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“ACT staff and volunteers
are professional and caring and always helpful. Coming into the offices is always a good experience.”
EVENT
INFO
EVENT DAY
SCHEDULE 10:00 am
12:00 pm
11:30 am
1:00 pm
Registration begins and onstage entertainment starts!
Opening Ceremony and Remarks
Scotiabank AIDS Walk for Life begins!
Closing remarks and top walker announcements
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Sunday, September 13 Register at aidswalktoronto.ca Yonge-Dundas Square 10 AM – 1:30 PM (Walk starts at 12 PM)
HIV IN
CANADA:
1 in 4
people living with HIV in Canada are unaware that they have HIV. An estimated
71,300
people were living with HIV/AIDS in Canada at the end of 2011.
Almost
25,000
people living with HIV have died since the beginning of the epidemic.
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HIV IN
TORONTO:
In
2013,
the annual incidence rate of HIV/AIDS declined by
19%
Rates In
2013, decreased for both &
representing the lowest number of reported cases over the entire 11-year surveillance period for both genders.
YOUR SUPPORT
LAST YEAR ALLOWED ACT TO HELP:
12,855
individuals came to the Service Access Centre.
22,276
significant conversations recorded about substance use, safer partying and safer sex during online and in-person outreach.
349,324 condoms and
266,882
lube packs distributed.
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“Originally, I was connected to PYO because I was under 30 when I was diagnosed with HIV. I was looking to make new friends and to learn about my situation. Over the years, I learned how to give back to the community and the importance of connecting other youth to the program for emotional support and education. The program has coloured my life immensely and has inspired me to do similar work in the community. It is because of programs like PYO that youth are able to cope with and accept their HIV statuses.� Positive Youth Outreach (PYO) Participant
FOR TEAMS
Take the lead‌ be a Team Captain! Being a Team Captain is a great way to support ACT! As a Team Captain, you can rally your friends, family and co-workers to come together to raise funds and awareness for an important cause!!
STEPS TO THE
WALK
STEP 1: REGISTER
Online at aidswalktoronto.ca or email Amanda Leo at aleo@actoronto.org. This can be done as an individual or a team!
STEP 2: SET YOUR GOAL!
Challenge yourself. Can you raise more than last year? If this is your first year, set a goal that will take some work, but that you are confident your colleagues, friends and family will help you achieve.
STEP 3: FUNDRAISE!
After you register, you will have access to a personal fundraising website that will help you connect with friends, family and colleagues.
TEAM
SPOTLIGHT THE BODY SHOP
CANADA Tell us about your team!
What fundraising tips would you like Our team is traditionally to give to other comprised of shop teams?
to help keep it at bay. It is important to keep awareness of it front and centre as a staff from up to 20 Have your pledge sheet message to people to shops in Toronto with you when you ask have safe sex. It is also and even folks from for a pledge so you can important to support Hamilton, Guelph, wrap it up right there. people who have been exposed to the virus to Brantford, Cambridge. Carry it always. get back on track and In addition many staff If someone says they lead happy productive members from The will support you but lives. Body Shop Canada head office in Toronto then forgets – don’t What is your also join and walk. Our let it go by. Gently remind them and stress favourite Walk walkers often bring memory? their spouses, children how important their My favourite Walk donation is. and dogs! memory actually happens every year. How does your team As team Captain, I do a weekly count It is our Team photo. fundraise? down and reminder to It just makes me very Our team fundraises through direct human walkers to get pledges happy to see so many early. people give their time contact with friends and family but also, What does the Walk to get together as a team to help other increasingly on social mean to you? people. It is very media. We encourage The Walk symbolizes to gratifying. Plus we have all walkers to post to me that the HIV/AIDS their accounts and problem has not gone a great time doing it. keep updating. away, despite great strides in medicine
FUNDRAISING
TIPS
Ask all the people you know
Start early and build momentum
Be creative and be original. You can host a themed event or party!
Use social media and keep it personal. Personal messages are always the most successful!
Be enthusiastic and confident and able to share information about ACT and HIV/AIDS in your community. There is a ton of info on actoronto.org.
Invite a member of the ACT fundraising department to come and give a presentation about the AIDS Walk, and the work ACT does for our community!
Check out our website (aidswalktoronto.ca) to see a list of companies that match gifts!
COOL EVENT IDEAS: Bake Sale, BBQ, Car Wash, Dance-a-Thons, Dinner Events, Yard Sale‌
Thousands of Canadians live with HIV. Unfortunately many feel isolated, as fear and stigma often drive HIV-positive individuals to remain anonymous. But being anonymous doesn’t have to mean being alone. HIV Anonymous was created to give a voice to those Canadians living with HIV anonymously. Our goal is that HIV Anonymous becomes a message of support for all Canadians who are living with HIV – currently over 70,000 in number – while also securing financial support for their needs through the Scotiabank AIDS Walk for Life.
We encourage those living with HIV to share their experiences. When submitting, extra care has been taken that allows the maximum control over your identity and status. Share a story of how stigma and discrimination have affected you. Stories will not only help educate others about the realities of living with HIV and AIDS, but will give support to those who are living anonymously. No one should have to face living with HIV and AIDS in fear or on their own. To show your support of the campaign and all those living with HIV in Canada, download the HIV Anonymous icon and use it as your profile picture on social media to show those living with HIV and AIDS that they are not alone. Visit hivanonymous.ca to share your story; to hear others’ stories; and to download the HIV Anonymous icon to use as your profile picture.
CONTACT
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CHRIS THOMAS,
COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR cthomas@actoronto.org 416-340-8484 ext 225
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