is to drive sustainability and growth of its nonprofit alliance members by managing their administrative, operational and financial needs, so they can focus on their core competencies of housing and life progress services for people living on the edge of society. The agency has been well known and regarded for its progressive work both on the North and West sides of Chicago, and is broadening its scope to respond to the contemporary needs of marginalized communities and to those living on the edge of society. EdgeAlliance member organizations include: AIDSCare Progressive Services, LLC; The Phoenix House LLC; Sawyer Gardens, Inc.; and Garden View, L.L.C.; and Liberty One, LLC. For more information about EdgeAlliance or its subsidiaries, please visit www.edgealliance.org AIDSCare Expands And Is Renamed/Branded: EdgeAlliance October 1, 2009 – CHICAGO – Effective today, 17-year old Chicago non-profit organization, AIDSCare, is re-branded, re-developed and re-named: EdgeAlliance. This newly expanded organization will continue to serve those living with HIV/AIDS, but now has grown to also include housing and support services for Veterans, the Homeless, and the Disabled. “Our longstanding work in housing, health and social services for Chicagoans with HIV and AIDS led us to become relied upon by local and state government and others as experts in homeless, housing and helping those living on the edge,” said Jim Flosi, Founder, President and CEO. “Over the past year, we discovered that there was a quantifiable need for us to position ourselves as a larger umbrella organization that would have the capacity and variety of experiences to serve a larger constituency while enabling our alliance members to efficiently and effectively achieve their missions.” The mission of EdgeAlliance is to drive sustainability and growth of its nonprofit alliance members by managing their administrative, operational and financial needs, so they can focus on their core competencies of housing and life progress services for people living on the edge of society. The agency has been well known and regarded for its progressive work both on the North and West sides of Chicago, and is broadening its scope to respond to the contemporary needs of marginalized communities and to those living on the edge of society. EdgeAlliance member organizations include AIDSCare Progressive Services, LLC; The Phoenix House LLC; Sawyer Gardens, Inc.; and Garden View, L.L.C.; and Liberty One, LLC. MEDIA CONTACT: SONDRA MORIN, 773-359-0122

Press Releases

EdgeAlliance President receives DIFFA Award

February 23, 2010 - CHICAGO - Jim Flosi, Founder, President and CEO of EdgeAlliance, receives the Excellence in Care Award from the Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS (DIFFA). The award was graciously accepted with this speech:

“First of all, I would like to thank the members of DIFFA and its Board for deciding that our mission and work reaches the quality and standards acceptable for granting this award. And secondly, I would like to add my congratulations to all the awardees this evening. I know how difficult our work is and how sporadic the rewards are.

As some of you already know, we have been in existence for over 17 years serving families and individuals who are homeless and disabled with advanced HIV/AIDS. In our first 11 years, we housed and supported over 250 individuals who were both dying and living with AIDS in our house on Barry, in the Lakeview neighborhood. Within the past six years, we have built three new apartment buildings, adding a total of 66 new units of studio, 1-, 2-, and 3-bedroom apartments to respond to the need for more housing for the poor and the sick. At present, we are housing over 125 children, women and men affected by HIV/AIDS in one of the poorest neighborhoods in Chicago, North Lawndale. It is our continued mission to respond to this need with advocacy and determination.

As you also may know, we changed our name on October 1, 2009 from AIDSCare to EdgeAlliance. In doing this, we have expanded our mission and vision to not only continue to serve the needs of people living with HIV/AIDS, but also to respond to the contemporary needs of Veterans, the Homeless, and the Disabled.

Besides developing a new and needed alliance for non-profits which will respond to the immediate and future organizational and structural changes necessary for non-profits to exist, our next building project will consist of two new buildings: a 36 unit studio apartment building for homeless Veterans, and a Progressive Life Center, which will address the physical, financial and psychological needs of, not only the residents on the Campus, but also the needs of the poor in North Lawndale.

We have set an ambitious goal for ourselves, and as many have told me, we have achieved incredible success in a relatively short time. But no time is short enough to build new housing, providing progressive services or responding to the legitimate needs of those on the edge of society.

It is because of organizations like DIFFA, and the support which they give us to continue our work with our families affected with HIV/AIDS, that we are able to do the things that we do with dignity, integrity, and compassion.

