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To all WAIT friends,
WAIT is breaking the language
barriers! See how our materials are
becoming available in French and Spanish, below. An exciting benefit concert is planned to
support the South Africa
ventures, and our Caribbean outreach is in
full swing.
Your friends at WAIT
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New Developments
Recent Contributors
Central
Presbyterian Church, Baltimore
Wal-Mart,
Owings Mills
California WAIT
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AIDS
Benefit Concert
Some of the members of WAIT and “You
Choose” are collaborating to create a benefit concert on Wednesday, May 9.
For the full story, click here:
More about the concert…
See our calendar of events.
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Donations gratefully accepted!
WAIT is supported by donations from
individuals and organizations. Check
out why, with WAIT, “Twenty is plenty” below!
Click to donate.
South
Africa Info & Costs
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Trainers in Grenada
We hear
great things from our Caribbean outreach
team. They have done more than 15
performances, and are meeting Government ministers. They have trained 50 youth in Grenada to
do this work, and they are traveling the length and breadth of the island.
Next
week, March 19-25, WAIT Parent and leader Gregg Jones and his daughter
Esther will join the WAIT trainers in Trinidad,
along with Rose Foundation director, Sterling Belgrove. Central Presbyterian Church donated some
support for Gregg’s trip, and another Baltimore Church
has a team there teaching abstinence, so hopefully they can connect.
The
team is working hard, despite equipment problems, hot weather and
difficulties of phone and other communications. Please keep them in your thoughts, and
let’s give them our best energy!
To read the full report, click here:
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New! Spanish “Hero” lyrics!
Two of our new
WAIT members have translated WAIT’s version of “Hero” into Spanish
language. Merlin and Erlin Garcia
are performing this as a Spoken Word Poetry piece, directly before the song
is sung in English. For the Spanish
language translation of the lyrics, click here;
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Twenty is PLENTY!
Help
WAIT multiply!
WAIT
is a victim of its own success.
Requests are pouring in from states and nations for us to come and
train youth there…but airfares and food costs money.
Your
donation is an investment in humanity, and will be multiplied many times over
through the hard work of the WAIT volunteers.
That’s why we say “Twenty is Plenty!”
You
can donate online at http://www.waitteam.org/donate.htm,
or by sending a check to
WAIT, 7752 Decatur Rd. Hyattsville, MD 20784.
A
letter acknowledging your donation will be sent for your tax records.
To donate, click here:
South Africa Benefit in the works
On
Wednesday May 9, Eleanor Roosevelt’s You Choose Club and the DC WAIT team
will combine forces with a number of clubs and performing groups to raise
money for WAIT’s outreach to South
Africa.
Step Dancers, Choruses, Dancers and Singers will contribute their
talents to share the AIDS prevention message.
A “Jeopardy” type game show is planned, and various items will be
available for merchandise. Also being
unveiled: a new skit, based on the Matrix trilogy! The comic writing talents of George Burton
and some new music and sound effects really bring the message home.
WAIT
members Juliette Martin and Josh Herstein have designed two graphic artworks
for t-shirts, and Uncle Kurt Garrison is helping produce them.
We
are thrilled to see young people taking the message to heart and using
creativity to mobilize community support.
Many
thanks to Kester Wilkening and Teresa Ferrete, as well as the exciting and
creative team of the You Choose Club, for their initiation of this project.
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Washington AIDS International
Teens
WAIT teaches people of all ages, races,
religions, and cultures about the science of HIV. We advocate getting tested,
living abstinent until a lifetime partnership, and good health care for those
infected. We teach through the
performing arts and other talents and skills, including electronic media and
communication. WAIT works with anyone wishing to stop to AIDS in their communities
and across the globe.
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On “Home Rotation”
By
Joshua de Groot
I am doing a year of
service as a Trainer with WAIT, volunteering full time and teaching others. A
key part of the year of service is the “home rotation,” a period in which
Trainers work with their families at home to serve their community.
When the home rotation began, I thought:
“how am I going to give back to my community? I don’t even know them.” That
gave me the idea to create a neighborhood directory, and encourage my family
and neighbors to do service together, having a yard sale to raise funds for
WAIT’s trip to stop AIDS in South
Africa. My brother Toby and I went out
together, knocking on doors to explain the ideas. My dad worked on the flyers
and helped edit the directory, and Toby and I distributed it.
On the day of the sale, my
spouse Amadea made all of the visitors feel welcome, especially with the
awesome guacamole she prepared. Rakim Muhammad, a fellow WAIT member, also
came over to help out. The yard sale made a little over $250, less than I
wanted, but great in that my neighbors brought items to sell, helped out,
donated money, and collaborated with my family who also were working hard
together and feeling our value as a team.
Toby and I have also been working to get WAIT to perform at our high
school, Walt Whitman, so we can model a healthy lifestyle and reinforce the
dreams and value of each student there.
We met with the Phys Ed teacher, Health teacher and Principal, and
they were so excited.
Living a life of service
is harder than doing things just to fill one’s own needs. But for all of you
who invest your time, money, and energy to bring smiles to those around you,
and them experience their value – you are my heroes.
Report from Juliette Martin, Year of Service Trainer:
Bonjour!
Je m’appelle Juliette Martin.
Je viens de France
et J’ai joint the WAIT One Year of Service le 6 Novembre 2006. J’ai personnellement traduit le Powerpoint
“FirstAIDS” “D’abors le SIDA” avec l’aide d Kate Tsubata (la fondatrice de
WAIT). Pour tout dire j’ai vraiment
appreciee pouvoir faire cette traduction car elle ma permit d’en apprendre
beaucoup plus sur le SIDA. J’avais deja ecouter plusiers fois ce powerpoint
en Anglais mais vu que ce n’est pas ma premiere langue et que j’en suis encore
au stade d’apprentissage, je n’est jamais vraiment pu comprendre tous les
details. Maintenant, tout ext plus
clair et cela ma fait prendre conscience plus a quel point le probleme qu’est
le SIDA et vraiment serieux, que des millions d’enfants, jeunes et adultes
souffrent chaque jour de cette maladie.
Et que pour lutter contre cette epidemie nous devons tous joindre le
combat…au moins en prenant les bonnes decisions!
(Rough translation)
Hello!
My name is Juliette Martin. I
come from France
and I joined the WAIT One Year of Service on November 6, 2006. I personally translated the Powerpoint
“FirstAIDS” with the help of Kate Tsubata, (founder of WAIT). In saying everything, I really appreciated
to be able to do this translation because it let me learn more about
AIDS. I had already heard the
powerpoint in English many times but saw that it wasn’t my first language and
that I was still in the learning stage, that I had never been able to fully
understand the details. Now, all is
more clear and that makes me more conscientious that the problem of AIDS is
truly serious, that millions of infants, youth and adults suffer each day
from this disease. And that to fight
this epidemic, we should all join the battle…at the least in making good choices!
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News from Ohio
WAIT:
On the 1st of February,
2007, the Ohio WAIT team was invited to perform at COSI (Center of Science
and Industry) for an after-school program for teens. We were thrilled to be
brought into a big beautiful room with a fancy stage and lots of colorful
lights. It was even more thrilling to be able to first watch the teens
display their singing talents on stage before it was our time to perform.
WAIT then started performing with breakdancing, the skit, and with a talk
from our newest member, Sunshine. She gave a clear message to the youth about
waiting for love and respecting oneself and others, which they responded to
very well. Although time was cut short due to bus schedules, we were grateful
to have had this opportunity to share this message.—reported by Claire Masuda
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