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Walk for Life, Two AIDS Walks
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We have TWO Walks for Life coming up this year at Digital! The 1st being the
Boston Walk (June 2, 9:00am) and the second being the Worcester (June 9th,
at 1 pm)!
The Boston Walk team will meet on the common between 8:00 and 8:30 for a team
picture on the 2nd, while the Worcester team will meet at City Hall at Noon on
the 9th!
The walk itself takes you down the streets of Boston and Worcester, with
entertainment on the streets. You end up meeting lots of new people, and
seeing all the families out there is great!
In 1994, Digital raised $38k, and had 120 walkers. Last year we dropped down to
$4300, with 21 walkers. So we have taken some steps this year in hopes to get
more people involved!
If you have any Walk related questions, you can check out the list of site
coordinators by either going to the AIDS Notesfile (WECARE::AIDS_WALK) and go
to note 5.L (for the latest version), or you can check out the Web Site which
is located at:
http://sdtad.zko.dec.com/pub/csgperf/group/wwlk/wwlk-aids-walk-info.html
Both Walks are taking on many new venues this year from last! We have people
who have volunteered to be site coordinators in many facilities again, and we
hope to have a free Walk T-Shirt for those people who come to either of the
pre-registrations we have in Hudson and Littleton. Along with insentive prizes
for the top 3 people who raise the most money for any one Walk! Not to mention
the insentive prizes both the AIDS Action and APW give out!
Pre-Resistration will be happening for both the Worcester and Boston Walks at
the HLO facility, and just the Boston walk at Littleton. On Friday, May 31st,
we will have the pre-registration for the Boston Walk from 11:00 - 12:30 in
TAY1 cafe, and from 11:30 - 2:00 at the HLO2 lobby.
Friday, June 7th is pre-registration for the Worcester Walk, and it will be
held at the HLO facility ONLY , from 11:30 - 2:00.
Whoever raises the most amount of money between the 2 Walks AND comes to one of
the pre-registrations, will receive a Gear Sport Jacket which was donated to
us from Gear Sport! There is a second prize of a Digital Sweatshirt which was
donated by the Hudson Logo Store! And a third prize of a Digital Golf shirt
donated by the Shrewsbury Logo Store!
AIDS Action has the following insentive prizes: $200 is a t-shirt, $500 is a
sweatshirt, $750 is a canvas attach�, $1,500 is a pair of New Balance athletic
shoes, and $2500 will get you a Polaroid Impulse camera and film.
APW is offering the following insentive prizes, $100 for an AIDS Care Lapel Pin,
$200 for a Walk for Life T-shirt, $400 for a Walk for Life special edition
sweatshirt, and a grand prize of a trip for two to Cancun for 7 nights which
will be awarded to the person who turns in the most paid pledges!
We also hope to offer each person who comes to either of the pre-registrations
a FREE Walk T-shirt that was designed by the winner of the HLO Walk for Life
drawing contest! Many people submitted designs for a shirt contest and the
winning drawing was submitted by Jennifer Lund! And if we get the t-shirts
donated, the winning design will be put on a t-shirt for walkers! You will see
the other designs on posters in various facilities which will have the
pre-registration information!
We hope as many of you will Walk, or will pledge someone to walk in this
Digital Sponsored event! With your help, people who need it most will get
the help they need!
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Hi Everyone!
Ok.... the numbers are all in!!!! The HLO/TAY Pre-registration got a
total of FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS EVEN!!!!! YYYYEEEEESSSSS!!!!!! Last year at
pre-registration we had $2100. The Stow facility ALONE brought in more than
that!!! Last year we had 4 people pre-register for the Walk. This year we had
SEVENTEEN people in HLO, and another TEN in TAY1!!!!!!!
Now, if it works like last year, and pre-registration only raised � the
money, then we could raise TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS!!!! I'll check in with the AAC
in a couple of weeks to get the numbers for Digital!
If you remember, all of last year Digital raised $4300. And � of that
was between 3 people. This year our numbers are WAY up, both in cash and in
people participating!!!
If we break this down into 3 catagories, we had the following money
raised. Stow raised over $2300, which they brought to the HLO facility.
Littleton brought in almost $1400!!!! And HLO (minus Stow) brought in the
rest! Stow should be commended for their efforts in getting all of this
together!
As it stands now, we have three people who could win the Gear Sport
Jacket, the Digital Sweatshirt, and the Digital Golf Shirt. Those people raised
the following amounts of money for the Boston Walk. $750, $505, $417. So
unless people from the Worcester Walk pre-registration raise more than at least
$417, these people will receive the insentive prizes from the HLO committee!
So all of the hard work everyone did was WELL worth it! We raised more
in pre-registration than we did for ALL of Digital last year! This is
definitely a good thing, as those who really need it will get it. My HAT is off
to all of you!
Glen
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