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For Immediate Release Contact: Don Morgan
Wednesday, April 14, 2010 (626) 862-6634
don@dlmorganconsulting.com
Project Kindle Bringing Non-Profits Together with New Campsite
Los Angeles – Project Kindle, a non-profit organization that works with children that have been diagnosed with HIV/AIDS, has announced a campaign to construct Kindle Ranch, fully-accessible, green camp that will be made available to non-profit organizations serving special needs campers.
Kindle Ranch will be funded and built by Project Kindle, but designed and utilized by other organizations struggling to offer their communities adequate facilities. These organizations work with communities facing issues such as autism, cancer, poverty and gang violence. Kindle Ranch will be built “fully-accessible,” meaning that any child with any disability will be able to go anywhere on the campsite.
Project Kindle will host a luncheon at the California Endowment Center in Los Angeles on Monday, May 10, 2010, at 11:30 a.m. for leaders of non-profits who will be involved in the planning of Kindle Ranch.
“I am excited to discuss our preliminary plans for Kindle Ranch and collect feedback from some of the organizations that will be using the space once it is completed,” said Eva Payne, Executive Director of Project Kindle. “The resulting conversations within the community will build alliances that ensure children have a space to make important things for generations to come.”
The Kindle Ranch Nonprofit Collaboration Luncheon is free of charge to all interested nonprofits. For further information or to reserve space, call 626-862-6634. For more information on Project Kindle and Kindle Ranch, visitwww.projectkindle.org or www.kindleranch.org
ABOUT PROJECT KINDLE
Founded in 1998, Project Kindle is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing cost-free camping programs, year-round support, and advocacy for children, young adults and families infected with or affected by HIV/AIDS, and offer innovative peer-based HIV/AIDS education for young people ages 12-24. Visit www.projectkindle.org for more info.
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For more information contact,
Project Kindle
Eva Payne, 661.257.1901
eva@projectkindle.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 28, 2008
PROJECT KINDLE IS SELECTED AS THE 2009 BENEFICIARY
for Northwestern University's Dance Marathon
SANTA CLARITA, CA- Project Kindle is thrilled to announce that Northwestern University’s Dance Marathon has chosen them for their 2009 primary beneficiary. NUDM has been raising money for nonprofit organizations for 35 years. Over that time they have raised more that eight million dollars.
“We couldn’t be more excited to start working with Project Kindle,” said Liz Banks, DM 2009 Executive Co-chair. “It is clear that the money we raise over the next year is going to make a huge difference in their organization, and that its efforts are far-reaching and effective.”
Now in its 35th year, Northwestern University’s Dance Marathon is one of the world’s largest student-run philanthropies, having raised a combined total of more than eight million dollars since its founding in 1975. Northwestern University students will dance for 30 hours on March 6, 7 and 8, 2009. In 2008, students raised $933, 855 in cash and in-kind donations.
Project Kindle has been serving families affected by HIV/AIDS for 10 years through a variety of services. One way is through a camping program. Camp Kindle is a collection of weeklong and weekend camps for children and adolescents, taking place in various locations throughout the year. At the camps, HIV and AIDS is not an isolating factor but a normalizing one. Here, the camp participants are free to be themselves and not have to hide their HIV status, which is often the case back home. The camps are offered at no cost to the participants or their families.
The Student Affected By AIDS Scholarship Funds grants scholarships to young people impacted by HIV/AIDS so they can attend post high school education.
SPEAK OUT (Sharing Personal Experiences and Knowledge, Our Unique Truths) is a peer-to-peer based speaker’s bureau that tours across the country. The goal of SPEAK OUT is to help reduce the stigma surrounding HIV/AIDS. In 2007, Project Kindle spoke to over 15,000 students at middle schools, high schools and universities.
Finally, the i know Initiative is the newest program launched by Project Kindle. Camp Kindle participants created artwork, poems, and stories and these were complied into the i know book and DVD, which aims to educate students about what it is like to live with HIV/AIDS.
This year, Project Kindle will join the 34 other prestigious organizations that NUDM has served. Because of the funding from NUDM, Project Kindle will be holding three years of SPEAK OUT tours in the Chicago area. Project Kindle has approximately 50 campers from Chicago at their Camp Kindle Midwest session. With this funding, Project Kindle’s goal is to reduce the stigma surrounding HIV/AIDS in the Chicago area, specifically.
Eva Payne, the organizations Founder and Executive Director says, "We are elated to have been selected as this years primary beneficiary. This is a huge honor for our organization and will allow us to share our cause with so many new individuals. I foresee great success as we work together to make this the greatest Dance Marathon Northwestern has ever seen."
Starting in the fall at Northwestern University, students will begin registering for Dance Marathon. The event will take place on March 6, 7, 8, 2009.
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