About Us
Welcome to the Carl Vogel Center website! We appreciate your visiting our site and invite you to visit our health center. Whether online or in person, it is our goal to offer you the information, care, and support you need to live well with HIV/AIDS.
History
The late Don Vogel, founder and first president of Carl Vogel Center, began the organization in 1990 in memory of his son, Carl, who died of AIDS in January 1989. The Center enjoys the continuing support of Carl’s brother and sister, Mark and Paula Vogel. Paula Vogel is a playwright who won the off-Broadway theatrical award, the OBIE, for her play The Baltimore Waltz. The play is about Paula taking an imaginary trip around Europe with her brother, Carl, before his death from AIDS.
Mission Statement
Carl Vogel Center (CVC) is a nonprofit organization that provides multidisciplinary and integrated health care that responds to existing and emerging needs of people with HIV/AIDS (PWA). CVC educates and empowers PWA to become full partners and informed advocates in the management of their care.
Living with HIV/AIDS
In Chinese, the word “crisis” is made up of two characters: the character for “danger” and the character for “opportunity.” Living with HIV/AIDS could be viewed as such a crisis, giving rise to an opportunity to gain new insight and develop a fresh perspective. Rather than viewing the disease as an end, it can be embraced as a beginning of cherished life and the starting point of a meaningful journey.
Please Note
In compliance with federal regulations, CVC wants to inform visitors that this website contains information and links related to HIV, an infection spread primarily through sexual practices or by sharing needles during IV drug use. Such information may not be suitable for all audiences and may be considered offensive. If this is the case, please exit this site.
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. ~Helen Keller