Sleep @ Mac to help HIV/AIDS in Africa

December 11, 2009

Sleep @ Mac to help HIV/AIDS in Africa

Masha Gorelik

This winter, our grade eleven and twelve students will be given the chance to have a sleepover with William Lyon Mackenzie, and a bunch of their friends right here at Mac!
Participants will have the opportunity to spend a whole night with their friends in the school gym. Sleep @ Mac will be taking place on the night of December 10th, from 7 pm to 7 am, and all grade elevens’s and twelves’s are invited to participate. Why is Mackenzie hosting this event and how much does it cost? The purpose of the sleepover is to raise at least $60 per person for the Stephen Lewis Foundation, which supports community-based organizations that battle against HIV/AIDS in Africa. During the sleepover, Mackenzie students will be rocking out to loud music, chatting with each other and playing video games (can’t forget Guitar Hero!).
“Overall, it was fun. I got to do this guy’s nails bright pink,” said a grade twelve student who attended the event last year, “and we played a lot of rock band. People put benches on those roller-things, sat on them, and pushed them around school. It was fun, but I found that there really wasn’t any ‘raising awareness’ or education during the actual night.”
According to SAC, there will be a guest speaker from the Stephen Lewis Foundation coming before the event for certain grade eleven and twelve home forms. Make sure to take part in this important event that can have a great impact on those suffering in Africa!

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