The AALAS Foundation is holding its annual Silent and Live Auction at the 71st Annual AALAS National Meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina. Proceeds from this fun-filled event support the AALAS Foundation’s efforts to educate the public about the essential role of animals in research and education.

To donate to the AALAS Foundation Silent and Live Auction, please click here to our online auction donation form and make your pledge.  Auction donation pledges received by August 15th will be recognized in the AALAS National Meeting Program.

DEADLINE TO ENTER THE 2019 CELEBRATE THE MOUSE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH VIDEO ESSAY CONTEST HAS PASSED!  

Check back soon to find out the winners!

We’ll be announcing the start of the 2020 contest in late Spring!

Calling 5th through 12th grade students!

Enter the "Celebrate the Mouse Biomedical Research Video Essay" contest and share your knowledge about how mice have helped advance major medical discoveries.

Eligible contestants will have the opportunity to earn CASH AWARDS by creatively producing a video essay to show how mice in reserach have helped the lives of people and/or animals.

The Challenge: Create an original video essay explaining how you, a family member, friend, or pet have benefited from medical discoveries made possible thanks to work conducted with mice in biomedical research.

Click here for Official Rules and how to enter.

Contest begins September 1, 2019. Entries must be received by January 31, 2020.

This contest is open to all legal residents of the United States or District of Columbia who are registered students in grades 5-8 or grades 9-12. Every student is eligible: public, parochial, private/independing, home-shool. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER CONTEST.

Questions: Email foundation@aalas.org

1st Place Individual Category Winner - #003 - Kari Buchanan

1st Place Branch Category Winner - #036 - Louisiana Branch

1st Place Corporate Category Winner - #012 - AbbVie

1st Place Institution/Organization Category Winner - #045 - Drexel MLAS

"Fan Favorite" Award - #044 - Deanna Below with 484 Facebook "likes"

Best of Show Award - #040 - Kay Laurent

The Mid-Missouri Branch #057 received an Honorable Mention for its creativity!

Check out photos of most all of the snowboard entries here! 

AALAS Foundation's biggest fundraising event of the year is our annual Silent and Live Auction to be held at the AALAS National Meeting in Charlottee, NC.  You can help support this event by donating auction items.  View our online auction item donation form for more information and to make your auction item donation pledge today!!

Auction donations and/or auction donation pledges received by August 1, 2020 will be recognized in the AALAS National Meeting Program.

Mail your auction item donations to us at the following address no later than September 23rd: (Alternatively, drop them off at our booth at the National Meeting in Charlotte)

AALAS Foundation
ATTN: Silent & Live Auction
9190 Crestwyn Hills Drive
Memphis, TN 38125

Questions? Email us at foundation@aalas.org  

It was another FABULOUS National Meeting for the Foundation! THANK YOU to everyone who stopped by our booth and made a donation and/or volunteered/supported/participated in our National Meeting events! You are our ROCK STARS!!

Here are the final winners of the "AALAS Foundation Cup - Set Sail with Lab Animal Science" contest!

"Fan Favorite": #071 - University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston - Decorator: Jamieson Greaver

Calling 5th through 12th grade students!

Enter the “Celebrate the Mouse Video Essay Contest” and share your knowledge about how
mice have helped advance major medical discoveries.

Eligible contestants will have the opportunity to earn CASH AWARDS by creatively producing a
video essay to show how mice in research have helped the lives of people and/or animals.

The Challenge: Create an original video essay explaining how you, a family member, friend, or
pet have benefited from medical discoveries made possible thanks to work conducted with
mice in biomedical research.

Click here for Official Rules and how to enter.

Contest begins September 1, 2018. Entries must be received by January 31, 2019 .
This contest is open to all legal residents of the United States or District of Columbia who are registered
students in grades 5 – 8 or grades 9 ‐12. Every student is eligible: public, parochial,
private/independent, home‐school. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER CONTEST.

Check out last year's 1st place winning video, which also won the "Fan Favorite" award!  Also, check out the 2017 2nd place winning video!

Questions: Email foundation@aalas.org

Hoist up your creative juices and gather those paint brushes! The "AALAS Foundation Cup - Set Sail with Lab Animal Science" contest - to benefit the AALAS Foundation and its mission - received many awesome entries!

The entry receiving the most Facebook "likes" in our Facebook photo gallery between now and October 31, 2018 at 11:00am EST will be awarded the "Fan Favorite" award!

Baltimore is known for its historic ships and Inner Harbour - which is why the AALAS Foundation has designed a sail boat theme contest to be held at the 2018 AALAS National Meeting.

We are challenging contestants to creatively paint/decorate an 8 1/2" wooden boat. A link to order the official wooden boat will be sent via email to contestants upon payment of the contest entry fee and completion of the official contest registration form.

Don't worry - you don't have to know how to sail to enter the contest! Simply show off your imagination and artistic talent by creatively painting/decorating an official contest wooden boat!

"VOTE"/DONATE is now closed. The deadline to "vote"/donate was 11am EST, October 31, 2018. 

All contest winners will be announced at the Appreciation Reception at the 2018 AALAS National Meeting on Wednesday evening, October 31st in Baltimore, Maryland.

Questions? Contact us at foundation@aalas.org

Check out the 1st place winning video, which also won the "Fan Favorite" award!  Also, check out the 2nd place winning video!

It was another FABULOUS National Meeting for the Foundation! THANK YOU to everyone who stopped by our booth and made a donation and/or volunteered/supported/participated in our National Meeting events! You are our ROCK STARS!!

Here are the final winners of the "Guitar Animal Hero" contest!

"Fan Favorite" - #018 - Research Triangle Branch - Decorators: RTB Executive Council