“Don’t let AIDS or whatever you have control your life. You control it. Do what you have to do. Take your meds. Perhaps you will live longer. Don’t be scared. You will be scared (sometimes], but you will be okay.”
Serving Children Living with HIV/AIDS in our Nation's Capital
Founder:
Chairwoman:
Cindy Kim
Steering Committee:
Candice So
Courtney Wingate
Makeda Saggau-Sackey
Megan Bartlett
For general and media inquiries, please contact us at charitydateauction@gmail.com
Charity Date Auction
to benefit Pediatric AIDS
Thank you for helping us raise more than $13,000 in 2010 for children living with and affected by HIV/AIDS in metropolitan DC.
Please stay tuned for photos from our 2010 event!
View photos from our 2009 event.
Noteworthy Press Coverage:
Scene Bisnow, DC Style Magazine,
The Washington Post Going-Out-Guide Blog, Washington Business Journal
Driven by a desire to raise support and awareness of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Washington, DC, Donna Choi created a small, independently-run, fund-raiser that in two years has blossomed into one of DC’s premiere fund-raising events for pediatric AIDS, with sponsors like Marc Jacobs International, acclaimed celebrity chef José Andrés, and the prestigious John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
The Charity Date Auction to benefit Pediatric AIDS is a 100% volunteer and grassroots fund-raiser that raises its monies through an annual charitable event, planned and produced with 0% overhead expenditure-everything is donated by corporate/business sponsors and individuals, including, but not limited to, the event space, the entertainment, and donations in-kind for our auctioned date events and silent auction items. Through the tremendous efforts of our steering committee, auctionees, sponsors, guests, and on-line supporters, together, we have raised more than $35,000 for local-area children living with and affected by HIV/AIDS.
Pediatric AIDS/HIV Care, Inc. (Pediatric Care) is a non-profit organization centered on preserving, assisting, and strengthening children (ages 5 through 18) living with HIV/AIDS in the metropolitan Washington, DC area so that they can achieve their fullest potential. Pediatric Care is the annual beneficiary of the Charity Date Auction to benefit Pediatric AIDS.
