Del Shores' - "My Sordid Life"

Location: Theatre of the Republic

Date: January 7th and 8th

Start Time: 8pm on the 7th and 3pm on the 8th

Tickets are on sale now for Del Shores' "My Sordid Life". Tickets may be purchased at Theatre of the Republic or online www.theatreoftherepublic.com. VIP tickets are $75 and include priority seating and a Meet & Greet with Del after his performance January 7th across the street from TOR at Crown & Country Interiors. Hors d'oeuvres and wine will be served at the Meet & Greet. VIP tickets for Sunday January 8th will include priority seating as well as a Meet & Greet with Del immediately following his show. All VIP ticket holders will receive a special invitation in the mail next week for the meet and greet events.

Remember that ALL proceeds benefit Careteam! Let all of your friends and family know about this awesome event!

Careteam's 5K Run and AIDS Walk

Location: Plyler Park - Corner of N Ocean Blvd and 11th Ave N

Date: November 5th

Start Time: 8:30

End Time: 11:00

We are very excited to announce Careteam’s 2011 5K Run and AIDS Walk on November 5th, and it’s on the beach again! Careteam’s 5K Run and AIDS Walk is a great fundraising event but also gives us the opportunity to raise awareness about HIV in our community.

Where: Plyler Park

When: November 5th

Registration: 8:30am

Race starts at: 9:30am

You will soon be able to register online. Details to follow.

This year we are holding an art contest with area students for the t-shirt/poster design. All entries must be sumitted electronically to: jhaynes@careteamsc.org by September 15th.

Careteam is also looking for groups that may want to provide a song or dance routine during the registration time for our 5K Run and AIDS Walk. Each group will perform a routine that must be no more than 10 minutes in length and appropriate for all ages. We will have a 12x12 stage and sound equipment.

If your school, neighborhood or church group would like to participate, contact Johann Haynes @ 843-236-9000 or jhaynes@careteamsc.org to register today! All groups must be registered by October 5th.

We are looking forward to a great event and hope you will plan to join us.

Call the office today for more information... 843-236-9000.

See you soon!

Johanna

Hands Across the Strand

Location: Plyler Park

Date: 12/3/2011

Start Time: 10:00 am

End Time: 12:00 pm

In celebration of World AIDS Day, The Advocates for Life and Careteam are sponsoring a beach event to bring awareness to funding shortages around the AIDS Drug Assistacne Program.

Participants will receive a red umbrella to hold as they line up across the beach. Aerial photos will be taken. Help Us Help Them. Plan to join us today!

Wieners on the Patio!!

Location: Time Out - 520 8th Avenue North, Myrtle Beach, SC 29577

Date: Friday, September 30, 2011

Start Time: 10:00 PM

End Time: 2:00 AM

Celebrate National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day with Careteam, Inc. and Time Out on Friday, September 30 from 10pm - 2am. Everyone who gets a Free HIV test will receive a free hot dog on the night of the event. Individuals who return for their test results will get a $10 gift card to Wal-Mart.

Take the test, take control!

National Latino AIDS Awareness Day Health Fair

Location: The Atlantic Centers (Soccer Fields behind Lowe's in Conway; between Builders First and Conway Fire Station)

Date: Sunday, October 16, 2011

Start Time: 8:00 AM

End Time: 2:00 PM

Celebrate National Latino AIDS Awareness Day with Careteam, Inc. on Sunday, October 16, 2011 at the soccer/futbol fields behind the Lowe's and in between Builders First and the Conway Fire Station in Conway, SC.

There will be free HIV testing, free blood pressure checks, free diabetes screening, and free nutritional analysis. Individuals who are tested for HIV will receive free refreshments on the day of the event, and a $10 gift card to Wal-Mart when they return for their test results. Free face painting will be available for children.

"Look at Me Now" Vogue Dance Competition

Location: Club Traxx, 503 8th Ave. N, Myrtle Beach, SC 29577

Date: Saturday, August 13, 2011

Start Time: 9:00 PM

End Time: 2:00 AM

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Careteam, Inc. along with Club Traxx will be hosting a Vogue Dance Competition to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS and Careteam. Free HIV Testing will be offered on the night of the event from 9:00 PM - 1:00 AM. Club Traxx will be accepting donations at the door. All donations will go to Careteam at the end of the event.

The winner of the dance competition will receive a cash prize totaling the amount of registration fees that are collected (ie if 100 people register, the grand prize will equal $500).

