Mosaic Harmony and South African Counselors Make Beautiful Music Together
Last night at St. Anne's Episcopal Church in Reston, Virginia, 5 of Global Camps Africa's counselors from Camp Sizanani joined us for an unforgettable evening of music and support for HIV-affected children. Mosaic Harmony, an inter-faith choir, gave an inspiring performance to benefit Global Camps Africa. Before intermission, our 5 counselors took the stage and shared their own music with the rapt crowd. After the show, many members of the audience stayed to meet all of the performers and to talk with the counselors about their experiences at Camp Sizanani.
Global Camps Africa's life-changing programs to provide life skills and HIV-prevention education to children in South Africa is only possible because of generous, caring people who connect with our vision and provide the funds to make it happen. Last night's concert was a beautiful example of just these kinds of connections being made. We're grateful for our supportive friends and community of donors who joined us for the event, and for our talented and dedicated counselors who inspire us all.
2012 Donors
Our Heartfelt Thanks go to our Donors of 2012
$10,000 and Up |
| Laren and Jesse Brill |
| The Timber Lake Foundation |
$5,000 and up |
| Pakula Sheila and Larry |
| The David & Barbara B. Hirschhorn Foundation |
$1,000 and Up |
| Nancy and Roger Brown |
| Dina and Dave Crowder |
| Jan and Chuck Davis |
| Nancy Dorn |
| Susan and Dale Dunlop |
| Jil and Britt Feldhausen |
| Hunt Howell |
| Janet and Hunt Howell |
| Sandy and Carl Jaffee |
| Doreen and Steve Larson |
| Sue and Robert Lebby |
| Ellen Maland and Donald B. Adams |
| Audrey and Steve Monke |
| Kimberly and Scott Murphy |
| Becky Chaplan and David Nathan |
| Lori and Bob Neuman |
| Katherine Parker |
| Doug Pierce |
| Lenore and Rafe Pomerance |
| Betty and Phil Powell |
| Kathi Robinson |
| Eveleen and Eric Sass* |
| Judy Segal |
| Janice Min and Peter Sheehy |
| Denise and John Venn |
| Foley Family Foundation |
| Horace Greeley High School |
| Kantor Foundation |
| Zenkel Foundation |
$500 and Up |
| Tony Barkan |
| Pat and Bob Barnett |
| Joanne and David Bauer |
| Dorli Bokel |
| Regina and Bill Bouie* |
| Kate Strachan and Lauchlin Burnett |
| Maribeth Carroll |
| Karen and Jim Cleveland |
| Laurie Corkey* |
| Nancy Davis |
| Kathleen and Tom Finn |
| Baba and Mike Freeman |
| Barbara Friend |
| Linda Fuller |
| Linda and Hal Gerber |
| Roberta, Thomas and Ellie Gosling |
| Laura Gould |
| Bonnie and Bob Haukness |
| Diana and Merton Hill |
| Theresa and Peter Kaufman |
| Shel Kupper |
| Lynn and Phil Lilienthal |
| Sally and Steven Meisner |
| Alison and Andy Moeschberger |
| Patty and Bill Nicoson |
| Roz and Stuart Rakoff* |
| Vicki and Jean-Andre Rougeot |
| Melissa and Scott Schiller |
| Chery and Keith Scruggs* |
| Mary and David Searles |
| Mary Szpanka |
| Helen Tucker |
| Kohann and Ed Williams |
| Kara and Byron Wong |
| Karen Hale and Kirby Yarbourgh |
| Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society |
| Kents Hill School National Honor Society |
| Peter J. Solomon Family Foundation |
$250 and Up |
| anonymous* |
| Kathy and Robert Beck* |
| John Bodkin |
| Carol Bradley |
| Phebe Cambata |
| Adele and Rick Carter |
| Sharron and Steve Cristofar |
| Emily Crowder* |
| Alan Epstein |
| Judy and Brian Forst |
| Cheryl and Dick Freeman |
| Leila and Robert Gordon |
| Ann Granger |
| Barbara and Stanley Hirsch |
| Sarah and Tom Janover |
| Suzi and Jim Jones |
| Nancy and Cal Larson |
| Mindy and Stephen LeBeau |
| Della Levy |
| Jeffrey Lodermeier |
| Jeanie Meikle* |
| Joel Millikin |
| Sharon Pawley |
| Linda and Ken Schatz* |
| Nancy Seifer |
| Donna Shaffer |
| Jeffrey Shulkin* |
| Keisha Smith |
| Cheryl Terio |
| Don Whipple* |
| Teton Valley Ranch Camp |
$100 and Up |
| John Alciati |
| Ann and Bill Barbieri |
| Tom Barilla |
| Betsy and Dan Barrett |
| Dorothy Bearman |
| Phyllis and Alan Berger |
| Dolores Boylston Bohen |
| Jane Carpenter |
| Lynn and Lee Christopher |
| Marylou and David Cleary |
| Nancy and David Cooperrider |
| Lisa Covert |
| Mary Ellen Craig |
| Barbara Ditzian |
| Joanne Dowdell |
| Jackie Durham |
| Virginia Egger |
| Ann Eliahu |
| Tommy Feldman |
| Linda and Andrew Ferber |
| Patricia and David Foran |
| Mary Garner-Mitchell |
| Susann and Bob Gerstein |
| Gillian Goldman |
| Caren and Dick Gorenberg |
| Leslie Gosling |
| Arthur Gosling |
| Margaret and John Gosling |
| Ellen Graves |
| Linda Green |
| Thomas Greving |
| Daniel Grove |
| Robert and Lyda Dicus Hanson |
| Donna and Marcel Infeld |
| Jessica Johnson |
| Linda Kemp |
| Roberta and Richard Kennedy |
| Shakta Khalsa |
| Meredith Kimbell |
| Kelli Koga |
| Barbara Krimgold |
| Sarah Lichtenstein |
| Jane Lichtman |
| Linda and Sydney Liebes |
| Henry Lowell |
| George Lukas |
| Marcia McCullough |
| Beverly A McEntarfer* |
