Buyers' Club List, December 2003
AIDS Treatment News publishes a buyers' club list each December. For a short overview and introduction to the meaning, history, and services of these organizations, see AIDS Treatment News #309, December 18, 1998.
All the organizations listed below are nonprofit. Most can provide products by mail order. Most have fact sheets or other information, and some have a nutritionist or other expert available at certain times to answer questions. Some offer financial assistance with purchases if necessary. Most are open to the public, but some require membership. Call ahead for current information.
Arizona
Body Positive's Vitamin and Herb Shop
1144 E. McDowell Rd, Suite 200
Phoenix AZ 85004
602-307-5330x2239
http://www.phoenixbodypositive.org/vitamin/index.htm
Travis Wright Memorial Buyers' Club
Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation
375 S. Euclid Ave
Tucson AZ 85719
800-771-9054 or 520-628-7223
fax: 520-628-6222; TTY: 800-367-8937
California
Rainbow Grocery Cooperative (20% PWA discount on vitamins, 10% on groceries, with the Helping Hand card)
http://www.rainbowgrocery.coop/ (or http://www.rainbowgrocery.org/)
1745 Folsom St.
San Francisco CA 94103
415-863-0620
Colorado
Denver Buyers' Club
1290 Williams St.
Mailing address: P.O. Box 300339, Denver CO 80203-0339
303-329-9379x108, fax: 303-329-9381
Bilingual Spanish/English TTY: through operator
District of Columbia
Carl Vogel Center
1012 14th St. NW, Suite 700, Washington DC 20005
202-638-0750, fax: 202-638-0749
Membership: annual cost $25 (includes a BIA test, reduced prices for massage and acupuncture, an educational symposium, a newsletter, and reduced prices for supplements).
The Carl Vogel Center now offers mental health services and treatment education.
Georgia
AIDS Treatment Initiatives
139 Ralph McGill Blvd. NE Suite 305
Atlanta GA 30308-3311
888-874-4845 or 404-659-2437
fax: 404-450-9412
Massachusetts
Treatment Information Network's Boston Buyers' Club
http://www.bostonbuyersclub.com/
Boston Living Center, 29 Stanhope St., 3rd Floor
Boston MA 02116
800-435-5586, or 617-266-2223
fax: 617-450-9412
New York
DAAIR (Direct Access Alternative Information Resources)
http://www.daair.org/DAAIR/dp.NSF/pages/home (see note below)
118 Park Avenue
Newark, NJ 07104
888-951-5433, or 973-497-2333
fax: 973-497-0498
Note: DAAIR has temporarily stopped selling nutritional supplements; it may resume in April 2004. Until then it is selling prescription medicines only.
Texas
Houston Buyers' Club
http://www.houstonbuyersclub.com/
3224 Yoakum Blvd.
Houston TX 77006
800-350-2392, or 713-520-5288
fax: 713-521-7419
Local and mail order (U.S., and many other countries).
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