African Well Fund Launches Sixth Annual Bono's Birthday Well

[dsmith2904]

African Well Fund Launches Sixth Annual Bono's Birthday Well Fundraiser

The African Well Fund launched its sixth annual Bono's Birthday Well fundraiser on March 17th. Called "Walk to the Water... Walk with Me," the fundraiser aims to raise money in honor of Bono's May 10th birthday. Details of the project funded by this year's donations will be announced shortly.

Last year, over $34,000 was raised during the Bono's Birthday Well drive. Those funds were used toward projects at several schools in Uganda implemented in partnership with Invisible Children and Africare. These projects are currently underway.

To donate to Bono's Birthday Well, visit our fundraiser page. A virtual birthday card will be available for donors to send their wishes to Bono. The card will be sent to Bono via Principle Management. Donations will be accepted March 17th through May 10th.

If you would like to get involved in spreading the word on Bono's Birthday Well, flyers are available for download here. Images and avatars are also available to use on any of your Web sites or forums. You can also add African Well Fund to your MySpace or Facebook pages.

 

[Rosebud]

Thanks so much for posting this!

I love that Bono does this every year...

 

[dsmith2904]

African Well Fund isn't tied to Bono in any official way. The organization was founded by fans influenced by Bono's good works in Africa and this fundraiser is held every year in his honor.

 

[oktobergirl]

Yep this is the 6th year we've done it and each year we have been able to top the last year's donations total.
We've started the fundraiser a little earlier this year but it will still go on until May 10th, Bono's 48th bday.

 

[blm]

oktobergirl, I love your avi-

Very excited to see this go on every year.
What a wonderful thing we can do.

 

[bonocomet]

thanks

 

[oktobergirl]

oktobergirl, I love your avi-

Very excited to see this go on every year.
What a wonderful thing we can do.

Thanks! You can get them here: http://www.africanwellfund.org/Bono-Well-2008.html

Just scroll to the bottom of the page.

 

[Val]

octobergirl...will you be having the annual auction? And if so, will you be taking donations of u2 collectibles? I have so many doubles of items I would love to donate.

 

[oktobergirl]

octobergirl...will you be having the annual auction? And if so, will you be taking donations of u2 collectibles? I have so many doubles of items I would love to donate.

We are not doing an auction this year for Bono's birthday, but we will be doing an auction later on in the fall... We'll be releasing an official press release on Bono's Birthday project this year and the details soon. Donations are already being accepted now for this year's bday fundraiser

 

[Val]

Please let us know when you will be taking donations of items for the Fall auction. I'm sure there are Interferencers who would be proud to donate. Thanks, Oktobergirl.

 

[oktobergirl]

Val, you can email ppalumbi@africanwellfund.org about your U2 items. Thanks so much!

 

[dsmith2904]

Just a reminder that AWF is accepting donations through Saturday. To make a donation or get more information about Bono's Birthday Well, click here.

 

[Popmartijn]

Thanks for the bump. I reminded myself about this, but hadn't found the correct link yet.

 

[dsmith2904]

Thanks to all of you who have donated so far. There's still two more days to make a donation if you haven't had a chance.

http://www.africanwellfund.org/Bono-Well-2008.html