There will also be an "Opt-In" raffle for individuals who are tested for HIV. Individuals who are tested will be provided with the opportunity to purchase a $1 raffle ticket. The grand prize for the raffle will be a cash prize totaling the amount collected from raffle ticket purchases (ie if 50 people get tested and purchase a raffle ticket, the grand prize will equal $50). Other drawings will include prizes such as t-shirts, caps, etc.

Individuals interested in competing must register by 9:00 PM, Saturday, August 13, 2011 for the competition. Registration will take place at the Careteam, Inc. Myrtle Beach office during regular business hours.

Please contact Aprill at (843)236-9000 for more information.

National HIV Testing Day Event

Location: South Side Grocery Store 3055 S. State Hwy 41-51, Hemingway, SC 29554

Date: Saturday, June 11, 2011

Start Time: 11:00 AM

End Time: 2:00 PM

5 Ways to be Greater than AIDS:

KNOW - Get the facts about HIV/AIDS

TALK - Start the conversation

PROTECT - Use a condom

GET TESTED - Find an HIV testing center

TAKE ACTION - Get involved locally

Join us for free HIV testing at South Side Grocery Store in Hemingway. Individuals who are tested will receive a free hotdog and drink on the day of the event, and a $10 gift card when they return for test results. Call (843)236-9000 for more information.

National HIV Testing Day Fish Fry

Location: St. John's AME Church 76 County Road S-22-432, Pawleys Island, SC 29585

Date: Sunday, June 12, 2011

Start Time: 11:00 AM

End Time: 3:00 PM

Join us for an outdoor service and a free fish fry to celebrate National HIV Testing Day!! Careteam will give St. John's AME $5-$10 per individual who is tested for HIV and returns for their test results. Each person will also receive a $10 gift card to Wal-Mart when they return for their test results. Please call Aprill at (843)236-9000 for more information.

National HIV Testing Day Church Fundraiser

Location: Salem Missionary Baptist Church 11112 Freewoods Rd., Myrtle Beach, SC 29588

Date: Saturday, June 25, 2011

Start Time: 10:00 AM

End Time: 2:00 PM

Help Salem Missionary Baptist Church raise money, while raising awareness for HIV/AIDS in the Burgess Community. There will be FREE HIV testing, an HIV positive speaker, and refreshments. Careteam, Inc. will donate $5 - $10 to the church for each person who is tested and returns for their test result. In addition to the church donation, individuals will receive a $10 gift card to Wal-Mart when they receive their results.

Carver Street Extravaganza!!!

Location: 1403 Carver St. Myrtle Beach, SC 29577

Date: Monday, June 27, 2011

Start Time: 3:00 PM

End Time: 7:00 PM

Come out and celebrate National HIV Testing Day with free HIV testing, free blood pressure checks, free diabetes screening, and free nutritional analysis. Individuals who are tested for HIV will receive a free hotdog and a drink on the day of the event, and a $10 gift card to Wal-Mart when they return for their test results. Free face painting will be available for children. We will close the event with a candle light vigil from 6:30 PM - 7:00 PM.

Coastal AIDS Quilt Project Quilt Display

Location: Atlantic Stage Theater 930 79th Ave. N

Date: Nov 29th through December 4th

Start Time: 11 am daily

End Time: 7 pm daily

We are fortunate to have the Coastal AIDS Quilt Project in Myrtle Beach bringing the AIDS Quilt display to our community. If you've never seen the Quilt Display then you must attend. Opening Ceremony is Nov 29th at 12 noon. Closing Ceremony is Dec 4th at 7pm.

World AIDS Day, December 1st is a very special day for many family and friends who have lost loved ones to HIV Disease. It is a time that we all stop and remember those lost, pray for those living and continue the fight for a cure to this dreadful disease. Come join us. Bring your family and friends.

HIV since the begining has held a terrible stigma for those infected. Our leaders, media and many friends have through the years spoken of those infected as if they deserved HIV becasue of some aweful behavior. Today we know this isn't true. HIV does not discriminate. It affects all of us, from all walks of life, religion, economic status, race, nationality and sexual orientation. It affects children, parents, brother and sisters, ministers, politicians, doctors and school teachers, athletes and couch potatoes, husbands, wives, lovers, virgins and prostitues, drug additicts and teatotallers. It does not care who is infected, how or when. It is a blood born pathogen and if the right amount of infected blood enters your blood system, you become infected..for life. In the United states HIV effects one in three hundred people. In South Africa, one in three. It is not curable but it is treatable and it is almost 100% preventable.

Help raise awareness about HIV in our community.

We hope to see you there.

