Give a Day to World AIDS Day

*Originally found on the SLF website:

Give one day's pay on or before World AIDS Day (December 1st)
Give a Day to World AIDS is a movement of Canadians responding to the AIDS pandemic in Africa. Each year, individuals, families and workplaces across the country have participated by donating one day's pay in honour of World AIDS Day (December 1st) to support grassroots AIDS initiatives through the Stephen Lewis Foundation.

Start a workplace campaign
Don't have a workplace campaign? Start one! Challenge your colleagues to join and give one day's pay.

How to I calculate one day's pay?
To calculate a day's pay, divide your annual pay (pre-tax or after tax — it's up to you) by 210, the number of working days in a year. We suggest giving a day's pay, but it is up to you to give what you are able — a half-day, a few hours, a week's pay. Whatever you are able to give, it will make a difference.

Host a Harambee
This year, host your own Give a Day Harambee, “a party with a purpose”, inspired by the East African community gatherings where people pull together for a common purpose. To find out more about hosting a Harambee, please click here.

To learn more about the campaign, please visit www.giveaday.ca

You can still dare to do something

Didn't dare to do something for Africa yet? Well, the Stephen Lewis Foundation's A Dare to Remember campaign is still on! You can officially do your dare before World AIDS Day, which is December 1st, 2009. Dare to be creative. Dare to be funny. Dare to do something scary! Anything goes and fundraising is simple if you use the tools provided by the SLF on the website. Dare to do something rad this World AIDS Day.

Paul Dares to Jog up Sulphur Mountain...Backwards

I wonder what the people on the gondola thought of the guy running backwards up a mountain! Great job, Paul!

My Dare to Remember

On October 19, 2009, I did 100 sun salutations in a row for A Dare to Remember. All of the funds ($600!) went to The Stephen Lewis Foundation, which supports community-level organizations that are turning the tide of HIV/AIDS in Africa by providing care and support to women, orphans, grandmothers and people living with HIV and AIDS.