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2007 EVENTS!
Link to: HIV and Morality Panel Discussion
Midsummer in the Garden – The Mosaic Initiative’s Board President, Tonya Parravano, and her husband Andrew are very proud of their beautiful gardens, and invite you to enjoy them as well. Midsummer in the Garden will be held in their gardens on Saturday, August 18, 2007 at 6PM. Tickets are $50, with all proceeds supporting our work. For more information, please contact Brad or Cathy at 630-665-5194.
AIDS 5K Run/Walk Chicago – This year’s AIDS 5K Run/Walk Chicago will be held on Saturday, September 15, 2007 in downtown Chicago. Registration fee: $20 before September 7; $25 between September 8 and 15. This year we are encouraging all TEAM MOSAIC walkers to raise at least $10 from 10 different people. 100% of fees and pledges raised by Team Mosaic supports the local and international testing and education efforts of The Mosaic Initiative. Please contact Cathy Hetrick at cathy.hetrick@comcast.net with any questions. Register here to join TEAM MOSAIC and start collecting your pledges.
***Please Register here ***
World AIDS Day Prayer Breakfast – The Mosaic Initiative will be hosting the 2nd Annual World AIDS Day Prayer Breakfast this year on November 30, 2007 at 7AM at The Abbington in Glen Ellyn. Mark your calendars now for this very special event. Please contact us if you are interested in helping to plan this event as well.
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On June 25 and June 27, 2007 (National HIV-Testing Day), The Mosaic Initiative hosted two HIV-testing and education clinics in Wheaton (for more information, see the STATUS Page).
As a result of these events, other doors have quickly opened for further events and community participation. A few of the places we have been invited to present and offer testing include:
We have other things in the works as well, some of which will be open to and publicized to the public. More information will be available as they are scheduled.
In addition, any interested individuals, companies, and organizations that would like to join this growing effort, please feel free to contact us.
On June 16, 2007, The Mosaic Initiative held its second annual martini tasting fundraiser, “Martinilicious”. The event pairs five different martinis with gourmet foods. Entertainment was provided by Nicki Parks (singer/guitarist) and Michael Kett (mind reader). Auction items included Chicago White Sox tickets, treatments for Apothica Spa, and a deluxe Starbucks coffer maker. Thank you to all who attended, volunteered, and helped support our mission. Cheers!
For more information, please contact us at 630.665.5194 ----------------------------------- We will continue to fill this space with new & post calendar of events for 2007.
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2007
From January 16 to 26, 2007, Brad and Cathy will be in Kenya. Thanks to a grant from the AIDS Foundation of Chicago, and to supplemental support from the Verhalen Family Foundation, our only purpose in going on this trip is to firmly establish what we have long planned for – a daily meals program for orphans. Starting in 2004, we have annually made this trip and laid the foundation, literally as well as figuratively, for this program. We have established relationships, partnerships and friendships with the people of Buchifi. We have experienced first-hand the daily living conditions, the challenges, the hopes, the dreams, and of course, the impact of HIV/AIDS on all of this. We have also brought solar ovens, helped in building projects, participated in HIV education programs, learned about the resources available in the region but not in the town of Buchifi, and last year we completed the majority of the Buchifi Community Center (BCC). With the financial commitments from the above-mentioned organizations, we can now start to integrate all of these previous experiences and efforts into a more long-term program. Our goal is to work with some of the community leaders to identify a single person who will oversee the preparation of daily meals for the 70+ orphans in the local vicinity who are attending school on an empty stomach.
While the goal is to have these meals available, the process is going to require the development of a self-sustaining model in order to be effective. As much as possible, we will be bringing information about micro-farming so that the local residents can provide as much food as possible; we will be working with a local Rotary Chapter to hopefully get a well put in in close proximity to the BCC; we will also be providing some basic resources for reporting back to us about the progress.
Our ultimate goal is not to stop here, but to continue to support community development work a clear vision of prevention. We will be meeting with some regional professionals and establish a plan of action for bringing HIV-education to this remote area. As much as possible, we will connect people to resources; in all cases we will connect people to information. It is here where we see commonality with our own community in Wheaton and the western suburbs: People who have been actively involved in HIV/AIDS work or work with some of the most at-risk groups do not know the basic fact that there are 4 body fluids that transmit HIV. So, like here, we will work with people to deconstruct first and then build anew the necessary information in ways that are less threatening and more factual.
Our work in Kenya is vital to our work at home: we see not how different our challenges are, but how similar they are. It is a uniting and unifying experience that we know will continue to benefit the communities in both parts of our one world.
Know Your Status: Don’t Get it! Don’t Spread It!Fall 2007
For more information on how to establish your own message of prevention for your business, church or school, please contact Brad Ogilvie at Brad@mosaicinitiative.org
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