Johanna

2010 Careteam's 5K Run and AIDS Walk

Location: Plyler Park, Ocean Blvd & 11th Avenue North

Date: October 30, 2010

Start Time: 8:30 a.m.

End Time: 12 p.m.

To download the registration form Click Here!

To register online Click Here!

Spirit Halloween VIP Night 2010

Location: 550 Seaboard Street Hwy 501 (the old Circuit City Bldg)

Date: September 19th

Start Time: 7 pm

End Time: Midnight

Spirit Halloween is a local gifts and costume store that opens every September and October here in Myrtle Beach. Each year, they host a VIP Night as an exclusive pre-opening event and each year the owners choose one local charity to highlight and benefit. This year Korey and Dave have chosen Careteam as their benefit charity for VIP Night 2010. During VIP Night, guests will get a first look at exclusive items, amazing discounts, prizes, entertainment AND all proceeds from ticket sales go to Careteam! Tickets are on sale now for $25. Call 236-9000 to get yours today! Tickets are limited so don't wait. (Thank you Korey and Dave)

Dining with Friends 2010

Location: Old Train Depot Downtown Myrtle Beach

Date: April 24th

Start Time: 9pm

End Time: Midnight

It's that time of year again and we are all very excited about our 2010 Dining with Friends Fundraising event. This year the Dining with Friends committee decided to change things up a bit and make our after party a fabulous night filled with lots of games and prizes! Everyone has been hard at work planning games and securing some of the most amazing prizes we have ever had! So if you want to have a night to remember while helping to support Careteam, come to the after party, you won't want to miss it!

Right now we need supporters who are willing to host dinner parties for us. If you have never hosted a Dining With Friends dinner party we hope that you will consider doing so this year. It is easy, a great way to raise money and loads of fun! All you have to do is have a dinner party for your friends at your home. We will supply the invitations that tell yor friends that this dinner is a fundraiser. You can have any kind of dinner party you want. It can be a casual cookout or a costume party. Everyone is encouraged to host their parties on April 24th. That evening at 9:00 the hosts and guests from all these parties come together at the Old Train Depot to total our funds raised and celebrate!

Please call Careeteam's office and register right now. The more parties we have, the more money we raise. Our goal this year is to have more parties and raise more money than ever before. Thank you!

Johanna

2009 5K Run and AIDS Walk

Location: Grand Park on Farrow Parway

Date: November 7

Start Time: 8:00 am

End Time: 10:00 am

For those of you who have supported and look forward to this "walk" each year, don't panic. You will still be able to walk with no pressure. (I'm with you!)

Mark your calendars now. More information will follow as we get closer to the event.

Hope to see you there!

Johanna

Dining With Friends 2009

Location: Old Train Depot Downtown Myrtle Beach

Date: April 25th

Start Time: 9pm

End Time: Midnight

Plans area well underway for Careteam's 2009 Dining With Firends fundraising event. We are very excited about this year especially about our artists' dinner plates. This year our Dining With Friends Committee has enlisted the support of local artist by asking them to paint or be otherwise creative with a dinner plate that will be auctioned at the After Party Celebration. We have received many of the plates already and they are beautiful! The committee hopes to be able to display these plates on Careteam's website prior to the event and we are looking now for a place to display them publicly prior to the event. You won't want to miss out of the auction this year!

Right now we need supporters who are willing to host dinner parties for us. If you have never hosted a Dining With Firneds dinner party we hope that you will consider doing so this year. It is easy, a great way to raise money and loads of fun! All you have to do is have a dinner party for your friends at your home. We will supply the invitations that tell yor friends that this dinner is a fundraiser. You can have any kind of dinner party you want. It can be a casual cookout or a costume party. Everyone is encouraged to host their parties on April 25th. That evening at 9:00 the hosts and guests from all these parties come together at the Old Train Depot to total our funds raised and celebrate!

Please call Careeteam's office and register right now. The more parties we have, the more money we raise. Our goal this year is to have 30 parties and raise a total of 60,000. Thank you!

Johanna

The Center Project Hosting HIV Awareness and Testing event Dec. 2nd

Location: The Center Project - 8th Ave

Date: Dec. 2

Start Time: 5 pm

End Time: 8 pm

Free and Confidntial HIV Testing will be provided by Careteam. A $10 gift card will be given to everyone who gets tested and comes back for their result. Don't wwait. Learn about YOUR risk for HIV infection today and GET TESTED! KNOWLEDGE IS POWER.

World AIDS Day Awareness and Education Event at CCU - Dec. 1st

Location: Coastal Carolina University Wall Auditorium

Date: Dec. 1st

Start Time: 10 am

End Time: 12 pm

This increase tells us that the concern over risk for HIV infection has fallen among young gay men. Most young men tell us that they are not concerned because treatment today is good and those who are infected seem to be living healthy productive lives.

