Talk:Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation

More details about the blood transfusion
According to the Elizabeth Glaser article, "She contracted HIV very early in the modern AIDS epidemic after receiving an HIV-contaminated blood transfusion in 1981 while giving birth." Would you think this additional info should be written on this article as well? 77.125.124.156 (talk) 17:30, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Refreshing the EGPAF page (December 2010)
Hello. Let me start by disclosing that I am employed within the Communications department at the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, and am in the process of updating the Foundation’s Wikipedia entry for factual accuracy. Here are the specific edits I would like to make:


 * Slightly updating the short introductory paragraph about the Foundation to better reflect the current mission and vision
 * Reorganizing the Contents into the following categories: Elizabeth Glaser’s Story; Foundation Activities and Goals; Countries with Foundation-supported Programs; Statistics; and External Links (of course, I also will include references for all statistics)
 * Expanding Elizabeth Glaser’s story to include more detail about her status as an AIDS activist and her speaking engagement at the 1992 Democratic National Convention; to correct details about how she passed the virus on to her children; and to elaborate on the Glasers’ fight to have their daughter treated with AZT
 * Deleting extraneous details from Elizabeth Glaser’s story, such as Paul Michael Glaser’s role as Honorary Chairman of the Board; the mention of Dr. David Kessler as Board chair (this will be moved to the sidebar); her People Magazine cover story; the Beanie Baby named in her daughter Ariel’s honor in 2000; Paul Michael Glaser’s 2001 appearance before a U.S. Senate committee; and the Foundation’s mention on the television program The Apprentice
 * Moving the details about the Foundation’s programs from “Elizabeth Glaser’s Story” to their own separate section (“Foundation Activities and Goals”)
 * Adding detailed information about the Foundation’s specific activities (International Programs; Research; Public Policy and Global Advocacy) to the new section “Foundation Activities and Goals”
 * Deleting outdated mentions of past donors and dollar amounts (note: complete financial information is readily available in the Foundation’s annual reports from years past)
 * Updating the language in the bulleted list surrounding the Foundation’s goals
 * Listing out the 17 countries where the Foundation works (complete with links), deleting Russia and adding the United States
 * Deleting outdated mentions of grants, awards, and winners of same (note: updated lists of winners can be found on the Foundation website)
 * Updating the list of references and external links
 * Updating the Foundation logo in the sidebar
 * Deleting extraneous statistics and factoids from the sidebar, such as “origins” (inaccurate as written currently); “areas served” (addressed in body text); “focus” (“humanitarianism,” while true on some level, is not accurate from a business perspective); “mission” (addressed in body text); “method” (addressed in body text under “Foundation Activities and Goals”); “endowment” (neither calculated nor reported in Foundation financials)

I recognize that the edits I suggest above involve not only adding content, but modifying (and in some cases deleting) other content to best reflect the Foundation’s mission, vision and current standing. Be assured that all facts and statistics can be readily verified at FoundationCenter.org (at http://dynamodata.fdncenter.org/990s/990search/ffindershow.cgi?id=PEDI003), in the Foundation’s most recent Annual Report (at http://www.pedaids.org/About-Us/Annual-Reports-and-Brochures/EGPAF2009AR), and on the Foundation’s website (at http://www.pedaids.org); I will be using all of the above as references in the updated entry.

It is NOT my intention to run afoul of any “conflict of interest” rules Wikipedia may have. I merely seek to make the entry as factually accurate as possible. As I am a very infrequent WP user – and an even less frequent updater – any guidance you can provide as to how best to make these edits (all at once, gradually, etc.) for the benefit of your readers would be most helpful. Happy to post suggested new content here for community review if necessary. Thanks very much. Jvsheeran (talk) 18:15, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

EGPAF page refresh complete (January 2011)
Just a quick note to inform readers of this page that the update described above is complete. As I am a very infrequent Wikipedia user, I invite commentary and constructive suggestions; I have tried to make the page as factually accurate and verifiable via public sources as possible. Thanks. Jvsheeran (talk) 16:45, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I left comments on your edits on your talk page. will381796 (talk) 19:09, 29 January 2011 (UTC)