Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance Celebrates 10th Anniversary

Pacific Church News

SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- With the co-discoverer of AIDS explaining the history of vaccines and a famous actor poking fun at himself for having to phonetically spell out medical and Latin terms, the celebration of the 10th year of Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance (GAIA) proved both informative and fun.

Read the full article by Laurie Hunter here.

Novato Advance
Novato woman wins Mercedes in raffle: Proceeds benefit AIDS orphans in Africa
NOVATO, CA -- A Novato woman won a Mercedes sedan that was raffled off at the new Paradise Foods at Novato’s Pacheco Plaza shopping center to raise $50,000 for AIDS orphans in Africa.A Novato woman won a Mercedes sedan that was raffled off at the new Paradise Foods at Novato’s Pacheco Plaza shopping center to raise $50,000 for AIDS orphans in Africa.
Article in the Novato Advance.

The Cultural Diplomat
The Cultural Diplomat visits with GAIA. The Global Aids Interfaith Alliance "provides life saving service in rural Malawian villages". The presentation and professionalism of GAIA is complimented by Celebrity/Ambassadors Rainn Wilson and Jane Kaczmarek. View the video interviews here.

Pasadena Now | Blog Archive | Garden Party Raises Funds for AIDS
Pasadena Now
Garden Party Raises Funds for AIDS Prevention in Malawi. Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance (GAIA) turned Bistro 45 into a garden party with tasty appetizers, fine wines and fantastic art. By CANDICE MERRILL Published: Saturday, October 10. Read more.

Art Aids AIDS
Pasadena Star-News
Pasadena's Bistro 45 was the setting for "Art Out of the Box," this year's unique fundraiser for Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance (GAIA) to support medical programs for people affected by HIV/AIDS in Malawi. Noted artists Alison and Lezley Saar, Michael Kenna, Joe-Peter Witkin, Joyce Kohl, Pam Keeley and R. Kenton Nelson created the whimsical artworks that had been transformed from cigar boxes for the auction. More than 150 guests attended the afternoon event, which raised $130,000.
Read the full article here.

Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance (GAIA) Hosts a Box of a Fundraiser
Westside Today
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar -- but a cigar box can be so much more thanks to artists such as Martin Puryear, Alison Saar, Joel-Peter Witkin, and the Westside's own Allison Saar have created works of art out of cigar boxes which will be auctioned off to raise funds for GAIA. Read the full article here.

Yes! We Can. Save Lives & Villages in Africa
The Magazine
GAIA's Villages program trains, equips, and deploys local women to oversee the feeding, clothing, and educating of AIDS orphans, provides care to people living with AIDS-related diseases, and trains communities in HIV prevention. A story of three local volunteers in Pasadena making a difference.
Read the full article here.

Tiburon man hailed for AIDS work in Africa
Marin Independent Journal
GAIA Co-Founder and President Dr. Bill Rankin was honored with a 2008 Purpose Prize Fellowship for his work on HIV/AIDS in Central Africa. Read the full article here.