Stay tuned for information on our 15th Annual Walkathon in 2025!
Our 14th annual walkathon, held on May 5, 2024, was a great success raising $31,000 for AIDS orphans and HIV-positive kids!
Hold a Fundraiser
What do you love to do? You can turn almost anything you enjoy doing into a FUNdraiser:
Fun-a-thon Walk, dance, read, swim, bike, shoot goals (soccer, hockey, lacrosse), serve at a soup kitchen—any of these can be turned into a -thon to raise money for AIDS orphans. Get everyone you know involved, get pledges and then have fun!
Throw a house party Invite all your friends and family to a party—supper, pancake breakfast, brunch, just desserts, even a potluck. Show the AIDS Orphan Care video, and speak briefly, from the heart, about why you support us. Then ask your guests to make a donation.
Ask for donations to AIDS Orphan Care in lieu of presents For your wedding or Bar/Bat Mitzvah, or for your next birthday, anniversary or holiday celebration, let family and friends know that you have everything you need—but you’d like to share your good fortune with orphans who need everything. A donation to AIDS Orphan Care makes a very meaningful gift, especially when people get together to sponsor a big gift. How about a month’s worth of peanut butter for HIV-positive kids? Or a bread oven to help a small orphanage to become self-supporting?
Have an art show Ask your talented friends to donate art of all types—paintings, drawings, pottery, photography, jewelry, painted furniture, crafts. Hold an art show and encourage people to bid on the items. This works especially well in a school, with the children’s art!
Hold an auction Solicit goods and services donations from local businesses. Ask everyone in your organizing group to donate a service (eg. tax preparation, a massage, a sailing lesson, snow shoveling, homemade dinner for 4, a salsa lesson, 3 hours of babysitting) or an item (everyone has something nice around the house that they no longer use!) Then invite everyone you know—and everyone they know—to come bid on the items in an online, live or silent auction.
Launch a flamingo invasion Buy a flock of plastic flamingo lawn ornaments and plant them in the front yard of your minister/rabbi/pastor’s house (let him/her in on the escapade first). Following a sermon about taking care of orphans, make an announcement that the flamingos will be landing somewhere else in nights to come. Flamingo removal will cost $30, but families can buy insurance against flamingo invasions for just $20 (you know your congregation—set the prices accordingly). This fundraiser works well for a youth group at a congregation with a great sense of humor.
Organize a concert Every school and town has local talent, whether it’s a singing group, jazz ensemble, storytellers, or a dance band. With ticket sales benefiting AIDS orphans, who would want to miss the fun? Sell baked goods during intermission for added fundraising.
Hold a tournament Scrabble, basketball, bowling, poker, spelling, or golf—invite individuals and teams to compete. Charge a registration fee, and sell baked goods and drinks for participants. Some tournaments also lend themselves to soliciting local businesses as sponsors, or having participants get pledges for each round they play.
A Day’s Pay for AIDS Orphans Start a workplace campaign! Challenge your co-workers to join you in giving a day’s pay for AIDS orphans. Most people can afford one day’s pay—and for an orphan, it can mean the difference between going to bed hungry or having enough to eat. Create teams at work for some healthy competition, and see who can raise the most. Celebrate World AIDS Day (December 1) or World AIDS Orphans Day (May 7) by giving a day’s pay.
Let us know about your fundraiser—we’ll include your story on our website!
Double your donation. Check whether your workplace offers matching gifts.
Build on your success by making your fundraiser an annual event.