The Children’s Hospital Oakland Pediatric HIV/AIDS Program

Monday, 11. 23. 2009  –  Category: Featured

Every holiday season, the hardworking caretakers at the Pediatric HIV/AIDS program organize a holiday party that brings much needed joy into the lives of the 120 families that have children in the program. In years past, the caretakers have successfully solicited donations for hundreds of toys to be given out to the children at the holiday party. This year, due to lack of space in a new facility and challenging economic times for the families in the program, they have asked for cash or gift card donations. Unfortunately, their request has not received the response they had hoped for – the program has received only one $15 gift card and 4 movie theater tickets.

When the Haku Wale team heard about the situation, we thought that we might be able to help. We’ve created a website for the program to help spread the word.

There are three things that you can do on the site, and I hope you’ll do at least one, if not all of them:

1) Donate online (any amount helps).
2) Spread the word via Facebook and Twitter (click the buttons for one click sharing with pre-written text provided)
3) Send an email to your friends

The website link: http://www.hakuwale.com.php5-6.dfw1-2.websitetestlink.com/childrenshospital/

We know that during these challenging times there are many people in need, and pleas for help are numerous. The program needs only $5,000 to brighten the holiday season for these children, which seems like a modest sum in these times. We hope you’ll join us in supporting this group of local families, with the knowledge that the program team will ensure that your contribution has a direct impact on the lives of the families in the program.