Knitsters of Charity - AIDS Walk!
ETA: If you are interested in joining the Knitsters of Charity, but haven't filled out the initial poll, please go back and do so. This poll is the folks that I have already have contact info for. Here's the link. Thanks!
Hello Everyone!
I'd like to try to organize the KoC's first service project, the AIDS Walk. For those that don't know, here's a bit of information...
AIDS Fund, the producer of AIDS Walk Philly, supports HIV/AIDS education, prevention, and services in the Delaware Valley Region by raising dollars and increasing public awareness about the impact of HIV on our communities. Currently, 31 partner organizations are receiving funding as a result of AIDS Fund's activities to provide critical HIV prevention education and care services.*
AIDS Walk Philly is AIDS Fund's largest and most important fundraiser of the year. By walking, we raise awareness that HIV/AIDS is still a serious threat to our communities. The Walk raises funds for regional AIDS service providers in order to bridge the gaps in general operations and to fund projects that are not supported by other funding sources.*
Some of the partner organizations that benefit from the AIDS Walk are Action AIDS, YMCA Camp Ockanickon HIV Specialty Camp, Prevention Point Philadelphia, Pennsylvania School for the Deaf/Center for Community and Professional Services, Calcutta House, Congreso de Latinos Unidos, Inc., The Mazzoni Center, and Family Services of Montgomery County/ Project Hope. This is by no means a complete list.
Here's a link to AIDS Fund's website, if you are interested. Try not to view it using Mozilla Firefox; it totally wrecks the website. AIDS Fund website
Here are the details for the event. You can participate in a number of ways; you do the 12K walk (about 8.4 miles), you can do a 10K run, you can be a volunteer or a combo of volunteering and walking/running.
Day/Date/Time : Sunday, October 21st, 2007. The run/walk starts at 9am, but there are festivities beforehand (starting at 7:30am)
Where: Eakins Oval, in front of the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The route goes up Kelly Drive crosses Falls Bridge and back down Martin Luther King Drive (formerly West River Drive) to return back to Eakins Oval.
Here's where I need your input!
Poll AIDS Walk Philly 2007
Once I get all of your input, then I will form teams as necessary - some of you that I know IRL have expressed interest in either a walking team or a volunteer team, so I'll put together both, if that's what the order wants.
Also, I'm still trying to figure out the best way to communicate KoC info to everyone. Not everyone that is interested in participating are LJ members, and personally, I'm not a fan of the Yahoo group format. I don't want to bombard folks with a lot of email, so I'm trying to find the best combination. Please be patient with us while we work this all out.
Thanks,
E. aka Mother Posterior
* - info taken from AIDS Walk Team Captain Handbook
Hello Everyone!
I'd like to try to organize the KoC's first service project, the AIDS Walk. For those that don't know, here's a bit of information...
AIDS Fund, the producer of AIDS Walk Philly, supports HIV/AIDS education, prevention, and services in the Delaware Valley Region by raising dollars and increasing public awareness about the impact of HIV on our communities. Currently, 31 partner organizations are receiving funding as a result of AIDS Fund's activities to provide critical HIV prevention education and care services.*
AIDS Walk Philly is AIDS Fund's largest and most important fundraiser of the year. By walking, we raise awareness that HIV/AIDS is still a serious threat to our communities. The Walk raises funds for regional AIDS service providers in order to bridge the gaps in general operations and to fund projects that are not supported by other funding sources.*
Some of the partner organizations that benefit from the AIDS Walk are Action AIDS, YMCA Camp Ockanickon HIV Specialty Camp, Prevention Point Philadelphia, Pennsylvania School for the Deaf/Center for Community and Professional Services, Calcutta House, Congreso de Latinos Unidos, Inc., The Mazzoni Center, and Family Services of Montgomery County/ Project Hope. This is by no means a complete list.
Here's a link to AIDS Fund's website, if you are interested. Try not to view it using Mozilla Firefox; it totally wrecks the website. AIDS Fund website
Here are the details for the event. You can participate in a number of ways; you do the 12K walk (about 8.4 miles), you can do a 10K run, you can be a volunteer or a combo of volunteering and walking/running.
Day/Date/Time : Sunday, October 21st, 2007. The run/walk starts at 9am, but there are festivities beforehand (starting at 7:30am)
Where: Eakins Oval, in front of the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The route goes up Kelly Drive crosses Falls Bridge and back down Martin Luther King Drive (formerly West River Drive) to return back to Eakins Oval.
Here's where I need your input!
Poll AIDS Walk Philly 2007
Once I get all of your input, then I will form teams as necessary - some of you that I know IRL have expressed interest in either a walking team or a volunteer team, so I'll put together both, if that's what the order wants.
Also, I'm still trying to figure out the best way to communicate KoC info to everyone. Not everyone that is interested in participating are LJ members, and personally, I'm not a fan of the Yahoo group format. I don't want to bombard folks with a lot of email, so I'm trying to find the best combination. Please be patient with us while we work this all out.
Thanks,
E. aka Mother Posterior
* - info taken from AIDS Walk Team Captain Handbook