Monthly Archives: October 2015

FROM THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Asian Community AIDS Services (ACAS) would like to invite you to our 2015 Annual General Meeting (AGM) https://www.facebook.com/events/425582124298957/ DATE: Friday, October 23, 2015 TIME: 6:15 to 8:00 p.m. LOCATION: 490 Sherbourne Street, 1st floor Meeting Room, Ph. 416-205-9888. Registration starts at 5:30 p.m. A light dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m. Please RSVP by email at officeadmin@acas.org or by phone at 416-963-4300 by Wednesday, October 21. We look forward to seeing you! Visit: www.acas.org ACAS (Asian Community AIDS Services) provides HIV/AIDS education, prevention, and support services to the East and Southeast Asian Canadian communities. Our programs are based on a pro-active and holistic approach to HIV/AIDS and are provided in a collaborative, empowering, and non-discriminatory manner. Follow us! www.twitter.com/ACAStoronto Like us! www.facebook.com/AsianCommunityAIDSServices

With only 10 days away from the Scotiabank Waterfront Marathon, Half Marathon and 5k, we want to thank all of our 119 donors, our 7 teams and 32 runners/walkers for helping us raise $9,900 so far! As we are almost halfway to our $20,000 fundraising goal, please kindly make a donation or sponsor a team or a runner/walker  to help us reach our annual fundraising target. The simplest way would be to click on the secured ACAS fundraising link and make an online donation right now: https://secure.e2rm.com/registrant/FundraisingPage.aspx?RegistrationID=2781968 Donations over $20 will receive a tax receipt. Another way you can help ACAS reach our  $20,000 goal  is to come to our upcoming ACAS Fabulous Feast! Do you want to feast on scrumptious and tasty Thai cuisine for a good cause? Join us at the Dine for ACAS at Fabulous Feast - Thai Edition! https://www.facebook.com/events/1512439322388751/ Date: October 10 Time: 7-9pm Location: Party Room, 256 Jarvis Street, Parking on the street Daniel Le, Richard Utama, and Trisha Steinberg are hosting a Thai dinner party to raise fund for ACAS Toronto Waterfront Marathon and you are invited. Noulmook S., ACAS Executive Director will team up with volunteers to cook authentic Thai dinner for the guests. Enjoy a variety of Thai food: - Green curry - Som Tum - papaya salad - Vermicelli salad - Thai Esarn sausage - Son in law eggs - Thai desserts and more! Suggested donation: $30 . Bring your own bottle (BYOB) You will receive donation receipt! Space is limited! RSVP by Friday 9th! Please contact us to RSVP and any questions/concerns. Richard at men@acas.org Trisha at volunteer@acas.org Noulmook at ed@acas.org With your help, we can reach our $20,000 fundraising goal to raise funds for East and Southeast Asians living with HIV in the Greater Toronto Area and assist with the operations [...]

Only 15 Days Away! Help us reach our $20,000 fundraising goal at the ACAS ScotiaRun Charity Challenge! We would like to thank our 89 donors and 27 runners and walkers for helping us raise $6,840 so far for the 2015 ACAS ScotiaRun Charity Challenge! With only 15 days away, we still have 55% of our fundraising goal to reach. Though time is ticking and getting closer to the race date on Sunday, October 18, there are a number of ways how you can help ACAS reach our $20,000 fundraising goals this year! at the 2015 Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon, Half Marathon and 5k! The simplest way would be to click on the secured ACAS fundraising link and make an online donation right now: https://secure.e2rm.com/registrant/FundraisingPage.aspx?RegistrationID=2781968 Donations over $20 will receive a tax receipt. The second way would be to make a donation to a team or runner/walker of your choice: This year, we have 6 teams competing against each other for the top team honour. As of October 3, 2015, Team Fierce & Fabulous is in the lead with $2,505! The following are the team results and the team page link where you can make a donation to the team of your choice or a specific runner/walker of a team: 1) Team Fierce & Fabulous (Women’s Program). Team Captain: Jenny. Goal $5,000. Raised $2,505 https://secure.e2rm.com/registrant/TeamFundraisingPage.aspx?EventID=164260 2) Team CelebrAsian (Dr. Alan Li/Keith Wong). Team Captain: Alan Goal $8,000. Raised $1,100. https://secure.e2rm.com/registrant/TeamFundraisingPage.aspx?teamID=638625 3) Team Remembrance of Heroes (Support Program). Team Captain: Andrew Goal $5,000. Raised $965. https://secure.e2rm.com/registrant/TeamFundraisingPage.aspx?teamID=639632 4) Team ACAS (General ACAS team). Team Captain: Christian Goal $5000. Raised $915. https://secure.e2rm.com/registrant/TeamFundraisingPage.aspx?teamID=624643   5) Team RaMen (Men’s Program). Team Captain: Ryan. Goal: $2,000. Raised $780. https://secure.e2rm.com/registrant/TeamFundraisingPage.aspx?teamID=639537   6) QAY Naruto Run (Youth Program). Team Captain: Euan. Goal: $1,000. Raised: $75 https://secure.e2rm.com/registrant/TeamFundraisingPage.aspx?teamID=640100   The third [...]