Crazy as it sounds, it is ture. Young gay men aren't concerned about infection because they don't see HIV affecting their lives. What they don't get to see is the day to day struggles of living with HIV. The medication side effects and increased risk for other types of infections causing regular bouts of illness associted with these other infections. While medications today are great and very effective in combatting HIV, living with HIV is never easy.

Come join us for this very important event. Bring your friends. Get tested. Join us after for lunch.

Quilt Project - Displaying Quilt Panels from Washington - Nov 30-Dec 4

Location: Myrtle Beach Training Depot

Date: 11/30-12/4/2008

Start Time: 5 pm Nov. 30th

End Time: 6 pm Dec. 4th

World AIDS Day Vigil - Nov. 29 th in Georgetown

Location: Nazareth AME Church - Georgetown

Date: November 30, 2008

Start Time: 6 pm

Please plan to attend. Bring family and friends to this important event to learn more about HIV, your risk for HIV infection and what you can do to STOP the spread of HIV TODAY.

World AIDS Day Celebrations - Candle Light Vigil RRF Benefit Show Nov. 29 th

Location: Time Out

Date: 11/29/08

Start Time: 11:00 pm

AIDS Walk 2008

Location: Grand Park

Date: September 20, 2008

Start Time: 9:00 am

End Time: 11:30 am

Careteam's AIDS Walk is a fun way to raise awareness about HIV and raise money to support the services we provide. It's easy, fun and everyone is welcome to participate. You will be hearing from us soon when we mail registration and sponsorship forms. If you haven't received mail from us before be sure to call our office (236-9000) or use our on-line contact form and give us your address. Until then go ahead and start planning.

Last year, Careteam raised over $15,000. $5,500 of that was raised by walkers on the day of the event. The rest was sponsorships and other donations received after the event. This year we want to double that amount and we can with just a little additional effort from each walkers. Here is how. Start building support for the walk right now. Whether you walk with a group or alone now is the time to start asking others to sponsor you on the walk. It's easy to do and a great way to increase the amount of money you help raise. If you have friends or family who can't walk this year, ask them to sponsor you to walk for them. If you have 10 people sponsor you for $10 each you've just raised $100 for the walk! Forming a team is another way to increase the amount of money you raise. Teams can be made of friends, family,church groups, work groups or social groups. If your church group has 20 people walking and each of them asks 10 people to sponsor their walk for $10 each, you've just raised the amount of money you helped raise from $100 to $2,000. You don't have to limit your sponsorships to $10 either. Ask people to give as much as they can. For some that will be $10. For others that could be $50 or more! Last year we had close to 150 people participate in the walk. We raised an average of $35 for each walker. If every walker gets 10 sponsors and brings at least two new walkers with you we could increase the amount raised by our walkers from $5,000 to $30,000. Easy!

So,start planning now. It's going to be our best AIDS Walk ever and you can help make that happen.

See you there!

Johanna

Dining With Friends 2008

Location: Old Train Depot downtown Myrtle Beach

Date: April 26, 2008

Start Time: 9:00 pm

End Time: Midnight

Please take a few minutes to learn more about the event and consider joining us this year by hosting your own Dining With Friends dinner party. We are excited about this year’s Dining With Friends and with your help we are looking forward to a very successful fundraising event.

Mark your calendars now for April 26th.

Over the past few years Careteam has experienced an incredible roller coaster ride of our federal funding. We have survived and we are wiser for the experience. The staff and Board of Directors have learned a very valuable lesson; we cannot depend solely on federal funding to take care of our clients. With that in mind we have initiated a challenging financial development goal. We expect that in five years 1/3 of our budget, $350,000 will come from fundraising events and annual giving programs. That is a tall order for a handful of faithful supporters. It is not so difficult for a community of supporters. The easiest way for our Dining With Friends event to raise more money is to have more parties. Last year, we had 13 parties and raised almost $44,000. You can do the math. Double the number of parties, double the amount we raise. The other way to increase the amount of money we raise is to increase the number of businesses who Sponsor the event. Please check out the Sponsorship Levels information included with this letter. If you own your business, consider Sponsoring Dining With Friends 2008. If you have friends who are business owners, please pass this opportunity along to them. We need your help today.

