AVOL/Aids Volunteers of Lexington
AVOL Kentucky was created by Lexington’s LGBT community to serve everyone. AVOL began as a program of the Gay and Lesbian Services Organization (GLSO, now the Pride Center), and then was initially incorporated as ‘AIDS Volunteers of Lexington’ (1988-1996) and updated to ‘AIDS Volunteers’ (1996-2019). Since 2019, ‘AVOL Kentucky’ continues to collaborate statewide to End HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), for good! On April 1, 2024, AVOL Kentucky began serving every county in Kentucky in partnership with Q Care Plus and Avita Pharmacy, providing telePrEP to all of Kentucky. The brand ‘AVOL’ began organically as an abbreviation of our formal agency name.
What began in our early days as an all-out volunteer mobilization effort to do whatever it took to care for those suffering from HIV disease when few resources were available, today, is a full-service social service agency providing quality and effective housing and support services for people living with HIV. AVOL also works to prevent the spread of HIV through HIV testing and connecting people at-risk to prevention supplies, medical intervention (PrEP), and community support.