Fundraisers

M.S. 447, Brooklyn NY

I teach advisory to sixth grade at M.S. 447 in Brooklyn, NY. As part of my curriculum I have to teach AIDS education. After one of our discussions about AIDS in Africa, one of the classes wanted to help, so we organized a one day bake sale, with all of the profits going to your organization.

Thanks for all you do for people in need.
Heidi Slouffman

Old Mill High School, Millersville MD

The Old Mill High School`s chapter of the National French Honor Society students made hemp bracelets decorated with red beads and then sold them to other students during their lunch periods in order to raise funds. As they are all French students, it would be particularly meaningful to them if their donation could be used in a French-speaking country, but they really just want it to be used wherever the need is greatest. Thank you!

Lilia, Lisara, Hanna, and Elizabeth are ninth-graders in the Cambridge Global Studies Academy at G. Holmes Braddock Senior High in Miami, Florida. The project originated in Mrs. Merino's World History class where they had to choose a global issue, thoroughly research it, raise awareness of the problem, take action, and go even further. So far, the groups have only researched the issues and presented them to the class. Mrs. Merino has told them that for the second part (raising awareness) she wishes for all of her Global Studies classes to present in the auditorium in front of a large crowd!

This group plans to fundraise in a couple of ways. First, they plan on using catalog fundraising. They also hope to host a winter party at one of their homes in which they will charge for entrance. Last, but not least, they will have a neighborhood car wash. Since getting permission from the school to have a car wash will be extremely difficult the girls have agreed that they should go around their neighborhood and ask if they want to help the cause.

Thanks for the brochures you sent us! They will be great for raising awareness. The girls are also thinking that apart from helping the children of Sub-Saharan Africa it would also be a good thing if they helped stop the pandemic here in the USA, as well. I think this is an issue that involves all of us and they, as high school students, want to start by knowing their status. They would like to get two things from this: 1. showing them that getting tested shouldn't be taboo but another way to be responsible citizens and 2. to introduce them to the devastating effect the virus has on the youth of the Sub-Saharan region. Currently, the students are investigating how to handle the awareness portion of their project.

The group is in the HIV club in our school and made banners to hang around the school for HIV Awareness Week. They put up the banners and went into classes to play a game with the students to raise their awareness on the virus. We also went to the courtyard during lunches to play a similar game.

They are working on bringing in a speaker to inform students about HIV in general.

Understanding the HIV and AIDS Pandemic (80 KB pdf)

A Little Kara Goes a Long Way

Kara, a 4 year old girl from Pennsylvania, has raised over $400 to date and continues to raise money.

After seeing Idol-aid on TV she was very upset when she realized that there are kids that don't have food, homes, parents, or toys and asked what she could do to help them.

Kara says she has a lot and doesn't need it all, so we can send some of it to them! OK, sometimes it is when there is a lunch she doesn't particulary like....but it has usually been about her toys and clothes!

How is Kara raising the money? She has emailed friends and family telling them what she is doing and she also takes a copy of her webpage to show to ask for donations.

We all can help, and every little bit makes a big difference, just like Kara.

Sedona Red Rock High School

Hi AFCA,

I am so proud of my kids. They held a "gala" that featured a silent auction selling student art and some community art. They really went after their HS peers to donate their own art and to feel good about doing that. Community members also donated services and art work. The day of the event, a woman even walked in off the street and donated money and a prize!

Then we enlisted our HS Jazz Band and the Poetry Club to perform. We also served brownies and cookies etc that we had baked and invited the entire community. They bought and donated and supported us and the kids of Africa. I have never felt so good about people. It was really hard work, but worth every second. Indra Ekmanis, my president, was awesome. She spoke so well about why and how they chose this particular charity, so I am ever so grateful that 100% will go to the kids! Thank you.

Thanks,
Karyl Goldsmith

PS: I'm hoping we can do this yearly.