Fall is here and winter is on the way. We have had
some new ideas and
a start up of a new club, New Moms. I
have also been approached about
adopting a section of highway next spring as one of our philanthropic
activities.
We are starting to plan our fundraiser at La Caille and our event will
be
fundraising for the “ Go Red Campaign”, which sponsors education and
awareness about women’s heart disease. We will be working with the
Salt Lake County Medical Society Alliance, who are significant others
of practicing or retired physicians in Salt Lake. Please come to our
next
member’s meeting to discuss our plans
Happy Thanksgiving!
We have a guide to
SLC on the navigation bar, which I have
found very helpful in finding
goods, services, and fun things to do.
Utah Partners in Medicine is a not-for-profit support group for University
of Utah house staff (medical and surgical interns, residents, and fellows)
and their spouses and/or partners. Make sure to check out our housing
website, it is our gift to you!
To check out our listings click here!
| November
Member’s
Meeting - Sunday November 23rd at 5:00
PM at Claire Donnelly's house. Let's have some dinner and discuss our GO RED FUNDRAISER, please RSVP to Claire if you will need babysitting. Hope to see you there! Go Red Fundraiser! We
are excited to announce that Partners in Medicine is hosting its first
large-scale fundraiser! The fundraiser will benefit the “Go Red Campaign”,
which a chapter of the American Heart Association. This campaign
supports education and research about women’s heart disease, which is
the number one killer of women nationwide. One of every 2.5 women will
die from heart disease or stroke – and in Utah that accounts for more
deaths than the next 4 leading causes combined. All profits raised at
our event will be directly returned to Utah in the form of funding for
education and research. February
6th is National “Go Red Day” when people across the country wear red in
support of the fight against heart disease and stroke. We, with La
Caille, will be hosting a benefit that evening for this important cause
to raise awareness as well as funds. We are pairing up with the Salt
Lake County Medical Alliance as well as the Utah Medical Association
Alliance to put together this event. Many
of you do not know that La Caille has generously donated the use of
their beautiful venue to host this event. They are charging us a
nominal fee for the amazing food and donating many items which are
involved in this event. They have supported us so much this year, and
their giving continues to astound us. We
will be selling tickets for this event at a sliding scale rate to our
members. We feel that it is important to have you participate in
championing this cause. Please feel free to contact Claire regarding this event - whether it is about ideas, questions, or wanting to help. Please also come to our member’s meeting the 3rd of November to discuss this fundraiser. Tink Designs Party!: Claire Donnelly’s home Thursday, November 20th at 5:30 As some of you know I make bags and bibs and some jewelry. Many people have asked to see my work, so I am having an event to showcase everything! I will have samples, which can be ordered and ready for Christmas, pick your style and fabric. Come and check it out, NO PRESSURE, no pitches, no pyramids. Have some drinks and light snacks, babysitting available, RSVP please if you need sitting Check out the Tink Designs Website at: www.tinkdesigns.com for some pictures and samples of Claire's work! |
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Saving Your Shoes!  I volunteered to head up a new philanthropy project for PIM, and it’s a shoe drive! Here’s a little info: Shoes will be sent to Kibera – Africa’s second largest slum. So, when doing your spring cleaning, hang on to those old running shoes. Other types of shoes are accepted, but we’ll be partnering with an existing nonprofit organization (see www.shoe4africa.org) that is “dedicated to promoting social empowerment, health initiatives and AIDS awareness”. They do most of this by sponsoring running races & soccer leagues where donated shoes/ cleats are provided to participants, and have thereby reached communities otherwise resistant to traditional HIV/AIDS initiatives. Another goal of the organization is hookworm reduction (which they state 92% of students age 8-20 have). The intestinal worms enter the body through the feet and affect everything from a child’s cognitive development to a woman’s ability to carry a child full-term. The Kibera slums have an incredibly high mortality rate. Your donated shoes could help decrease the rate of diseases spread through the foot, as well as drastically improve someone’s overall health, happiness, and perhaps even length of life. So, please consider donating a pair of used running shoes or cleats – and if you’re interested in coordinating a drive in your own local neighborhood, church, workplace, etc. then please contact me for info! I'll be collecting the shoes personally, and will also coordinate pick up of collection bags with each of the club chairs. So, please feel free to bring your used running shoes to any PIM event or activity from now through the end of September! Thanks, Holly |