Jazz Bridge, the award-winning non-profit dedicated to helping our region’s jazz and blues musicians in need, will be providing free testing and counseling for Hepatitis C, plus information/outreach about the disease, on Wednesday, April 8 at the Lutheran Church of the Holy Communion. The church is located on 2110 Chestnut Street and the testing is being offered from 5:00 p.m to 7:00 p.m. A light buffet will be available to everyone attending, and every person who gets tested will be invited, at no charge, to stay for the Jazz Bridge Neighborhood Concert featuring singer Lauren Lark starting at 7:30 p.m. Saxophonist Bobby Bobby Zankel will also be on hand to tell his story about his life being saved via Hepatitis C testing. What better way to celebrate Philadelphia Jazz Appreciation Month than by saving the lives of our area’s jazz and blues musicians?
Partnering with Jazz Bridge on this program are Healthy Philadelphia, Hepatitis C Allies of Philadelphia, and the Philadelphia Hepatitis Outreach Project.
Too many of our area’s jazz and blues musicians have lost their lives because they did not know they had been infected by Hepatitis C when they were teens. The virus hides for decades and by the time symptoms are experienced, it is too late: The liver has been destroyed. With testing they could have sought treatment. Instead, they died. A recent survey of Philadelphia musicians by Jazz Bridge showed that half of those who responded had not been tested for Hepatitis C. Celebrate Philadelphia Jazz Appreciation Month and celebrate life. Join us and get tested on April 8.
Partnering with Jazz Bridge on this program are Healthy Philadelphia, Hepatitis C Allies of Philadelphia, and the Philadelphia Hepatitis Outreach Project.
Too many of our area’s jazz and blues musicians have lost their lives because they did not know they had been infected by Hepatitis C when they were teens. The virus hides for decades and by the time symptoms are experienced, it is too late: The liver has been destroyed. With testing they could have sought treatment. Instead, they died. A recent survey of Philadelphia musicians by Jazz Bridge showed that half of those who responded had not been tested for Hepatitis C. Celebrate Philadelphia Jazz Appreciation Month and celebrate life. Join us and get tested on April 8.
