News as of April 19,2010

PAC hosts Dance Marathon at UCLA to benefit PK

Project Kindle is so very thankful for the ongoing support of Dance Marathon at UCLA! This years event was a huge success and raised over $50,000 for Project Kindle, specifically the Camp Kindle West summer session. We look forward to building an even greater event next year!

Camp Kindle

Camp Kindle 2010 is well underway. All staff positions have been filled! We have the most amazing returning and new staff this summer. Camp camper registration is on-going and we expect to serve 100 campers at each of our sessions (CA and NE).

SPEAK OUT

The SPEAK OUT calendar year falls in line with the school year and what a year it has been. Through a grant provided by the state of Colorado, we successfully completed four weeklong tours in and around Denver this 2009-2010 school year. With funds from Northwestern University Dance Marathon we completed two weeklong tours in Chicago and thanks to the Diamond Foundation we were able to complete a tour around World AIDS Day in Nebraska and Iowa. SPEAK OUT also reached schools in Southern California and Washington, DC. We are beginning the final stages of collecting and analyzing the SPEAK OUT data from the CO tours and look forward to publishing the results online.

Project Kindle to help host CATCH in Sept of 2010

Project Kindle is collaborating with Next Step and Camp AmeriKids out of Boston, MA to host CATCH (Communities Assisting Teens Challenged by HIV) September 14-16 at the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp in Ashford, CT. Any group working with or developing programs for HIV impacted teens is welcome to become a partner. We would love to have you join us!

News as of March 30,2009

Northwestern University Dance Marathon Raises $576,470 for Project Kindle!

Project Kindle is honored to have had the experience of being the Northwestern University Dance Marathon primary beneficiary for 2009. Our organization has grown because of this relationship. We recognize the continued need for more prevalent year-round support for our campers and their families. We also have a better understanding of what we want our HIV educational website to look like through our participation with the ambassador site they created (www.nudm.org/projectkindle). This relationship has meant so much to us. The funds raised will allow our organization to enter a new phase of service. Beyond the money, we are so grateful for the experience they have allowed our campers and families to participate in. I know many of them are dreaming of becoming Northwestern students one day! Thank you for everything!! Click here to read a news article about the event.

Thank You Dance Marathon at UCLA

Project Kindle was proud to be one of the beneficiaries at Dance Marathon 2009. This is the 3rd year that Project Kindle has benefited from this amazing event. Thank you to all who planned, danced and donated! Click here for some photos from the weekend.  

Updates as of November 17, 2008

Camp Kindle: Camp Kindle completed its 10th summer session in Nebraska and its 4th summer of service in California. We served over 160 young people with the help of 90 volunteer staff. Since our inception we have reached over 1,000 children and young adults through Camp Kindle. If you go to our home page, you can view a new video from our 2008 camp session created by Kaila Williams. We are well underway in our planning for our 2009 summer camp sessions. Volunteer applications will be available in Jan. of 2009.

SPEAK OUT: We have just completed a speaking tour in rural Illinois, Mexico and Los Angeles. Between the three tours we spoke to over 2,000 individuals. We have several speaking engagements coming up in Nebraska and Iowa over the first week of December. We are also booking our 2009 Los Angeles Tours. If you are interested in booking SPEAK OUT to attend your school, please contact AJ at aj [at] projectkindle.org or reach aj by calling 661.257.1901

I Know: We have completed our educational book and supplemental video, by Delish Productions. The product is being made available to any health teacher in the Los Angeles area. The book can now be viewed online by clicking here.

Student Affected by AIDS Scholarship Fund: Project Kindle will be awarding scholarships to several applicants for the spring of 2009. Stay tuned for further updates.