Thank you for visiting our personal fundraising page! On December 1, We'll join World Vision's AIDS Walk for Orphans--and walk 6,000 steps on behalf of the 6,000 children who will be orphaned by AIDS that day. By sponsoring us today, you can make a difference for children fighting to survive the greatest humanitarian crisis of our time.

HIV/AIDS is devastating communities around the world-and children are suffering the most. EVERY DAY, 6,000 children are orphaned by AIDS.

Fifteen million children worldwide have already lost one or both parents to AIDS . . . These orphans are hungry and alone, with little hope of ever escaping poverty. Millions more children are caring for sick and dying parents, unable to stay in school and barely able to provide for themselves.
A generation of children needs our help! Through World Vision, we can provide orphans and vulnerable children with compassionate care, HIV-prevention education based on biblical values, and education and skills training to help them build a better future. Our gifts can also help mobilize churches and other organizations in hard-hit communities to provide additional HIV/AIDS care and prevention. -$25 can provide a care kit to an orphaned child, with nutritious food, medicines, and other essentials. -$50 can send an orphaned or vulnerable child to school for a year. -$100 can provide urgent help for families affected by the HIV/AIDS crisis through local care workers. -$250 can help provide shelter and security for vulnerable children through a safe home, when combined with others' gifts. -$500 can train a community member to provide home-based care for sick and dying parents. You can make a tax-deductible donation right now by clicking on the "sponsor me now" button above. All funds raised will go toward World Vision's work to help children and families in communities severely impacted by HIV/AIDS. Thank you for your support! P.S. If you would like to join us on our Dec. 1st AIDS Walk for Orphans, we will be meeting at 5pm in Santa Cruz, at the Town Clock end of the Pacific Garden Mall. At 5:30, we will begin our hour-long walk of 6,000 steps, one step for each child orphaned that day by this horrendous disease. Contact me for more info. Alicia Schroeder Co-coordinator of "Walk for Orphans" (831)464-4661