If you’ve hosted a party for us in the past you know how it works. If not, don’t worry. It’s easy; your friends, your home, your menu, followed by a fun filled After Party Celebration. We supply the party invitations for you to mail to your guest list. The invitation will let your friends know that this is a fundraising event for Careteam. You do not have to ask for money. If they are coming to your party they know they are being asked to contribute. It doesn’t matter if your party raises $300 or $10,000. Every party is important in helping us reach our goal.

Won’t you please join Careteam’s list of family and friends who participate in Dining With Friends 2008. Call our office today for details and to request your invitations. Thank you again for your faithful support.

Sincerely,

Johanna Haynes, Executive Director

Dining With Friends 2008

Location: The Old Train Depot downtown Myrtle Beach

Date: April 26, 2008

Start Time: 8:30 pm

End Time: Midnight

It is not too soon to start thinking of your dinner party now. Mark your calendars now. You'll not want to miss it.

Dining With Friends 2007

Location: Myrtle Beach Train Depot

Date: April 28th

Start Time: 8:30 pm

End Time: Midnight

Dear Friends of Careteam,

It is time again to start finalizing our plans for Dining With Friends 2007! We are excited about this year’s event and look forward to seeing all of you there. The After Party Celebration was such a great success at the Myrtle Beach Train Depot last year that we have reserved it again for this year’s event.

Mark your calendars now for April 28th.

As we watch our federal funding decrease, fundraising has never been more important. Our goal this year is to book 20 host parties. If we do that, we can easily raise over $60,000! So, we need you to call today to book your party. Dining With Friends has always been a great party and lots of fun. It is also a very important fundraising event. Do your part to help Careteam. We need your support. Call us today at 236-9000.

It is so easy. If you’ve never had a party before, here’s how it works. Careteam will supply invitations for your party that explains what Careteam is and that your dinner is a fundraising party. You send the invitations to your guests and start planning dinner. It does not have to be expensive, there are no requirements. And, it is a whole lot of FUN! We all have friends and if you’re like me, when you visit with friends it usually involves food. So, really this isn’t anything that you wouldn’t normally do anyway. You get to visit with friends and this time, they get to make a tax deductible contribution to a deserving, hard working agency. We ask that if at all possible, every host have their party on April 28th because at 8:30 that evening all the hosts and their guest will meet at the Train Depot for our After Party Celebration. That is when we will tally all the contributions from all the host parties to see how much money was raised.

If you have hosted a party for us in the past, please host again this year. We need everyone’s help and that includes you! We must order our invitations in the next two weeks so don’t wait, call today! 236-9000

Thank you again for your help and we’ll see you at the Depot!

Johanna

AIDS Walk 2007

Location: Grand Park, Farrow Parkway ( at the old Air Force Base)

Date: September 22

Start Time: 9:00 AM

End Time: 2:30 PM

Last year, Careteam brought back the AIDS Walk after a three-year hiatus. The event was so much fun! We raised over $15,000 and we found out that people really missed having it. As promised, the 2007 AIDS Walk and Festival is back this year and will be held on Saturday, September 22nd. The three-mile walk around the lake at Grand Park walk will start at 10:00 am. Registration starts at 9:00 am. Mark your calendars now, start assembling your teams and collecting your pledges!

Careteam’s annual AIDS Walk has always been a well-attended event that raises money for client services and brings awareness of HIV to our community. We at Careteam appreciate your support of our events in the past and hope that you will join us once again this year. This year we have added "...and Festival" to our event. We are so excited. starting after the AIDS Walk at 11:30, a group of local performers are donating their time to entertain us. There will be food and drink, sno-cones, baloons and face painting for the kids. Bring your blanket and chairs and stay with us for some fabulous entertainment after the AIDS Walk.

Pledge cards are available. Call and we'll send you some today. Don’t wait. Call to register your team for this exciting event! 236-9000

World AIDS Day 2007

Location: There are several events taking place for World AIDS Day. Please see list below

Date: December 1st

This year there are several World AIDS Day activities taking place in Horry and Georgetown Counties. Please take a few minutes to review these events and find one, or two to attend. If you need further information about any of these events please call our office today. We hope to see you then!

NOVEMBER 29th

Coastal Carolina University HIV 101

12 Noon

NOVEMBER 30th

Chesterfield Missionary Baptist Church Candle Light Vigil

6pm Longs, SC

DECEMBER 1st

Red Ribbon Friends AIDS Quilt Opening Ceremony

12 noon The Center Project, 307 Hwy 15, Myrtle Beach

Nazareth AME Church Candle Light Vigil

6 pm Choppee High School Auditorium, Choppee, Road, Georgetown

Red Ribbon Friends Candle Light Vigil

10:00pm Town Square, Kings Hwy