Be deliciously daring with this easy idea. Host one of 1,000 dinners or more across Canada during the Dare to Remember challenge week.
Just choose a night, invite all of your friends, and make a delicious dinner in support of African grandmothers who are turning the tide of AIDS in their communities.
Why not challenge your friends, children and colleagues to hold a dinner of their own?
Join a movement of Canadians across the country and host a dinner to remember. The dare is to raise at least $250 per dinner.
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Some Dinner Dares...
Anne MacKenzie-RiversMississauga, ON
Fundraising Goal: $1,000
Anne is putting a spin on the Dare to Dine theme, by hosting an open house dinner and dance party!
Chloe CorcoranSaskatoon, SK
Fundraising Goal: $1000
Chloe is planning to make her friends feel cozy and welcome by hosting a dinner featuring their favourite ‘comfort foods’.
HUGGS African FeastHornby Island, BC
Fundraising Goal: $2,000
The HUGGS grandmothers group (Hornby's Unique Grandmothers & Grand Sisters) are holding a community dinner on October 24th featuring African cuisine cooked and served by grandmothers. There will also be a silent auction and African music, and the hall will be decorated with beautiful African tablecloths and handmade napkin rings.
Patricia StockwellLondon, ON
Fundraising Goal: $500
As newly retired teacher, Patricia visits coffee shops many times a week, sometimes more than once a day. While she is not ready to give up drinking coffee altogether, she is declaring a 5 day moratorium on visiting coffee shops and donating the money she saves to the Grandmother's Campaign. Furthermore, for the next year she is declaring one day a week a "coffee shop free day", and donating that money to the Foundation. If you are a coffee drinker, join her!
Sam BensonToronto, ON
Fundraising Goal: $500
Sam will be hosting a dinner for 10 with a friend using locally sourced ingredients. They are even promising a performance of their signature piece
Surya L GovenderVancouver, BC
Fundraising Goal: $500
In preparation for Halloween and All Souls Day, Surya is organising a dinner to honour passed souls. She will be making masks for the guests and small shrines to celebrate the dead. Guests will snack on locally-sourced tapas style goodness and sip locally-produced wine. All craft materials will be provided, she is just asking her guests to bring their creativity and their appetite!
Toronto Grandmothers EmbraceToronto, ON
Fundraising Goal: $1,500
The members of the Toronto Grandmothers Embrace grandmother group in North Toronto will provide a home-cooked lunch for teachers at two local schools. On Wednesday, October 21st they will provide lunch for 25 hungry and hardworking teachers at Nottingham Public School in Whitby. On Thursday, October 22nd they will provide lunch for 45 hungry and dedicated teachers at Cedar Drive Public School in Scarborough.
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What Will You Do?
Stephen Lewis challenges you to do A Dare to Remember, and join Canadians from coast to coast who are doing a dare to support community-based organizations that are turning the tide of AIDS in Africa.