To celebrate the announcement of the “Head Above Water Tour,” we’ve launched an auction at www.CharityStars.com/AvrilTour. To thank you for your support, all participants will be automatically entered for a chance to win a pair of Avril's personal VIP seats for the show of your choice. Please bid to help us #FightLyme.
Hi everyone!
In honor of Lyme Awareness month, The Avril Lavigne Foundation has joined our partners at Global Lyme Alliance for an awareness campaign, and we really need YOUR help. Did you know you are at risk for Lyme Disease, if you go outside? It’s true! Please, follow the directions below because I can’t wait to see you guys in action as #LymeWarriors!!! Together we can educate entire communities and the resulting prevention can immediately save lives. Let’s make sure that people are protecting themselves and checking themselves. We hope you will help educate your friends, family & community, and you may even see yourself on our socials. Ready? Let’s do this together! xo Avril
Here’s what to do:
1) Watch the video HERE
2) Download the flyers at www.GlobalLymeAlliance.org/LymeAwareness (English) & https://globallymealliance.org/lyme-difusion/ (Español), then share in your community.
3) Post a photo of you with/sharing your flyers & include hashtag #IHelpedAvrilFightLyme
4) Tag @TheAvrilLavigneFoundation @GlobalLymeAlliance @AvrilLavigne so we’ll know you posted
5) Check our socials all month long - we’ll repost as many as we can :-)
Thank you to singer-songwriter Ryan Cabrera who hosted an online fundraiser for The Avril Lavigne Foundation which raised over $25,000!
Thank you Billboard for supporting our #HeadAboveWater T-shirt Campaign.
See Avril talk about how writing #HeadAboveWater was influenced by her struggle with Lyme.
OVER $175,000 RAISED THROUGH AVRIL’S BIRTHDAY CAMPAIGNS FOR LYMELIGHT FOUNDATION!
For the past four years, Avril has “donated” her birthday to LymeLight Foundation, and her fans have generously participated in her birthday campaign, to help children & youth affected by Lyme disease. We’re excited to announce that the donations to these campaigns now exceed $175,000, with 100% of the funds allocated directly to provide grants for treatment, through LymeLight’s granting program. Read more HERE
READ THE STORY BEHIND #HEADABOVEWATER & THE LAUNCH OF OUR CHARITABLE T-SHIRT CAMPAIGN IN SPIN, PEOPLE AND ROLLING STONE
"AVRIL NIGHT" WITH THE BEACHES!
A benefit concert hosted by Canadian bands The Beaches and The Elwins raises over $10,000 for The Avril Lavigne Foundation.
Read more about it HERE
WE’VE GOT INSTAGRAM!
We've got Instagram! Follow @TheAvrilLavigneFoundation to learn more about Avril's charitable work and how you can help.
Read more HERE
AVRIL ATTENDS RACE TO ERASE MS GALA
Avril attends Race to Erase MS ' Love to Erase MS' gala.
Watch more about it HERE
THE AVRIL LAVIGNE FOUNDATION SPONSORS 17 KIDS TO ATTEND EASTER SEALS CAMP HORIZON IN ALBERTA, CANADA!
As an official “Avril Lavigne Rock Star Camp”, Easter Seals Camp Horizon is Alberta’s leading provider of outdoor recreation programs for children and adults with disabilities. They offer residential summer programs, therapeutic retreats and respites and serve over 1200 children, youth and adults with disabilities and serious medical conditions. Their specialized programs are developed each week and tailored to each group’s unique needs. It’s no wonder that when we received the request to help struggling families afford camp, in a year with many struggles for Alberta including the Fort McMurray fires, a declining energy sector and many local charities unable to make their annual donations, we jumped at the chance to support them! We are so happy we were able to support 17 kids and their families and to make their camp experience full of empowerment, knowledge and freedom gained in outdoor pursuits. Click HERE to view their camp experience!
Avril Lavigne Gives 50 Kids An Unforgettable Summer
CHICAGO, Aug. 10, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Avril Lavigne Foundation and Easter Seals announced that CAMP S.T.A.R.S., a scholarship program that gives low-income children with disabilities the chance to attend summer camp, will continue for a third consecutive year. Launched in 2012, CAMP S.T.A.R.S. - Summer Time Avril Rock Stars - was inspired by Avril Lavigne's time visiting and supporting Easter Seals Summer Camp programs throughout the U.S. and Canada, as well as her personal experiences growing up.
