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"Alone we can do little,
together we can do so much."
- Helen Keller
Boston AIDS Africa goal is to provide 10,000 Caregiver Kits to family members and local volunteers in Africa who are providing compassionate support to people living with AIDS. Currently 60,000 hardworking volunteers are offering physical and emotional support to affected households in their communities.
To succeed, we need your support! Your involvement will make a world of difference in the lives of those living with AIDS.
Here's how you can help:
Help us reach our goal of 10,000 kits. One kit is just $30 and it does make a difference. You can donate via check or credit card. You can donate via credit card on-line. Click on the link below to see our on-line donation page at firstgiving.com:
http://www.firstgiving.com/bostonaidsafrica
Checks should be made payable to and can be sent to:
Boston AIDS Africa
c/o Cafco Construction Management
77 Charles Street South
Boston, MA 02116
You can bid on one of our Silent Auction items. Your entire bid will go to our efforts, helping us reach our goal of 10,000 Caregiver kits.
See all of our Silent Auction Items here
We are looking for volunteers to help build kits and with the coordination of our Caregiver Kit event on November 22nd.
Download our information and take it to your human resources department. The Caregiver Kit Event is a great team building event. If your company has a matching gift program, make a donation and get your company to match it.
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Companies looking to get their employees involved in a teambuilding event can sponsor a number of kits and select a block of time to build kits as a group. We will include our sponsors on our website and in our media efforts.
1. AIDS is the greatest humanitarian crisis of our time
2. World Vision is a humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children, families, and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice. It is a
recognized, established and credentialled organization
3. They need our help. World Vision has a 2008 Caregiver Kit goal of 125,000
4. No organization in Boston has yet to participate in a Caregiver Kit event
5. You will help make World Vision history. 10,000 kits will be a record for a single event
6. We have media sponsors on board and your organization will benefit from the exposure this event gets
7. The Caregiver Kit event is an excellent way to engage employees, build teams, and involve your staff in your philanthropic efforts
8. Once the kits are all assembled, they will be packaged up and shipped directly to Africa where they will be ditributed to volunteer Caregivers. They get to where they need to be
9. We have all the material you need to engage your employees in the event. You do not have to create anything
10. Together we can make a difference.
Please consider joining our efforts in whatever way you can. Every single Caregiver Kit we ship provides items that improve the life of an AIDS patient and make it safer for caregivers to continue to help them.
For more information about how you can help, please call:
Geri Rhoades at 617-426-7600 or by email at
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Pia Proal at 508-337-8520 x101 or by email at
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