LOWER LAKE, Calif. – On Friday, Feb. 14, Community Care, a nonprofit agency in Lower Lake, will provide begin to provide free anonymous HIV testing.

The testing will take place from 1 to 4 p.m. at 8050 A Lake St.

Testing also will be held on Friday, March 14, at the Yuba College Clear Lake Campus, 15880 Dam Road Extension, Clearlake; and Tuesday, April 15, at The Bridge Peer Support Center, 14954 Burns Valley Road, Clearlake.

Individuals interested in testing will have an opportunity to meet with a test counselor before and after testing.

Counseling before and after a HIV test is important because it provides critical information about HIV itself and about the testing process.

The oral swab test will provide results in 20 minutes. Once the results are available, individuals will be given the results in private and in person.

More than 1.1 million people in the United Stated are living with HIV infection and almost one in six are unaware of their infection.

Early diagnosis and treatment saves lives.

For more information call Community Care at 707-995-1606.