Monthly Archives: August 2014

Job Description and Expectations Purpose: To provide leadership, sound governance to the organization, and represent it to the community, other stakeholders, and the public, and to accept the fiduciary responsibility (e.g. ultimate legal authority) of the organization in its affairs.   Mission Statement: Asian Community AIDS Services (ACAS) is a charitable, non-profit, community-based organization that provides HIV/AIDS education, prevention, and support services to the East and South East Asian Canadian communities in Ontario. These programs are based on proactive, holistic, collaborative, empowering, and non-discriminatory approach to education.     General Responsibilities of the Board of Directors: To support the missions, goals, objectives and philosophies of ACAS. To respect and uphold ethics of confidentiality. To commit to training on any important issues to the agency. To attend all board meetings whenever possible. To participate in ACAS committees as required. To represent ACAS of its mission and vision, from time to time at events and functions. To avoid and clarify any potential conflicts of interest, and to oversee such matters in a lawful and ethical manner. To oversee ACAS’s fundraising initiatives. Specific Functions of the Board of Directors: vPlanning and Goals ü  Annual assessments and reviews of external trends and environment in regards to current initiatives pertaining to ACAS core program, ü  Strategic plan creation, implementation, and evaluation of current programs including potential new ones, ü  Policy development ü  Review results of ACAS work in meeting its goals. vGovernance ü  Assess, review, monitor, appraise, support, and when necessary, change the top management. ü  Conduct a Performance Review of top management. ü  Match strategic goals with internal or required capacity building. ü  Endeavour to maintain a full roster for Board of Directors. ü  Annually assess Board capacity, skills, experience, and areas for development according to an Annual Board Development plan. ü  Endeavour for [...]

Hi runners, walkers, donors and ACAS supporters, Are you ready to run for a great cause? The Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon, Half Marathon and 5k Run/Walk will take place on Sunday, October 19, 2014. We invite you to take part of the challenge to become one of our runners, walkers and/or supporters. Last year, ACAS had 26 runners/walkers in four teams to rasie a total of $20,120.91 at the 2013 Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon, Half-Marathon and 5k, exceeding our $20,000 fundraising goal. This year, we are hoping to achieve or surpass our $20,000 fundraising goal for our 20th anniversary in community activism and advocacy for the East and Southeast Asian HIV and LGBTQ communities in Toronto. The funds raised will not only ensure that our East and Southeast Asian service users living with HIV/AIDS can continue to receive the much needed culturally and linguistically appropriate services they need, but will also allow us in creating an Asian PHA (people living with HIV/AIDS) Network in Ontario. With the generous support from our donors last year, the ACAS Support Program had been able to hold an health focused retreat for services users living with HIV at the Ecology Retreat Centre in Orangeville, ON with the funds we had raised at last year’s Scotia Run fundraising event along with support from pharmaceutical companies. Through your support, we will be able to continue to providing quality and individualized services to our service users and empower them through providing social support opportunities through groups such as ALPHA, increasing their holistic health knowledge through the health promotion workshops, and offering complementary an array of complementary therapies including acupuncture and massage therapy services. Please watch this space and our ACAS website (http://www.acas.org) and ACAS Facebook Page (http://www.facebook.com/AsianCommunityAIDSServices) for news and updates. If you would like to register to become [...]