Spring/Summer 2008

In This Issue

Presdident's Letter	Support Vinfen	Moe Armstrong
Gala Reception	New Web Site	Hancock Center
CARF Accreditation	S. 65 rally	Creative Corner
In My Own Voice	Human Rights	Fred Verro

Fred Verro Honored by AHC BACK TO MAIN PAGE

On May 1, Fred Verro, program director at Vinfen’s Coventry Street Community Program, received the 2008 Medoff AIDS Housing Award from the AIDS Housing Corporation (AHC). Coventry Street is an HIV/AIDS residential support program in Roxbury.

This award is presented annually by the AHC to honor individuals who demonstrate an outstanding commitment to AIDS housing.

Verro became program director at Coventry Street in 1997 and soon recognized that the program was focused primarily on dying and death.

His response was to re-establish the program, working with staff to create an atmosphere where life was celebrated.

In the environment of Coventry Street’s clean and sober standards, he also instituted practices for treating client relapses.

                        Fred Verro was recognized by the
                        AHC for his work at the Coventry
                        Street Community Program.

Verro, who joined Vinfen in 1993, is currently a member of the Boston/MetroWest HIV/AIDS Service Coordination Collaborative and the Roxbury Community Health Neighborhood Association. Vinfen joins the AHC in congratulating him for his years of service.