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The Journal of. AID Atlanta page 7
DEVELOPMENT: FUNDING THE SERVICES
AND PROGRAMS OF AID ATLANTA
by Ken Kimsey
Director of Development
And Volunteer Training
Providing the best possible care to Persons With AIDS and AIDS-Related Complex is a costly
proposition, costly in terms of dollars and people.
Educating the general public about AIDS and teaching people at highest risk how to prevent
the spread of the virus are projects requiring thousands of dollars and hundreds of volunteers.
It's likely you can help with both.
Last year, it cost AID Atlanta $1,700 per PWA to carry on our important work in PWA care,
practical support, education and prevention. Of course, the average PWA doesn't directly
receive $1,700 worth of services. Much of our money is spent in answering calls from a worried
public, or training health care workers so that they can work safely with PWAs. We deal daily
with fear and death.
Professional staff members train dozens of volunteers how to be useful, effective advocates
for PWAs, their loved ones, families and friends. Volunteers in the education campaign
distribute thousands of dollars' worth of literature to individuals, groups, organizations and
agencies throughout the region.
Responding to the AIDS epidemic effectively requires a multi-faceted approach. Thanks to a
committed board of directors, 300 trained volunteers, and a growing circle of caring friends
and allies, AID Atlanta has kept pace with the phenomenal growth in demand for services. For
volunteers and staff—and,most importantly, for the people we serve—we are learning daily
how to live with AIDS.
AID Atlanta is about to begin an aggressive fund raising campaign, reaching out to all
segments of society. In the process, we will develop the leadership, the contacts, the
committed individuals and the dollars needed to meet the challenge of the AIDS epidemic.
Here are some of the activities planned. Perhaps you will be a part of one or more of these
ambitious goals:
a face-to-face, with trained volunteers asking their concerned friends to make a gift of a
specific amount to AID Atlanta. People give to people, and AID Atlanta will train you to enlist
the financial support of your friends who respect you for your desire to fight the epidemic.
A direct mail campaign. Never in its history has the agency written to the nearly 3,000
people on its mailing list with a request for funds. The time has come to ask.
A request for year-round fund raising special events. Beginning with an appeal to members
of the Metropolitan Atlanta Council of Gay and Lesbian Organi^ations(MACGLO), AID Atlanta
will urge individual organizations to schedule special fund raising events during the coming
year. We will ask for MACGLO's help in preventing scheduling conflicts. Staff and volunteers
will approach organizations outside the lesbian and gay community with similar requests for
fund raising events.
A gala fund raising dinner, featuring corporate tables, a host committee and special
recognition for significant contributions.
A direct appeal to your compan/s employee payroll deduction charitable giving plan. Many
companies have charitable giving plans which allow their employees to designate specific
agencies to receive their individual payroll deduction contribution. Others will match your gift
with monies of their own, either from the nondesignated gifts of your fellow employees, or
from the corporation itself. We'll be asking you to ask how your plan works. (For years, some
employees of Georgia Power Company have requested that their personal contributions be
sent to AID Atlanta. In May, we requested a grant of $15,000 from the company employees'
Club of Hearts. A decision is expected within a few months.
An appeal to Federal and State employees. AID Atlanta already receives $3,300 each quarter
from Federal employees who instruct the Combined Federal Campaign to send their gifts to Us.
State employees will have that option in the upcoming fall campaign.
A program of cocktail parties and home dinner parties to raise funds from your friends, and,
if you like, to tell them about our work. Development staff and volunteers will be available to
assist you in planning a successful event in your own home.
A Memorial Giving Campaign. In a respectful, dignified way, AID Atlanta volunteers will be
given information about the ways in which you can honor a friend who has died of AIDS
through a contribution in the friend's memory.
An estate planning, planned giving, bequest campaign. Not everyone is wealthy, but many
people have a life insurance policy, some valuable possessions and, ideally, a will. AID Atlanta
• will assemble a group of lawyers, financial planners, accountants and bankers who will help
you recognize how much you have to give and how to make your possessions count most in the
battle against AIDS, even after you have died.
A campaign to reach corporations, private and public foundations, and family trusts. If
AIDS hasn't touched a specific company yet, it will before long. Likewise, the leaders in the
field of philanthropy will become increasingly willing to support the work of groups such as
AID Atlanta. Capable grant writers will continue this important effort.
If you are interested in learning more about the specific ways in which you can help fund the
vital work of AID Atlanta, call Ken Kimsey, Director of Development and Volunteer Training,
at 872-0600. The time to add your support to the effort is now.
Support Groups Offered Through
AID Atlanta
Lymphadenapathy/ARC
Persons diagnosed with Lymphadenapathy and/or AIDS Related
Complex (ARC) meet Monday evenings.from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at AID
Atlanta,811 Cypress Street. Contact Jim Sacco (404) 872-0600.
PWA Support Group
Persons diagnosed with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
meet Wednesday evenings from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. at St. Luke’s
Episcopal Church, 435 Peachtree Street. Contact: Bill Gillespie (404)
872-6456.
Family, Friends & Lovers
People associated with persons with AIDS /ARC meet Wednesday
evenings from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at.St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 435
Peachtree Street. Contact: Stewart Calhoun (404) 874-6077.
Bereavement Group
People who have experienced loss of a loved one with AIDS meet
Thursday evenings from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the Church of The Holy
Spirit, 449 Northside Drive. Contact: Loretta Redd, Ph.D. (404) 261-
0748.
Holland America Cruises
to the Caribbean
A Voyage of Hope
December 6-13,1986
On board the luxury Liner
MS NIEUW AMSTERDAM
to benefit the
NATIONAL AIDS NETWORK, and
THE AIDS ACTMDN COUNCIL
Endorsed by both Organizations
Earn a tax deduction of 30% of the cruise cost while
cruising in luxury, soaidng-up the sun and at the
same time' helping AIDS research. Act now.
The cruise is right and so is the cause.
Arranged by:
AAA TRAVEL AGENCY
1100 Spring Street NW
Atlanta. GA 30367
<404)875-7171
(800) 282-0227 Georgia WATS
(800) 647-3505 US WOTS
Endorsed by
AID Atlanta