Again, thank you!”

EdgeAlliance drives sustainability and growth of its nonprofit alliance members by managing their administrative, operational and financial needs, so they can focus on their core competencies of housing and life progress services for people on the edge of society.

EdgeAlliance presents its annual premiere gala:

Fat saturday ball: allure

February 2, 2010 – CHICAGO – EdgeAlliance, formerly AIDSCare, will host its annual gala, Fat Saturday Ball on Saturday, February 13, 2010, at the Westin Chicago River North, 320 North Dearborn Street. Fat Saturday Ball has attained the reputation for being a mega-party, complete with ongoing live entertainment, music and lighting, a live and silent auction, cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, and a three-course dinner. The theme for this year’s event is Allure, promising to reprise the glamour of 1930’s and 40’s Hollywood. Patron Tickets are $225.00 and $2,250.00 for a Table of Ten. Call 773-359-0133 or visit www.edgealliance.org for more information or to purchase tickets.

The gala is both a fundraiser and a public launch that will raise crucial funds for EdgeAlliance and its nonprofit members: AIDSCare Progressive Services, The Phoenix, Garden View, Sawyer Gardens, and The Liberty. Dean Richards from WGN TV/Radio is the Master of Ceremonies.

The 2010 event honorees include: Google for The Daniel R. Ruscitti Memorial Award; Governor Patrick Quinn for The Leadership and Veterans Affairs Award; Diane and Michael Hora for The James V. Flosi Founders Award; Janet Hasz, Executive Director, Supportive Housing Providers Association for The Community Leadership Award; Mercy Housing Lakefront for The Care With Dignity Award; and Laurel Kuhn, Accounting and Audit Manager for The Outstanding Staff Member Award.

Join EdgeAlliance for the Fat Saturday ball

Preview Party

November 11, 2009 – CHICAGO – The Preview Party is a kick off for EdgeAlliance's annual fundraising gala, Fat Saturday Ball. This year’s preview will be held at Crimson Lounge in the Hotel Sax on Wednesday, November 11, 2009.

Fat Saturday Ball is EdgeAlliance’s most entertaining and exciting special events, as it is both a fundraiser for the organization, and a thank you to supporters. The theme for this year’s gala is Allure, promising to reprise the glory days of 1930’s and 40’s Hollywood. The preview party is generously sponsored by Google, Absolut, and Crimson Lounge. Preview party guests will enjoy complimentary cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and music.

The mission of EdgeAlliance is to drive sustainability and growth of its nonprofit alliance members by managing their administrative, operational and financial needs, so they can focus on their core competencies of housing and life progress services for people living on the edge of society. The agency has been well known and regarded for its progressive work both on the North and West sides of Chicago, and is broadening its scope to respond to the contemporary needs of marginalized communities and to those living on the edge of society.

EdgeAlliance member organizations include: AIDSCare Progressive Services, LLC; The Phoenix House LLC; Sawyer Gardens, Inc.; and Garden View, L.L.C.; and Liberty One, LLC. For more information about EdgeAlliance or its subsidiaries, please visit www.edgealliance.org

AIDSCare Expands And Is Renamed/Branded: EdgeAlliance

October 1, 2009 – CHICAGO – Effective today, 17-year old Chicago non-profit organization, AIDSCare, is re-branded, re-developed and re-named: EdgeAlliance. This newly expanded organization will continue to serve those living with HIV/AIDS, but now has grown to also include housing and support services for Veterans, the Homeless, and the Disabled.

“Our longstanding work in housing, health and social services for Chicagoans with HIV and AIDS led us to become relied upon by local and state government and others as experts in homeless, housing and helping those living on the edge,” said Jim Flosi, Founder, President and CEO. “Over the past year, we discovered that there was a quantifiable need for us to position ourselves as a larger umbrella organization that would have the capacity and variety of experiences to serve a larger constituency while enabling our alliance members to efficiently and effectively achieve their missions.”

EdgeAlliance member organizations include AIDSCare Progressive Services, LLC; The Phoenix House LLC; Sawyer Gardens, Inc.; and Garden View, L.L.C.; and Liberty One, LLC.

MEDIA CONTACT: SONDRA MORIN, 773-359-0122