| Ginger McGuire |
| Steve Meader |
| Karen Meltzer |
| Priscilla, Peter and Robert Miller |
| Craig Morgan* |
| Maureen and Craig Nuechterlein |
| Donna and James Papageorge |
| Valeriy Plotnikov |
| Jan and Lee Rau |
| David Raymond |
| Paco Rodriguez |
| Nancy and David Roll |
| Harriet and Bob Selverstone |
| Peggy Shriffin |
| Linda Singer* |
| Naomi & Jonathan Smulian |
| Jane Soderberg |
| Anne and Keith Strange |
| Dave and Rusty Strouse |
| Kathryn Swan |
| Judith Swedek |
| Pat and Ron Taylor |
| Laura and Carol Thomas |
| Pam and Phil Tobey |
| Leslie MAITLAND and Dan Werner |
| Fran and Dick Winneg |
Every Bit Counts |
| Susan and Peter Eareckson Bathke |
| Kristina and Erik Beall |
| Mary and Sherwin Belkin |
| Nancy Benson |
| Sandra Bergeson |
| Cecilia Brown |
| John Bruen |
| Charles Butler |
| Tammy and Rick Caggiano |
| Susan and Robert Caine |
| Diane Carroad |
| Rohini and Ganesh Chandrabhatla |
| Phyllis and Lenny Chorazy |
| Rebecca Cohen |
| Lydia and Howard Colwell |
| Jadon Connell |
| Allie and Robert Cooper |
| Beverly and Ralph Cosham |
| Michael Croghan |
| Edmund Crump |
| Charles Dell |
| Debban Dodrill |
| Ellyn and Tom Dooley |
| Deborah and J. William Droke |
| Barbara and George Duman |
| Trevin Dunn |
| Barbara Evans |
| Ellen Flight* |
| Michael Forgit |
| Carol Fram |
| Sandi and Michael Friedman |
| K. Werner Gass |
| Barbara Gems |
| Stamo and Apostolos Georgiou |
| Linnea Hamer |
| Eileen and Sam Harahan |
| Ruth Hennefeld |
| Diana and Andrew Hirshfeld |
| Amy and Edward Joyce |
| Wendi Kaufman |
| Allan Knight |
| Ellen and Alfred Kremer |
| Ron Kulik |
| Sandra Laeser |
| Dannielle LaRosa |
| Nicole Ghanem and Wissam Maamari |
| Dorothy Mammen |
| Ann Mandelbaum |
| Juliet and Greg McClellan |
| Eva Barczay and Steve Miller |
| Sara and Joydeep Bhattacharyya Mukherjee |
| Mary Ann and Paul Myers |
| Jeannette Osterweil |
| J. Erin Owens |
| Jean and Kurt Pronske |
| Allan Ratner |
| Janet and Alan Rems |
| Ed Robichaud |
| Rashmi and Alok Shrivastava |
| Kyle Spencer |
| Shana Spiegel |
| Keith Summers |
| Muna and Kurt Van Engen |
| Helene Weiland |
| Henrietta Witt |
| Caryl Yanow |
| Amy and E. Margery Zeckhauser |
| iGive |
| Justgive.org |
| Change Round-Up |
| *Sustaining Donor |
Gifts In Kind |
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| Chuck Veatch | Mini storage units |
| American Camp Association | Name badge holders |
| Westex Company | Sunscreen |
| Songadeewin of Keewaydin | Girls t-shirts |
| Oakton High School/GCA Club | School and art supplies |
| Tim Horton Memorial | Tshirts |
| Grace Episcopal Church | Bathing Suits |
| Pam Van Arsdale | Bathing Suits |
| Charlotte Daly | Bathing Suits |
| Carol Moyer | Bathing Suits |
| Michelle O'Rourke | Bathing Suits |
| Ellie Gosling | Camp Supplies |
| South African Airways/Debi Droke | Airline Tickets |
| The Spot | Tshirts |
David J. Nathan
David J. Nathan, New York, NY, is a partner at the law firm of Levin & Glasser, PC. He is currently the president of Congregation Shearith Israel, the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue. He has previously served as a trustee of the Abraham Joshua Heschel School and as a fellow of the Wexner Heritage Foundation. David lives with his wife, Rebecca, in New York, where they raised four children. David first met Phil Lilienthal in 1974, when he worked as a counselor at Camp Winnebago.
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February 7th Marks National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
African Americans account for 14% of the US population, but fully 44% of new cases of HIV infection, making the African American community the most at-risk population in the country. The rate of new HIV infection among black women in America is more than 15 times higher than among white women. As a result, children of African American women are more likely to become HIV positive through mother-to-child transmission of the virus. In fact, in 2005, 66% of the people living with HIV who had contracted it from their mothers were African American. The global health community has made great strides toward protecting children from HIV infection around the world, and we must continue our work here at home. Today is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, a day set aside to advocate for HIV/AIDS education, testing, involvement, and treatment for African Americans in the United States. Information regarding the impact of HIV/AIDS on African Americans can be found at http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/aa/PDF/aa.pdf.
Global Camps Africa joins its HIV-prevention and education colleagues around the United States to encourage all individuals, especially those at high risk, to get tested for HIV and know their status. To find your local testing facility visit www.hivtest.org.
All statistics courtesy of the CDC