The goal of this World AIDS Day 2008 blog carnival is first and foremost to promote HIV/AIDS awareness. To encourage blogger participation, I have been working to gather prizes.  I have seated a small panel of judges consisting of individuals living with HIV and individuals who work daily to prevent HIV infection and to reduce the suffering of those infected.

• ThinkGeek  is donating two prizes:
  • a $25 gift certficate
  • Personal Soundtrack shirt!
• LVS Online is donating two prizes:
  • Corel Knock Out 2 Complex Masking Software
  • Gift certificate for one of their online courses
• Liz Strauss will be donating a copy of her great book, The Secret to Writing a Successful and Outstanding Blog
• Lorelle VanFossen will be donating a copy of her excellent book, Blogging Tips: What bloggers won’t tell you about blogging.
• I will be donating a gift certificate to my popular Blogging for Fun, Fame & Fortune  course

If you have a prize that you would like to donate to support the cause, please let me know.

Winners will be announced late on 12/2/08.