South Central Aids Assistance Network (SCAAN)

SCAAN supported patients with HIV/AIDs to navigate welfare, social security, and financial concerns, as well as providing medical supplies and assisting patients with a verity of task, ranging from light housekeeping to assisting terminal patients with end-of-life planning.

Digital versions of SCAAN Newsletters are unavailable to access online. Please contact archives@dickinson.edu for more information.

Attendees gathered together during the Harrisburg AIDSWalk in Harrisburg, PA circa 1992.

[Administrative booth] at the Harrisburg AIDSWalk in Harrisburg, PA circa 1992. 

[Check point] during the Harrisburg AIDSWalk in Harrisburg, PA circa 1992. 

Attendee of the Harrisburg AIDSWalk in Harrisburg, PA circa 1992.

Attendees walking during the Harrisburg AIDSWalk in Harrisburg, PA circa 1992. 

Event at Harrisburg AIDSWalk in Harrisburg, Pa circa 1992.

Attendees walking over a bridge during the Harrisburg AIDSWalk in Harrisburg, PA circa 1992. 

Attendees walking Riverfront Park at the Harrisburg AIDSWalk in Harrisburg, PA circa 1992.

Attendees walking at the Harrisburg AIDSWalk along Riverfront Park in Harrisburg, PA in 1995. 

Attendees at the Harrisburg AIDSWalk in Harrisburg, PA in 1995. 

The Bon-Ton team at the Harrisburg AIDSWalk in Harrisburg, PA in 1995. 

Dunk tank at the Harrisburg AIDSWalk in Harrisburg, PA in 1995.

The Susquehanna Key Club at the Harrisburg AIDSWalk in Harrisburg, PA in 1995.

Mr. Ducks team at the Harrisburg AIDSWalk in Harrisburg, PA in 1995. 

This collection contains 4 t-shirts: two from local AIDSWalks held in Harrisburg, PA by local AIDS organizations, SCAAN and AIDS Community Alliance; one from the 1993 March on Washington held in Washington, D.C.; and one created for the Dan Miller Legal Defense Fund.

Attendees walking at the Harrisburg AIDSWalk in Riverfront Park in Harrisburg, PA in 1994.

Peg Dierkers Executive Director of SCAAN (left) and Jim Cartmell President of the Board (right) at the office in 1994. 

Attendees at the Harrisburg AIDSWalk in Harrisburg, PA in 1994. 

Attendees of the Harrisburg AIDSWalk in Harrisburg, PA in 1994. 

Staff members at the Harrisburg AIDSWalk in Harrisburg, PA in 1994.

Attendees of the Harrsiburg AIDSWalk in Harrisburg, PA in 1994.

Members of St. Peter Lutheran Church at Harrisburg AIDSWalk in Harrisburg, PA in 1994.

Attendees at the Harrisburg AIDSWalk in Harrisburg, PA in 1994.