TELSTRA and CHAPSTICK are on board are you?

Mardi Gras 2013 Parade Registration has opened ...

TELSTRA are assisting with creative and float production and a lot of ‘firsts’ will be introduced this year, including digital interaction between supporters and parade participants ...

CHAPSTICK have supported us financially and we will be incorporating their support into the choreography, including innovative ways to use a ChapStick in the routine ...

If you are going to March/Dance register:
https://fs25.formsite.com/LWP2013/form1/secure_index.html

If you are going to Volunteer/Walk/Support register:
https://fs25.formsite.com/LWP2013/form2/secure_index.html

Password: 123456

Important dates for you diary:

• Wed 13 Feb - 7-9pm - Beresford Hotel - Initial meet & sign up
• Mon 18 Feb - 7-9pm - Waverley Pavilion (Bondi Road) - 1st Dance rehearsal
• Wed 20 Feb - 7-9pm - Waverley Pavilion (Bondi Road) - 2nd Dance rehearsal
• Mon 25 Feb - 7-9pm - Waverley Pavilion (Bondi Road) - 3rd Dance rehearsal
• Wed 27 Feb - 7-9pm - Waverley Pavilion (Bondi Road) - 4th Dance rehearsal
• Thur 28 Feb - 7-9pm - Media Call (Bondi Beach) Waverley Pavilion (Bondi Road) - 5th Dance rehearsal
• Sat 2 March - Mardi Gras Parade Day

Sign up it is going to be a great year....

Lifesavers with Pride Committee
Nick (0400 015 187), Christine, Tuscan, Gerard, Gary, Grant, Orlando & Claire

Mardi Gras 2013 Parade Registration

Heads up: Parade Registration will commence next week...

Get all your friends ready and organised...

We have chosen the Song, pick our Choreographer, are working on the Creative and are in the final stages of Sponsor selection.  All we need is you....

• 1st Dance rehearsal - Mon 18 Feb
• 2nd Dance rehearsal - Wed 20 Feb
• 3rd Dance rehearsal - Mon 25 Feb
• 4th Dance rehearsal - Wed 27 Feb
• 5th Dance/media - Thur 28 Feb
• Parade – Sat 2 Mar

Watch this space!

Lifesavers with Pride Committee
Nick (0400 015 187), Christine, Tuscan, Gerard, Gary, Grant, Orlando & Claire

CALL OUT: Song suggestions for 2013 MG Parade

Choreography - Tick
Sponsorship - Tick
Creative - Tick

We now need your input for the Song Choice for the MG Parade.

Anything you feel would be fun, uplifting and help promote LWP!!!!

Submit your Song Choice by COB Friday 4 January 2013 to Tuscan our on tuscanh@gmail.com or 0401 448 333.

Thanks
Lifesavers with Pride Committee
Nick (0400 015 187), Christine, Tuscan, Gerard, Gary, Grant, Orlando & Claire

Reminder: SOS ‘START OF SUMMER’ at Beresford Hotel this Sunday

Hey LWP

Our fundraising event, SOS ‘START OF SUMMER’, this Sunday 2 December 2011 from 4pm.

It’s forecast to be a hot summery day – yah!

Tell all your friends about it as the raffle prizes this year are great.

• Pacha at the IVY - 4 x VIP packages (IVY)
• DNA Pool Party at the IVY - 2 x tickets
• DNA Magazine - 12 month subscription
• ChapStick – Prize Packs
• Step into Life Group Outdoor PT - 20 x 1 month unlimited training passes
• SwimLab - 1 x Total Immersion Freestyle workshop place
• SwimLab - 1 x Freestyle Stroke Analysis session
• Thrive Chiropractic Tom Shand - 1 x Rolfing and Structural Integration introductory session

If you can help sell tickets on the day please get in contact with us!

Lifesavers with Pride Committee
Nick (0400 015 187), Christine, Tuscan, Gerard, Gary, Grant, Orlando & Claire

SOS START OF SUMMER Beresford Hotel Sunday 2 December 2011

Hey LWP

We have some volunteers signed up to help this Sunday, but we still need more.

Who can come along from 4pm to help out with selling raffle tickets to raise money for next year’s MG parade?

Tell all your friends about it as the raffle prizes this year are great.

• Pacha at the IVY - 4 x VIP packages (IVY)
• DNA Pool Party at the IVY - 2 x tickets
• DNA Magazine - 12 month subscription
• ChapStick – Prize Packs
• Step into Life Group Outdoor PT - 20 x 1 month unlimited training passes
• SwimLab - 1 x Total Immersion Freestyle workshop place
• SwimLab - 1 x Freestyle Stroke Analysis session
• Thrive Chiropractic Tom Shand - 1 x Rolfing and Structural Integration introductory session

If you can help out please get in contact with us!

Lifesavers with Pride Committee
Nick (0400 015 187), Christine, Tuscan, Gerard, Gary, Grant, Orlando & Claire

ASSISTANCE REQUIRED: Beresford Hotel Sunday 2 December 2012

Hey LWP

Summer is not far off and so is LWP's annual Beresford Hotel fundraising event SOS ‘START OF SUMMER’ Sunday 2 December 2012.

