World AIDS Day Event Ideas for Health Providers
- Ask your employer to help establish December 1 as a day to address the issue of HIV/AIDS in your workplace
- Organize a meeting or planning committee to plan for World AIDS Day activities
- Organize a meeting to establish or clarify office policies concerning HIV/AIDS education and awareness
- Educate employees on the protection of people with HIV/AIDS and on non-discrimination laws:
- list fact sheets on company's website
- invite guest speakers
- Educate employees about the prevention of HIV/AIDS:
- display posters, flyers, brochures
- invite guest speakers
- provide information through employee newsletters, payroll stuffers, E-mail messages and web pages
- emphasize family awareness and encourage employees and co-workers to educate their families about HIV prevention
- Make long-term commitment for comprehensive HIV workplace prevention education to include: policy development, training of managers, supervisors, and executives in that policy; employee and family education; and, the development of corporate/community service volunteerism
- Have your company sponsor community events:
- donate products to local HIV/AIDS programs
- organize an AIDS fundraising event (run, walk, bike)
- set up display in a public building
- form a team to participate with a local AIDS walk
- Distribute World AIDS Day information:
- submit a proclamation to your employer stating that your business recognizes World AIDS Day
- develop cards with the World AIDS Day logo, your business logo, and the national and local AIDS hotline numbers
- encourage your office to display posters, flyers, or brochures by company mailboxes or break rooms
- insert World AIDS Day materials or red ribbons in pay check envelops
- Retail businesses:
- place a World AIDS Day poster in your window
- place information pamphlets about AIDS at the checkout counters, waiting areas or lobbies
- donate products and services to groups planning events for World AIDS Day