Buyers' Club List, December 2004
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.
Body Positive's Vitamin and Herb Shop
602-307-5330x2239
http://www.phoenixbodypositive.org/vitamin/index.htm
Travis Wright Memorial Buyers' Club
http://www.saaf.org/buyersClub.htm
buyersclub@saaf.org
800-771-9054 or 520-628-7223
fax: 520-628-6222; TTY: 800-367-8939
Rainbow Grocery Cooperative (20% PWA discount on vitamins, 10% on groceries, if you have the Helping Hand card)
http://www.rainbowgrocery.coop/ (or
http://www.rainbowgrocery.org/)
vitamins@rainbowgrocery.org
1745 Folsom St.
415-863-0620
http://www.carlvogelcenter.com
cvchiv@carlvogelcenter.org [note Web site is .com, email is .org]
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
AIDS Treatment Initiatives
info@aidstreatment.org
888-874-4845 or 404-659-2437
fax: 404-450-9412
Treatment Information Network's
http://www.bostonbuyersclub.com/
info@bostonbuyersclub.com
800-435-5586 or 617-266-2223
fax: 617-450-9412
mail order available by Web or phone
http://www.newyorkbuyersclub.org
718 573-8123
This new organization, open to all and with a focus on HIV and chronic hepatitis, hopes to establish walk-in sites in
http://www.houstonbuyersclub.com/
info@houstonbuyersclub.com
800-350-2392, or 713-520-5288
fax: 713-521-7419
Mail order available, including international.
