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