AIDS / HIV
Charity Event Goals for 2009
Do you know what athletic charity events you’ll attend in 2009? I just made my list based on what’s already been posted on organizations’ websites. I’m excited to have these events penned into my 2009 planner:
ALS 5K Run/Walk & 1K Kids Race
What: This is the first ALS athletic fundraising event to take place in Southern [...]
Does Stigma Affect Your Fundraising Efforts?
A few years ago, I was trying to drum up participation in our upcoming Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk by hosting a booth at a community fair. I had cheery, purple decorations (purple is the signature color of the Alzheimer’s cause), freebies such as pens and magnets, and lots of information about Memory Walk, Alzheimer’s disease, [...]
Great Memories of Memory Walk Motivate Me to Keep Walking
“When I give, I give myself.”
- Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass
Many of us are drawn to charity athletic events because of personal experiences with a disease or social issue. My story is no different. After watching my own grandmother die of Alzheimer’s disease, I knew that I wanted to raise awareness and funds to help [...]
23rd AIDS Walk Boston Raises $1.2 Million
This year the AIDS Walk Boston set record attendance, with more than 20,000 participants and many more spectators. Then they set a record for donations with $1.2 Million raised for AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts. AAC is New England’s first and largest AIDS organization, dedicated to stopping the spread of HIV/AIDS by preventing new [...]
Yale University Students & Faculty Raise $30K with AIDS Walk
Close to 700 Yale University students, faculty, and community residents participated in the AIDS Walk in New Haven, Connecticut last Sunday.
The annual 5K walk is sponsored by the Yale chapter of AIDS Watch and raises funds for 10 local HIV and AIDS service organizations. This year walkers raised even more than in years past, over [...]
AIDS Walk, Athens Georgia
Students at the University of Georgia are taking the lead in helping to raise funds for a great cause. The AIDS Walk/Run Athens will be held on March 1st 2008 starting with a timed 5K race followed by a walk.
Proceeds will benefit AIDS Athens, an organization that serves Athens, GA and 10 surrounding counties. [...]
Team World Vision Raises $500K for African Aid
Members of Team World Vision were easy to spot at the Chicago Marathon in their orange and white. This year’s race, held on October 7th, was a hot and humid but that didn’t matter to the over 500 members of Team World Vision who ran for children in Africa.
One team member said “seeing [...]
AIDS Walk New York Sets Record
Last week I was in New York City, but just missed the 22nd Annual AIDS Walk New York which was on Sunday. It was a record setter too, the largest and most successful AIDS Walk ever held. Event organizers announced that 45,000 walkers helped to raise a grand total of $6,857,527. Yes [...]
Macy’s Sponsors AIDS Walk Boston to the Tune of $50,000
Macy’s is the presenting sponsor of the 2007 AIDS Walk Boston to be held on Sunday, June 3. The walk is planned by the AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts (AAC) and organizers are still in awe of Macy’s record-setting $50,000 gift as presenting sponsor for the event.
