Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation

The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation has been CWA's charity of choice since 1990, when Elizabeth Glaser spoke at the CWA national convention about the devastating effects of pediatric AIDS.

Elizabeth Glaser contracted HIV in a blood transfusion in 1981 while giving birth to her daughter, Ariel. She and her husband, Paul, later learned that Elizabeth had unknowingly passed the virus on to Ariel through breast milk and that their son, Jake, had contracted the virus in utero. The Glasers discovered, in the course of trying to treat Ariel, that drug companies and health agencies had no idea that HIV was prevalent among children. The only drugs on the market were for adults — nothing had been tested or approved for children.

After Ariel lost her battle with AIDS in 1988, Elizabeth - determined to save her son’s life and not let other children fall further behind - started the Foundation. Now, the organization that started as three mother around a kitchen table is the worldwide leader in the fight to eliminate pediatric AIDS. Working in more than 5,000 sites in 17 countries, the Foundation has one critical mission: to prevent pediatric HIV infection and to eradicate pediatric AIDS through research, advocacy, and prevention and treatment programs. Simply put, they will not stop until we have a generation free of HIV.

To find out more about the Foundation and its incredible work around the world, please visit their website at www.pedaids.org

If you need assistance with planning an event for the Foundation or have any questions, please contact the Foundation’s CWA liaison, AZ Tice, at atice@pedaids.org or 202-747-6990.