Our crawl was a great success for our first year!  The weather cooperated, we had wonderful volunteers, and such enthusiastic crawlers!

It began a little rough–we only had 5 people sign up in the first hour at Park Street Patio.  However, two crawlers convinced more people to crawl and soon we were having a great time down Park Street.  The best part about an event or fundraiser for a cause is the stories people tell you.  It was wonderful to hear why each volunteer and crawler was participating.  Whether it was a positive HIV status, a friend or family member living with HIV/AIDS, or a strong connection to the nonprofit or healthcare community, every story was unique and significant.  

In the end, our crawlers had so much fun we had to keep herding them from bar to bar.  I can’t wait to do the raffle on Monday or Tuesday and tell which lucky crawler won a $200 gift card :).  We raised over $300 and registered dozens.  All in all, it was a successful event that I planned.  I also have a lot in my  mind that I would do differently, which is invaluable for the next time I get to plan something like this.  Below are some great pictures.