Call to Action Quilts for Children

You can help embrace the spirit and hope of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation with your creativity and generosity. Our future belongs to children the world over. Our mission is to provide hope, comfort and caring through quilts donated by people like you. As you can imagine, these quilts will help brighten the day of the children, young adults and mothers that receive them and at the same time, help to bring an increased awareness to AIDS in the world today. Occasionally,a donated quilt maybe placed on auction with all proceeds to benefit the EGPAF. Quilts of all sizes, colors and shapes are welcome!

If you are interested in contributing a quilt, quilt blocks, or would like more information, please feel free to call or email me with any questions.

The Call To Action Quilts for Children is grateful to all donors for their time and generosity. Through the generous hearts of many from around the world, we have received some incredible and cheerful quilts to distribute. A heartfelt thank you to those who have contributed. If you have not yet had a chance and would like to help, just pick up your Olfa cutters, scissors and quilting gear and join us! If you need fabric, please email me and I will be happy to send you some. There are over 3.2 million children living with HIV/AIDS who are so deserving of a “comfy quilt”. Your quilts not only brighten the day of the children and young adults who receive them, but demonstrate to others the importance of getting involved at any level.

Please read on for more information about the foundation and the Call to Action Project.

The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation creates a future that offers hope through pediatric research and programs worldwide to ensure children are at the forefront of every scientific breakthrough.

Their mission is to identify, fund and conduct critical pediatric research that will lead to better treatments and prevention of HIV infection in infants and children, to reduce and prevent HIV transmission from mother to child and to accelerate the discovery of new treatments for other serious and life-threatening pediatric diseases.

The Call to Action Project is now active in the following countries: Angola, Cameroon, The Republic of Congo, Dominican Republic, Georgia, Honduras, India, Kenya, Malawi, Russia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

The Global Pandemic:
· More than 42 million people are infected with HIV worldwide - 3.2 million of them are children.
· 95% of these people live in developing nations.
· Around the world, more than five million people are newly infected each year.
· Women now account for 50% of all the number of people living with HIV/AIDS
· Approximately 4 young people (aged 15 - 24) become infected with HIV every minute.
· More than 500,000 children die annually from AIDS.

The Epidemic in the US:
· It is estimated that 2 adolescents are infected with HIV every hour.
· Mother-to-child transmission of HIV has accounted for 91% of all AIDS cases reporter among children.

There are approximately 800,000 - 900,000 people currently living with HIV. 200,000 of those people don't know they are infected, putting them at high risk of spreading the infection.

Please take a moment to view "What About Us? Children's Battle to Access AIDS Treatment" featuring Jake Glaser as a panelist. During this Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation event, AIDS experts and advocates testify to members of Congress about children's battle to access AIDS treatment in the developing world. Speaking very eloquently, Jake talks about himself and what it's like to be HIV positive, his experience with friends and other children with HIV/AIDS and the need for improved children's welfare in the fight against HIV/AIDS. . Also a moving poem by Josephine Nabukenya, age 12, Ugandan AIDS advocate. Taped September 12, 2005

Current community project is by the Fifth grade class of Twinfield Union School, Plainfield, VT.

This is one of two beautiful quilts made by the children as a class project on 'Compassion and Service Learning' !

Special 'Thank you's' to Amy T; Jennifer, Anne and all the wonderful students of the 5th Class of 2007!

Representing an animal from each of the 7 continents, each quilt block is hand designed and painted with fabric paint by:

Kevin, Amy, Sofia, Alley, Conor, Rosemary, Michael, Jim, Matthew, Elizabeth, Cailin, Alex, Olivia, Mrs. Terry Clark and Mrs. Duchaney

If your group would like to start a quilt project for the CTAQC, please email me for details on how you can contribute and bring hope and comfort to children living with HIV/AIDS.

Teach your children about the importance of kindness, compassion and service to others!

Pam Meserve
22 Garfield Ave
Medford, MA 02155
781-395-8307
781-396-9352
Email = datalova@aol.com

To send monetary donations, please send payment to:
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
2950 31st Street, #125
Santa Monica, CA 90405

For more information about the foundation or to make donations on-line, please visit their website.
www.pedaids.org

Donations can also be made through work place giving such as United Way (designation code # 0484)