"Since starting this program, we've helped more than 100 children and young adults to attend summer camp to make lifelong friends, have fun and learn new skills," said Avril Lavigne. "I created the Avril Lavigne Foundation to help people find joy and acceptance no matter what their circumstances, so I'm proud to support this program with Easter Seals again this year."
CAMP S.T.A.R.S. will continue at five Easter Seals camps this summer across the U.S. and Canada, including Easter Seals Southern California, Easter Seals Washington, Easter Seals North Carolina & Virginia, Easter Seals Greater Houston, and Easter Seals Alberta, Canada. The Avril Lavigne Foundation will fund camp scholarships for 50 children during the summer of 2015, most of whom live at or below the poverty level and would otherwise not be able to attend camp.
"I have attended camp 5 years now, and I learn a new activity every year," said Jordan, age 16, who attends Camp Horizon in Alberta, Canada. "I might be smiling in every single picture of me at camp, because that is how I feel!"
"We're thrilled that Avril is continuing her support of our summer camp programs," said Randy Rutta, president and chief executive officer of Easter Seals. "Attending summer camp is a rite of passage for kids. Avril's personal commitment to ensuring that all children have every opportunity to attend and enjoy all the fun and memories that come along with camping is quite admirable. She knows how important inclusion is and Camp S.T.A.R.S allows children with disabilities to do just that!"
About The Avril Lavigne Foundation
Award-winning singer, songwriter and philanthropist Avril Lavigne created The Avril Lavigne Foundation in early 2010. The Avril Lavigne Foundation R.O.C.K.S.: providing Respect, Opportunity, Choices, Knowledge, and Strength in support of children and youth living with serious illnesses or disabilities. The Foundation partners with leading charitable organizations to design and deliver programs, raise awareness and mobilize support for children and youth living with a serious illness or a disability. For information please visit The Avril Lavigne Foundation online at www.theavrillavignefoundation.org, www.facebook.com/theavrillavignefoundationor www.twitter.com/avrilfoundation.
About Easter Seals
Easter Seals is the leading non-profit provider of services for individuals with autism, developmental disabilities, physical disabilities and other special needs. For nearly 100 years, we have been offering help and hope to children and adults living with disabilities, and to the families who love them. Through therapy, training, education and support services, Easter Seals creates life-changing solutions so that people with disabilities can live, learn, work and play. Support children and adults with disabilities at www.easterseals.com.
Our Special Olympics Athletes!
The Avril Lavigne Foundation is excited to share updates about the amazing partnership with Special Olympics. Last year, Avril and the Foundation set a goal of sponsoring 30 athletes at the 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games for Avril’s 30th Birthday. Thank you to everyone who contributed to Avril’s Birthday campaign – we made it happen!
The Opening Ceremony for the 2015 games is July 25th in Los Angeles and Avril will be there to perform her single, Fly, and to cheer on all of the athletes (be sure to tune in!). Special Olympic athletes inspire us all to be courageous, uninhibited and to always putting our best foot forward. The 30 amazing athletes that our team is supporting are shown below. These diverse athletes are from all over the world, representing Canada, USA, Brazil, Mexico, Philippines, Japan, China and South Korea. Competing in Special Olympics lets our athletes “make new friends”, “relieve stress” and “enjoy life”!
AVRIL LAVIGNE RELEASES NEW SINGLE “FLY“ AND MUSIC VIDEO TO BENEFIT SPECIAL OLYMPICS
International, award-winning musician and philanthropist Avril Lavigne debuted her song “Fly” to benefit Special Olympics today. The song is exclusively available today, April 16, on iTunes (http://smarturl.it/avrilflysingle) 100 days before the start of the 2015 Special Olympics World Games, which will be the world’s largest sporting event in 2015, and will take place July 25-August 2 in Los Angeles. The inspiring music video for “Fly”, debuted today on ABC’s Good Morning America, featuring Avril Lavigne and Special Olympics athletes from around the world.
Statement from the Avril Lavigne Foundation and Special Olympics
Avril Lavigne has announced that she has written a song called “Fly” for The Avril Lavigne Foundation to support Special Olympics. The song will be released in advance of the Special Olympics World Summer Games, which will take place July 25-August 2, 2015. More details about the song will be available soon.
In September 2014, as part of the Avril Lavigne Foundation’s support for Special Olympics, Avril launched a campaign for her 30th birthday, which raised funds to support 30 Special Olympics Athletes competing in the 2015 Special Olympics World Games.
The athletes supported by the campaign will come from five different countries and will be announced in February. During her 2014 World Tour, Avril visited a local Special Olympics program in Shanghai to learn more about their programs, and met with and invited more than 200 Special Olympics athletes to her shows in 14 countries.