[Mazzoni Center executive director Nurit] Shein said 2013 Ally awardee Kallas-Saritsoglou has been a pioneer in HIV/AIDS work and has helped raise funds for a number of HIV/AIDS organizations.

“If it weren’t for her work, many of our organizations during tight times would not have been able to make it,” Shein said. “She is truly an ally to the community.”

Kallas-Saritsoglou said the award was unexpected, yet appreciated.

“I love what I do so much, I can’t imagine getting an award,” she said. “I was so taken by receiving an award. It is an honor to receive it from an organization that I respect so much. The work that the Mazzoni Center does is incredible, so to be recognized for the things that I have done is flattering.”

The song–which is sure to pull at your heartstrings–teaches us how to be men in today’s society, living a good, honest life. The artist explores his relationship with his mother, commenting that they haven’t spoke in a while, but he forgives her of her wrongdoings because she wasn’t ready to be a mother.

Name: Eva

Shop, Donate or Volunteer?
I guess I shop, donate and sometimes volunteer.

How long have you been coming to Philly AIDS Thrift?
I started volunteering six years ago this fall.

What’s your favorite thing you bought here?
Ohh…that one’s hard. Give me a second. I got this picture of this painting of this girl standing next to this pig, poking the pig.

What do you like most about our store?
The tall handsome man that works in the back that’s always seen with models.
(That’s her boyfriend, Adam, the assistant manager at Philly AIDS Thrift.)

What’s the #1 top played song on your iPod?
Today or ever? Ever would probably be Loretta Lynn Ones on the Way. Today would probably be that new P!nk song.

What is your favorite kind of lunch meat?
I don’t really like lunch meat that much.

If you were a crayon, what color would you be?
I think I would be purple or yellow.

Strength training or cardio, and why?
I don’t know what those are. Cardio because I don’t want to look like a dude…Too late!

Did you enjoy answering the previous nine questions?
Is this a joke? You’re joking, right?

No.
Yes!

Name: Brooks

Shop, Donate or Volunteer? I work here full-time as the Clothing Manager.

How long have you been working at Philly AIDS Thrift? Four years.

What’s your favorite thing you bought here? Umm…My soul. S-O-U-L, soul.

What do you like most about our store? Our cause. Our mission which is to raise funds for HIV and AIDS organizations in the city that support awareness, prevention and healthcare.

What’s the #1 top played song on your iPod? I Need Air – Magnetic Man.

What’s your least favorite mode of transportation? The bus.

How good a swimmer are you? Pretty good!

What would you name the autobiography of your life? “What the F*** is this S***?!”

Is a picture worth a thousand words? Elaborate. I’d say it’s worth more than that, because every time I look at a picture of you I have about fifty thousand!

He’s such a charmer!

Get 50% off any item whose name begins with T, B, I, or G. Plus! Anything that’s already on sale gets another 50% off!

Yes, this is a real sale. I couldn’t believe it, either.

As Mr. B.I.G once said, “Call the crib, same number, same hood, and it’s all good.”

Yes, it’s all good.

And if it’s already on sale, take another 50% off!

The sale includes vinyl, cassettes, cd’s, dvd’s, phonograph cylinders, film reels and whatever other medium you find hidden in our shelves.

Hurry in! This sale will end quicker than Jordan Knight’s solo career!

Name: Stephen

Shop, Donate or Volunteer? I shop and work here.

How long have you been working at Philly AIDS Thrift? About six months.

What’s your favorite thing you bought here?
My favorite thing I bought here is this great sweatshirt with whales on it that I really like.

What do you like most about our store?
I love the people that work here, the people that volunteer here and the people who shop here.

What’s the #1 top played song on your iPod? Top played song?
Probably some old fiddle tune that I listened to fifty times so I could get it just right when I was learning it.

Do you sleep with your closet doors open or closed? I do not have a closet.

Which are better Legos or Lincoln logs, and why?
Legos because they have Star Wars versions.

What’s your lucky number? 27

What was the last bone you broke and how did it happen? I think I broke a finger once. Do eyes count as bones because my eye got broke once. I think I was in a hot tub or something and I got a scratch and it got infected. I don’t think I’ve broken a bone really that badly except for a finger, but I don’t even want to think about that because breaking a finger would be terrible for as a musician and I don’t want to consider the possibility.

Mothers Day, Sunday, May 12, tell our cashiers “I love my mom” and everything  you buy is 25% off!

And if it’s already on sale, take another 25% off!

Hurry on in, and bring your momma, too!

Name: Chris

Shop, Donate or Volunteer? Shop and Donate

How long have you been coming to Philly AIDS Thrift? Two years.

What’s your favorite thing you bought here?
A vintage Laurence Kazar sequenced jacket. I paid thirty five dollars for it and originally back in the late eighties, it would have been something that you paid like two hundred dollars for.

What do you like most about our store?
The amazing finds. I always find the rarest things and the coolest stuff. Some of my best pieces in my closet I got here.

What’s the #1 top played song on your iPod?
You guys are gonna think it’s a little corny, but she’s my favorite. I play Jennifer Lopez, Feelin’ so good.

Do you take the shampoos and conditioner bottles from hotel?
Yes, yes I do and whatever else…the free coffees!

Who was your high school crush?
Haha I like a lot of people! Hmm…I had a big thing for Bruno Mars. That’s when he was first coming out, my senior year.

What occupation did you want to be when you were a kid?
Fabulous! I’ve achieved it!

If you could have a private audience with Mayor Nutter, what would you talk to him about?
About really shaping up the city, there’s a lot of things that light needs to be shed on, like the crime.

Name: Mike B

Shop, Donate or Volunteer? All of the above!

How long have you been with Philly AIDS Thrift? Almost a year.

What’s your favorite thing you bought here?
My family portrait of the Dukes of Hazzard (in photo). Although I really wish I had bought that Chair Aerobics VHS.

What do you like most about our store?
The electronics and music and DVDs! And the love.

What’s the #1 top played song on your iPod?
Little fugue in G minor for organ. If this iPod’s a Bach-in, don’t come a knockin!

What was your favorite Halloween costume as a kid?
Batman. Superman. Scary ghost. Give me candy.

Who really killed Kennedy?
I don’t know, but I take comfort in the fact that he never lived to see Dancing With The Stars.

As a follow-up question, who, then, is responsible for killing the radio star?
Everyone blames video, but I say it was print.

And finally, if you could cast out one state from the Union, which would it be and why?
Maryland. Worst. Drivers. Ever.