CANFAR Clubs - Get Involved!

There are 25 CANFAR Campus Clubs across Canada. If a club already exists on your campus, you can get involved there. If one doesn’t, we can give you the tools to start one!

How to get started:

Step 1: Set up the club. Contact us at CANFAR and we will send you manuals, connect you with the appropriate channels on campus, and give you the information you need to run a club on your campus.

Step 2: Recruit volunteers and committee members. Send an email to students in different faculties by contacting the student union or the student reps for the faculty and asking to be included in their weekly or monthly emails. Set up a table in a high traffic area on campus, hand out free CANFAR materials and encourage students to sign up for the club.

Once you have a group of responsible and committed members for your club, begin discussing ideas and overall goals for the upcoming year.

What you will need to do:

• Running the program, ensuring that your club has the same objectives as CANFAR such as HIV and AIDS awareness and fundraising for AIDS research.
• You will also be required to keep CANFAR updated with how your club is doing by keeping track of everything (events, volunteers, budgeting) and sending it back to us in a wrap-up package that we will provide to you.

Why get involved:

• Youth are the largest group at risk of infection of HIV and AIDS, so it couldn’t be more important to spread the word about the risks of this disease, and arm them with information that could help save their lives.
• There may also be youth already infected or affected by this disease on your campus, you will be giving them the support by raising funds for research.

What CANFAR will do:

• We will set you up with everything you will need! We have tons of free materials to send your way to help your events and programs, including red ribbons, condoms, gum, HIV and AIDS information pamphlets, donation cans, lollipops, and much more.
• We are available for any assistance you may require and to answer any questions you may have.

For more information, please contact National Programs Manager, Jennifer D'Andrea at clubs@canfar.com or call 1-800-563-2873 x 232.