We know many of you commit acts of kindness every day, but why not make it something that gives in more ways than one? Dare to commit an act of kindness for a week and get your friends and family to sponsor you.
Why not paint a mural on a daycare, help out at a nursing home, rake the leaves for all of your neighbours, or give up your car for a week.
No matter what the dare, they all help raise funds to help turn the tide of AIDS in Africa. You can act locally, and give globally.
If you're spreading kindness, we dare you to raise at least $250.
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Some Kind Dares...
Anna JefferyMontreal, QC
Fundraising Goal: $500
Anna has dared herself to engage in an act of kindness. Being mindful of others, she is intent on providing something they may not have. She will be cutting off most of her hair and donating it to a wig-making foundation for children.
Glenn E. ThibeaultOttawa, ON
Fundraising Goal: $500
Glenn will be on the look-out for good deeds. Having been dared to become a superhero for the week, he will spring into action helping out at the local food bank and serving as a school crossing guard.
Jan McConnellMontreal, PQ
Fundraising Goal: $1000
Jan McConnell is daring to work with school children to encourage them to write stories about the importance of their grandmothers, in an act of solidarity with the grandmothers in Africa who are raising their orphaned grandchildren.
Visit the A Dare to Remember section of the Stephen Lewis Foundation's Flickr page to read a few of the stories so far!
Kaitlin TorranceToronto, ON
Fundraising Goal: $500
You may have heard of "Buy Nothing Day". Well Kaitlin has challenged herself to a "Buy Nothing Week." From October 17-24 there will be no coffee stops, midnight visits to the grocery store or eating out of any kind.. and that's just food! She'll also be ignoring every other invitation from our culture of convenience to spend needlessly... which means she'll have to be very organized and resourceful!
May ChazanOttawa, ON
Fundraising Goal: $200
May is daring her entire household to park their car for the week of the challenge and instead rely exclusively on their feet, bikes and, if absolutely necessary, public transport to get around. They used to be quite good at minimizing their use of fossil fuels, but with a toddler in the mix, it became more challenging. However, it is surely possible, even in October and especially for such a good cause!
Michael WaglayToronto, ON
Fundraising Goal: $200
Michael has O negative blood, which makes him a prized "universal donor." But he is terrified of needles and so has never given blood before. However, to help those in need both at home and in Africa, he has dared himself to donate.
Robyn WinsorToronto, ON
Fundraising Goal: $500
Robyn will be taking kindess to the next level October 17-25. She is commiting to fulfill 50 random acts of kindness in a week: that's 7 acts a day!
Vivianne LariviereHudson, PQ
Fundraising Goal: $5,000
Vivianne writes a weekly column for the Hudson Gazette. This year she felt moved to do something different over Christmas: something bigger and deeper than she'd done before, and to not let fear get in the way. So she wrote a special and very personal column about AIDS, and has dared her readers to make a donation. Read her column here.
Dare to babysit for a friend or neighbour
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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.