Follow us on Twitter!

You can now follow Keep a Child Alive on Twitter! Twitter allows users to communicate online in real time - even from your cell phone. We'll keep you posted on upcoming community events, fundraisers and online media to pass on to your friends.

It also makes it easy to Tweet us to let us know you just texted "Alive" to 90999! As a KCA supporter, you can also use Twitter to motivate your friends and Twitter followers to help you keep children and families together in Africa and India.

If you're already using Twitter, you can find us @keepachildalive. If not, sign up, follow KCA, and spread the word!

Murder Mystery at St. Joseph's College!

On March 3rd and 4th, the KCA College chapter at St. Joseph's College hosted their third annual Murder Mystery Dinner Theater in support of Keep a Child Alive with a performance of "Clue." Not presenting a typical theater experience, KCA College chapter leader Billy Gonyou explained, "Our shows are much different because they are not just straight plays. We serve dinner, interact we the audience, and leave people sitting on the edge of their seats."

As past years' performances have sold out, a second night was added for this year's event - and proved to be just as successful. Because of the past success, they also received support from the administration, staff and other student groups on campus. In addition to collecting donations, 250 tickets to the performances were sold, which resulted in $2600 raised to provide care and treatment for children and their families.

KCA in the UK: Guess the Sweets Fundraiser

Dita Patel, a Keep a Child Alive supporter based in London, recently wrapped up a fundraiser she held at work. The event was a "guess the number of sweets in jar" fundraiser. Employees guessed the number of sweets in a jar for £1, the winner with the correct guess won the jar full of sweets.

Over 3 weeks, Dita raised £1,262 (that's $1,817.28 on this side of the pond) to support our work!

The workplace is a great location for fun and simple fundraising events. If you have an idea for a fundraiser at work, please visit our Hosting a Fundraiser page or contact Danielle Spitzer at danielle@keepachildalive.org.

Shop Online to Save Lives

What if Keep a Child Alive earned a penny every time you searched the Internet? Or how about if a percentage of every purchase you made online went to support our cause? Well, now it can!

GoodSearch.com is a new Yahoo-powered search engine that donates half its advertising revenue, about a penny per search, to the charities its users designate. Use it just as you would any search engine, get quality search results from Yahoo, and watch the donations add up!

Just go to www.goodsearch.com and be sure to enter Keep a Child Alive as the charity you want to support. And, be sure to spread the word!

ALSO -- GoodShop.com is a new online shopping mall which donates up to 37 percent of each purchase to your favorite cause! Hundreds of great stores including Amazon, Target, Gap, Best Buy, ebay, Macy's and Barnes & Noble have teamed up with GoodShop and every time you place an order, you’ll be supporting your favorite cause.

Below, see a template e-mail that you can copy and paste into an e-mail for all of your friends to use these tools as well!

TEMPLATE E-MAIL

Subject: Keep a Child Alive Needs Your Help!

Dear Friend,

As you know, I'm a supporter of Keep a Child Alive and as you can imagine nonprofits are facing a fundraising crisis this year. Amidst an economic crisis there persists the AIDS health crisis, and the children and families I help serve at KCA need lifesaving AIDS medication and care.

The good news is that more than 900 of the top Internet retailers and travel sites including Amazon, eBay, Target, Apple, Expedia and more have joined forces with GoodShop.com to donate part of every purchase to your favorite charity or school at no additional cost to you (more than 72,000 nonprofits are now on-board)!

It takes just a few seconds to go to www.goodshop.com, select "Keep a Child Alive" as your charity, and then click through to your favorite store and shop as usual.

Also, Yahoo has teamed up with GoodShop's sister site, GoodSearch.com, to donate a penny to your cause every time you search the web. This is totally free as the money comes from advertisers.

To give you a sense of how the money can add up, the ASPCA has already earned more than $23,000!

Please tell 10 friends about GoodShop and GoodSearch today. They've been featured in the NY Times, the Wall Street Journal, CNN, Oprah Magazine and more.

If you are searching and shopping anyway, why not do so to help save lives?

Thank you!

AIDS Walk NYC: Team KCA Update

May 17, 2009, marks AIDS Walk NYC. Keep a Child Alive has the opportunity to participate in the walk, and as an HIV/AIDS organization, we will keep a majority of the funds raised by our team.

Currently we have 43 members for Team KCA, and we'd like you to join us. Please visit http://www.aidswalk.net/newyork/index.html to sign up! Follow the link and register with team "Keep a Child Alive - 9872" to participate. Even if you are unable to walk during the day, you can still raise funds for Keep a Child Alive. If you have any questions, please call Danielle Spitzer at 718-965-1111.

Clean Out Your Closet for Africa!

On Thursday April 9th, 4PLAYBK is hosting a fund raising benefit for Keep a Child Alive. With Spring fast approaching, 4PLAYBK is asking everyone to Clean Out Your Closet for Africa!

Follow three easy steps to take part and support KCA:

Step 1: DONATE: 4PLAYBK is accepting all of your fashionable donations. You loved it when you bought it, but it's been hanging in your closet ever since. Sound familiar? 4PLAYBK will be accepting all donations Wednesday, March 4th through Tuesday, April 7th. They are asking for stylish teen and women's clothing of good quality only.

Step 2: SHOP: On Thursday April 9th 4PLAYBK will be selling all donated clothing at ridiculously low prices. Don't miss this rare shopping opportunity. One woman's donation is another woman's bargain treasure.

Step 3: SUPPORT: 4PLAYBK will be donating 100% of the sales from this event to Keep a Child Alive.

The event will take place on April 9th from 6 - 10 p.m. at 4PLAYBK's Park Slope location at 360 7th Ave, Brooklyn. For any additional information on this event contact 4PLAYBK at 718-369-4086.