Marlborough students help Boston AIDS Africa one penny at a time
MARLBOROUGH — Pennies really do add up. Students at the grades 4-7 school are using coins to raise hundreds of dollars for AIDS care kits that will go to Africa. In the "Penny War" fundraiser, students bring in pennies for their team's jar and dump all other currency in opposing teams' jars. Teams get deductions for each cent in their jars that is not a penny.
MARLBOROUGH — Pennies really do add up. Students at the grades 4-7 school are using coins to raise hundreds of dollars for AIDS care kits that will go to Africa. In the "Penny War" fundraiser, students bring in pennies for their team's jar and dump all other currency in opposing teams' jars. Teams get deductions for each cent in their jars that is not a penny.
In this historic election year, both Democrats and Republicansare committed to fighting extreme poverty and to aid those struggling withAIDS and otherdiseases to lift themselves up and gain access to the care they need.At the recent Republican National Convention, Laura Bush, Cindy McCain, Bill Frist, and others joined forces with World Vision and the ONE Campaign, to support AIDS caregivers in a Caregiver Kit Building event.
Princess Kasune Zulu took a bold step when she saw how AIDS was devastating her native Zambia: she refused to stay silent. She started hitchhiking with truck drivers on the transcontinental highways. The men, who frequent prostitutes and then return home to their wives, are at high risk of getting and spreading the virus. As Princess rode in their cabs, she lectured them about preventing AIDS. 
On Saturday, November 22, 2008, Boston Aids Africa together with World Vision will host the largest Caregiver Kit event in World Vision's history.
