Thanks to all who donated auction items and/or purchased auction items at the AALAS Foundation’s 2017 Silent & Live Auction. Your generosity helped the AALAS Foundation raise over $29,000!  We appreciate everyone’s support!

Sound Check...One, Two, Three!

Tune up your guitars and gather up your paint brushes!  The "Guitar Animal Hero" contest - to benefit the AALAS Foundation and its mission - is continuing to receive entry photos! 

Austin, Texas is known for its live music scene - country, blues and rock. We know all the people and animals working in laboratory animal science are ROCK STARS - strumming to a fast beat to achieve medical discoveries! 

This year, the AALAS Foundation has designed a "Guitar Animal Hero" contest to be held at the 2017 AALAS National Meeting in Austin, Texas!   We're challenging contestants to creatively paint/ decorate a wooden 10" guitar! 

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

Click here to view contest entries on the AALAS Foundation Facebook page!  Be sure to "like" your favorite guitar photo to help it win the "Fan Favorite" Award!

"Votes"/donations are now open and end October 18th at 11:00 am CST - click here to add your "vote"/donation for your favorite guitar entry today! 

A "vote" is actually a donation to the AALAS Foundation on behalf of a guitar entry! The guitar entry receiving the most "votes" on its behalf will be declared the winner of its Category. There will be one winner for each category - Individual, Branch, Corporate/Company and Institution/Organization categories.

The guitars will be on display at the Foundation's booth in the Austin Convention Center during the 2017 AALAS National Meeting. "Votes"/donations may be made on site at the Foundation's booth beginning Sunday, October 15,  2017.

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, 2017. Entries must be received by December 31, 2017.
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.

Questions: Email foundation@aalas.org

Share Your Passion about the important work being done in biomedical research and the important role mice (and other animals) have in the development of new treatment options for catastrophic diseases!

Request the free, fully scripted, speaker-ready, Power Point presentation - "Celebrate the Mouse" - "What's Happening in Breast Cancer Research?" and reach out within your local community for opportunities to present this informative program - it's perfect for presenting to breast cancer survivor/support groups and their friends/families.  Other Power Point presentations available are "Celebrate the Mouse" - "What's Happening in Heart Disease Research?" and "Celebrate the Mouse" - "What's Happening in Diabetes Research?". 

"Celebrate the Mouse' lapel pins are also available for distribution at eligible public outreach events. (See details and eligibility guidelines at http://www.aalasfoundation.org/outreach/Celebrate-the-Mouse or email us at foundation@aalas.org)

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 Austin, TX.  You can help supprt 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 recieved by August 1, 2017 will be recognized in the AALAS National Meeting Program.

Mail your auction item donations to us at the following address no later than September 1st: (Alternatively, drop them off at our booth at the National Meeting in Austin)

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

Questions? Email us at foundation@aalas.org  

Congrats to all the "100 ALL STAR Race" contest winners!

Individual Category Winner - # 23, Owner/Decorator: Carolyn Pelham

Branch Category Winner - #20; Research Triangle Branch. Decorator: RTB Members

Start your engines - the Race is on! 

Do you want to be part of an exciting and creatively challenging contest that's sure to be loads of fun and also benefit the AALAS Foundation?

We know all the people and animals working in laboratory animal science are SUPER STARS - helping in the RACE to achieve medical discoveries!   

Charlotte, North Carolina, the setting for this year's AALAS National Meeting, is known for the NASCAR ALL STAR Race.  That's why, this year, the AALAS Foundation has designed a "100 ALL STAR Race" and we are challenging contestants to paint/decorate a wooden 6" race car.

Don’t worry – you don’t have to drive fast to participate! The deadline to enter the Race has ended, but, you can still participate by  “voting” for your favorite Race Car entry! (A “vote” is actually a donation to the AALAS Foundation made on behalf of Race Car entry.)

There will be four category winners - Individual, Branch, Corporate/Company and Institution/Association. Plus, we'll have "Facebook Fan Favorite" and "Best of Show" awards. 

Don't miss out on all the fun! 

Click here to view photos of the entries in our “100 ALL Star Race” Facebook photo gallery

Online “voting”/donating is set to begin October 3^rd – click here for more details and to cast your “vote”! 

Questions? Contact us at foundation@aalas.org

AALAS Foundation 2016 Appreciation Reception & Live Auction

                 Wednesday – November 2, 2016

                 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

                 The Westin Hotel

                 Providence Ballroom

Join us for an evening of fun in Charlotte, North Carolina to celebrate the ALL STAR team of benefactors and volunteers who generously support the AALAS Foundation.

Put on your favorite race gear and come ready to win at this casual event!

Enjoy the food and beverages, while bidding on the amazing donated live auction items. All proceeds will benefit the AALAS Foundation.

Plus, don’t miss your chance to win* a free registration to the 2017 AALAS National Meeting or the 2017 Annual Short Course on Laboratory Animal Science, courtesy of reception sponsor, Charles River.  

* You must be present to win a door prize.

Event sponsored by Charles River  *  Auctioneer Brian Ebert, presented by Abbvie

Our digital advertising campaign - “Share Our Passion to Care” - launched February 1st and it has already been distributed to over 1 million online viewers and over 7,000  page views to the www.care.aalas.org website!

Thanks to all our contributors! Your donations help support our efforts to inform the public about the importance of biomedical research and the caring professionals in LAS!

February’s campaign promoted Heart Disease Awareness. March’s campaign acknowledged Kidney Disease Awareness and April is promoting Autism Awareness.

The AALAS Foundation is now accepting resumes to fill three Director-at-Law positions to be seated on its Board at the conclusion of the 2016 AALAS National Meeting in Charlotte.

Interested candidates should submit their resume and/or CV, along with a brief statement of their goals as an AALAS Foundation BOD, to foundation@aalas.org  no later than May 23, 2016.

Visit our website to learn more about position descriptions, responsibilities, and qualifications for serving on the AALAS Foundation Board of Directors.

http://aalasfoundation.org/get-involved/Volunteer