Alexandra BonoLondon, UK
Fundraising Goal: $200

Alexandra will travel 26.2 miles through Berlin… on rollerblades. She will take part in the Berlin Rollerblading Marathon, dodging tramlines and wurst in a bid to finish her first ever marathon and to raise funds for A Dare to Remember. She has already surpassed her goal of $200, so is heading for more!

Angela QuinlanOttawa, ON
Fundraising Goal: $1,500

Angela is a member of 'Peter Cochrane's Grannies', one of the Stephen Lewis Foundation's many grandmothers to grandmothers groups across Canada. She is an avid race-walker and will be daring to take on the Dublin Marathon on October 26th.

Denise ShoesmithToronto, ON
Fundraising Goal: $1,000

Denise is daring herself to give up television for one month and read ten books instead.  Her dare starts September 25th and ends on the last day of the Dare to Remember campaign - October 25th.    Thirty days without Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert or her friends on Coronation Street!  Yikes - say it ain't so!

Esther StewartToronto, ON
Fundraising Goal: $1,776

Nine-year old Esther has always wanted to go to the top of the CN Tower… and this year she is going to get there, one step at a time.

There are 1,776 stairs to the Tower’s main observation deck, so from now until October, Esther will take the stairs everywhere she goes until she has climbed 1,776 stairs to represent her journey up the CN Tower. She is hoping to raise $1 per stair. Once she has climbed 1,776 stairs in her neighbourhood, she will travel to Toronto and go up the Tower (taking the elevator) to see the view from the top.

FitClubOttawa, ON
Fundraising Goal: $1,500

Recognizing that we in the West have the luxury to make the majority of our health choices, the FitClub members will dare to meet personal fitness objectives over a 3 month period, and to raise awareness of the health challenges facing millions of young people around the world. Their goals are big and bold:

• Laurie will run her first 10 km race to raise awareness of the nearly 10 million children under the age of five who die every year.
• Janine aims to lose 15 lbs to bring attention to the approximately 15 million children under the age of 18 who have lost one or both parents to AIDS.
• Antonella will exercise for 60 minutes 3 times a week in recognition that with 60% of the world's population, Asian countries such as China will soon be faced with a serious orphan crisis if urgent steps are not taken to curb the growing HIV infection rate.
• Sara will face her most despised exercise and do 600 sit ups a week for 3 months, in recognition of the 600,000 children who have been orphaned due to AIDS in Zambia.
• Laura will get up to sit down on the exercise bike for 45 minutes 4 times a week to raise awareness that globally, young people, age 15-24, account for 45% of all new HIV infections.

Hannah Margaret LunnBanff, AB
Fundraising Goal: $200

Hannah will be searching for new meal ideas on account of the Dare to Remember Campaign.  She has dared to adopt a vegan lifestyle for the entire week!

Positive Women's NetworkVancouver, BC
Fundraising Goal: $1650

The Positive Women's Network is committed to action and leadership on Women and HIV/AIDS.  Supporting women locally and nationaly from their Vancouver office, they are also motivated to facilitate change globally.  As a result, the staff of Positive Women's Network are taking on a Dare to Remember for the Stephen Lewis Foundation.  For the week of October 17th-25th, the women are vowing to climb the six flights of stairs (twelve actually because there is a switchback!) to their office rather than "take the easy route" and use the elevator.  Not only are these women taking on a group dare, but each member has chosen to engage in an individual dare including walking to work everyday and hiking on beautiful West Coast trails in support of the Stephen Lewis Foundation.

Stratford Runners and Walkers (RAW)Stratford, ON
Fundraising Goal: $1,000

Stratford RAW is daring all the walkers and runners in the Stratford area to run or walk part of the distance across Africa. That's over 7,000 kilometers! Members can count all their training runs/walks in 2009 up to - and including - the week beginning Oct 17th. They are excited to see how far they can go!