Get Involved by Deko-A Time for Heroes Carnival

Hey V.I.T.s,

The Disney Stars and so many of our favorite celebrities were out on Sunday to support Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation. I bring this to you this week to show you that we can all make a difference. Volunteer today with a charity or organization that touches your heart. This is a great way to meet people and feel so good about what you are doing and look if you would have volunteered at this event...look at the stars you would have seen---I am just saying!!

A Time For Heroes Family Carnival raised $1.3 million for Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation! Congratulations to everyone who attended and volunteered!

Here is a little about Elizabeth Glaser taken right from the website.

Elizabeth's Story

The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation was born from the most powerful force of all: a mother's love for her children. Elizabeth Glaser contracted the AIDS virus through a blood transfusion in 1981 while giving birth to her daughter, Ariel. She and her husband, Paul, later learned that Elizabeth had unknowingly passed the virus on to Ariel through breast milk and that their son, Jake, had contracted the virus in utero.

The Glasers discovered, in the course of trying to treat Ariel, that drug companies and health agencies had no idea that HIV/AIDS was prevalent among children. The only drugs on the market were for adults — nothing had been tested or approved for children. Which meant that there was no medical treatment for the infection that was quickly destroying Ariel's life.

Ariel lost her battle with AIDS in 1988. Fully aware that Jake's life was also in danger, Elizabeth rose to action. She approached her close friends, Susie Zeegen and Susan DeLaurentis, for help in creating a foundation that would serve to raise money for basic HIV/AIDS research. The Foundation had one critical mission: to bring hope to children with AIDS. Few researchers were focusing on issues specific to pediatric HIV/AIDS, there were no drugs available for children, and the infection rate was rapidly rising. Elizabeth, Susie, and Susan sought to change that harsh reality.

Get Involved Today...Get off that sofa!!

L8R...Deko