Come along to help sell raffle tickets, it’s a great afternoon and will raise funds for the 2013 MG Parade Entry.

Tell all your friends about it as the raffle prizes this year are great.

• Pacha at the IVY - 4 x VIP packages
• DNA Pool Party at the IVY - 2 x tickets
• DNA Magazine - 12 month subscription
• ChapStick – Prize Packs
• Step into Life Group Outdoor PT - 20 x 1 month unlimited training passes
• SwimLab - 1 x Total Immersion Freestyle workshop place
• SwimLab - 1 x Freestyle Stroke Analysis session
• Thrive Chiropractic Tom Shand - 1 x Rolfing and Structural Integration introductory session

If you can help out please get in contact with us!

Lifesavers with Pride Committee
Nick (0400 015 187), Christine, Tuscan, Gerard, Gary, Grant, Orlando & Claire

Reminder: Spring Social at the Beresford Hotel this Sunday!

Hi Guys

Spring Social Sunday session at the Beresford Hotel from 4pm, this Sunday 18 November 2012.

The Hotel are putting on a tab for us to enjoy jugs of cocktails (Pimms Cup, Group Hug, Rose and Mary’s, Secret Garden and Sangria) .... wooohoooo

An event for all of us to gather, enjoy a drink and thank you for your previous support.

Come along early and enjoy the free cocktails!

Friends welcome ....

Lifesavers with Pride Committee
Nick (0400 015 187), Christine, Tuscan, Gerard, Gary, Grant, Orlando & Claire

Sunday Session at the Beresford Hotel 18 November 2012

Hi Guys

We are having a social Sunday session at the Beresford Hotel from 4pm on 18 November 2012.

An event for all of us to gather, enjoy a drink and thank you for your previous support.

You’ll have chance to socialise with your fellow LWP members, provide ideas and discuss how you can be a part of LWP 2012/2013.

We will be putting on drinks for the early birds!!!!

See ya there.

Lifesavers with Pride Committee

Nick (0400 015 187), Christine, Tuscan, Gerard, Gary, Grant, Orlando & Claire

UNSW requests our assistance!

Hi Guys

As a National group of gay and lesbian Australian surf lifesavers and their friends, the Kirby Institute of the University of New South Wales has requested assistance with their:

1           TAXI KAB Study; and

2           Opposites Attract Study.

http://www.kirby.unsw.edu.au/

TAXI KAB Study

The TAXI-KAB Study is designed to measure the Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs (KAB) of gay and bisexual men in Australia when they Think About eXposure to Infection by HIV. Gay men are going to experience many changes in the way healthcare is presented to them in the next few months. We are seeking information from these men in order to inform the progress of the “Treatments as Prevention” revolution that is occurring in Australian health care, right now. The TAXI KAB Study is vitally important to the development of these changes and to gay and bisexual men in Australia.

To learn more or to take the survey:

http://www.taxi-kab-study.net.au/

Contact:

Jack Bradey

Projects and Research Officer

HIV Epidemiology and Prevention Program

02 9385 0941 jbradley@kirby.unsw.edu.au

Opposites Attract Study

Recent research shows that when an HIV-positive person is on HIV treatment, the risk of passing on HIV to their HIV-negative partner is reduced by 96% among heterosexuals. But what about among gay men? We just don’t know. And men who are in serodiscordant relationships (that is, where one man is HIV-positive and the other is HIV-negative) really need to know the answer to this question.

The Opposites Attract Study will help us determine just how much HIV treatment can reduce the risk of HIV transmission from an HIV-positive man to his HIV-negative partner. It is the first, and so far only, study in the world specifically looking at this issue among gay men. We need to ask both partners in serodiscordant relationships about HIV treatments, viral load, and HIV transmission through a short online questionnaire completed after each visit for their regular sexual health and HIV testing.

To successfully answer this very important question for gay men, we need to enrol several hundred pairs of men who are currently in a serodiscordant sexual relationship, in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide, regardless of whether the positive partner is on treatments or not.

To learn more or to enrol:

http://www.oppositesattract.net.au/

Contact:

Lara Cassar

Research Assistant

The Opposites Attract Study

02 9385 9202 lcassar@kirby.unsw.edu.au

Happy participation.....

Lifesavers with Pride Committee

Nick (0400 015 187)

Christine, Paul, Tuscan, Gerard, Gary, Grant, Orlando & Claire

LWP BBQ tonight

Hi Guys

Orlando is having a bbq tonight at his house – chance to socialise have a sausage and a drink....

Tonight 5 Oct @ 7:30 @ 115/2-4 Powell Street Waterloo...

Everyone’s invited... just bring some drinks and nibbles...

Lifesavers with Pride Committee

Orlando (0405 409 020)

Nick, Christine, Paul, Tuscan, Gerard, Gary, Grant & Claire