How do you greet someone on a day that is observed with seriousness? (I can't tell you "Happy" World AIDS Day...what do I say instead?) By the way, my sidebar has been fooling you this whole time--I thought World AIDS Day was on December 5th, but alas it is 12/01 and the day is upon us.
While looking for some red to wear today, I realized...Neither Nick nor I own red shirts. This totally sums up our extreme dislike for UGA & Bama.
I feel passionate about the HIV/AIDS crisis in Africa for three main reasons:
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Wanting to help in some way? Here are three (among many) options:
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1.
From HIV to Home has a promotion called
"5 for Five"--beginning today, they are asking for $5 a day for the next five days to put towards five different projects that will be featured on their website.
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2. Also, AHOPE is looking for families to sponsor the 15 additional children with HIV that will be cared for in their orphanages thanks to a new larger facility.
3. And while you're at it, swing by Starbucks today for a sweet treat--they're donating 5 cents of each purchase to the (RED) fund. A Gingerbread Latte with Soy never tasted so good...
2 comments:
really? did you have to bring up your bama hatred on this post? even bama fans can support aids efforts! sheesh! (j/k - i don't own any orange shirts either!)
this is off the subject, but your new header just made me laugh out loud!
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