Whether you run or walk with Friends of CAP AIDS during the Scotiabank Group Charity Challenge on Sunday, September 26, 2010, you will make a HUGE difference in the life of an AIDS orphan like Eunice Akello.
Eunice is one of the 100 Ugandan youth who benefitted from CAP AIDS' Northern Rehabilitation Program (NUREP). She participated in a 6-month tailoring course and also received a sewing machine and start-up materials provided by CAP AIDS.
As a result of this, Eunice now earns about $5 a day making school uniforms and is able to provide food and shelter for herself, her younger sister, and her grandmother.
Prior to the assistance and training she received, she and her family often spent their days hungry.
CAP AIDS STWM Charity Challenge 2010BACKGROUND: Charity Challenge: Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront
Marathon
The Charity Challenge of the annual Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon (STWM) enables runners to go the distance for a charity of their choice. Since 2007, CAP AIDS has participated in the marathon event as an Official Charity. And over 100 supporters have made their
Marathon run and Half Marathon or 5k run/walk, more meaningful by going the distance for CAP AIDS. They ran/walked to honor Africans in their ongoing efforts to resist, survive and overcome the HIV+AIDS pandemic.
Charity Challenge: Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon 2010 | Sunday, September 26, 2010
On Sunday, September 26, 2010, CAP AIDS will participate in the Charity Challenge of the 2010 Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon as an Official Charity. Our team, Friends of CAP AIDS, will represent CAP AIDS.
Beneficiaries: Our goal is to raise $15 000 to enable CAP AIDS to provide AIDS-orphaned African youth with employment skills, self-employment skills and tools to pursue safe and sustainable livelihoods.
What You Can Do: Make your
Marathon run and Half Marathon or 5k run/walk more meaningful by going the distance for Friends of CAP AIDS. No matter which distance you participate in, your fundraising will make a difference!
Here is how you can participate:
- Join Friends of CAP AIDS as a runner/walker
- Sponsor a Friends of CAP AIDS runner/walker
- Sponsor Friends of CAP AIDS
- Fundraise for Friends of CAP AIDS
- Spread the word
REGISTER NOW: Please visit the CAP AIDS Profile on on the 2010 STWM Charity Challenge website.
STWM CHARITY CHALLENGE AWARDS:
Your participation can help CAP AIDS win one of the following awards:
1. $5,000 will be awarded to the Official Charity with the most participants (in any combination of events). Important: each runner/walker must raise at least $10 for the charity to count.
2. $5,000 will go to the Official Charity with the largest amount of pledges (total $$ raised)
3. $5,000 will be awarded to the Official Charity that raises the largest amount of pledge dollars per participant. Important: To qualify, a charity team must have a minimum of 10 participants.
OUR INCENTIVES:
- Registration is FREE for the first 5
Marathon , Half Marathon runners for Friends of CAP AIDS
- Registration is FREE for 5 participants raising $500.00 or more in pledges for Friends of CAP AIDS.
- Registration is FREE for participants who recruit five or more runners for Friends of CAP AIDS
- Attend our post-run party!
- Prizes! Prizes! Prizes! Qualify to win prizes by:
a. Soliciting the largest number of donors
b. Raising the single largest donation
c. Recruiting the highest number of runners/walkers
d. Finishing Marathon or Half Marathon in the top 50/100
e. Achieving the best Friends of CAP AIDS time in each of the running/walking categories.
TRAINING:
Your marathon run - and commitment to fighting HIV+AIDS in Africa - will only be successful through proper training and preparation.
- Please visit the organizers' "Training Programs & Tune-Up Training Runs" page for recommended training regimes, official training clinics, coaches and resources.
- In this Globe & Mail article, certified athletic therapist, Cory-Ann Freeman, offers useful tips on "how to avoid running injuries" during training.
For more information, please contact Obert Madondo, Team CAP AIDS Leader at: (416) 532 4851 or capaids@sympatico.ca
