Company Name

TODAY‘S AGENDAname

Cabinet positions

Trip Specifics

Deposits

MEDLIFE accounts

Fundraising

Cabinet Members

• Vice Presidents:– Mariko Yokokura– Rachel Natividad

• Treasurer:– Callahan Burnell

• Secretary:– Azalea Mayes

• Fundraising Chairs:– Stanley Sweeting– Lisa Oliveira– Azalea Mayes

• Webmaster:– Callahan Burnell

• June 26-July 3

• 3rd session summer

classes

• $680 in-country fees

• + airfare ($600-$800)

• Total:

• $1300-$1500

• Valid passport

Panama, here we come!!

Travel

• Staying in Panama City or La Chorrera• Hotel accomadations• All meals provided during the week

– Must purchase own food while on excursion• Sparkletts purified water

– All you can drink!! • All transportation• In-country coordinators• All medicines, supplies, and physicians

CDC Recommendations• Vaccinations:

– All routine vacc’s should be up-to-date• Hep A/B, Tetanus, Flu, MMR

– Typhoid fever • Around $90

• Prophylactic malaria medication:– Antibiotics to be taken before, during, and

for a short duration after our trip• Travel physicians

– Will provide info on local clinics– Call your primary physician– Schedule appt by end of May

CDC Recommendations• Areas of Panama with Malaria: Majority of

transmission in provinces east of the Panama Canal towards the border with Colombia.

• None in urban areas of Panama City or in the former Canal Zone.

• Prevent transmission– Take anti-malaria meds– Wear insect repellent– Sleep indoors

• http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/destinations/panama.aspx

Itinerary

• Arrive in Panama on Sunday• Mobile Clinics

– Mon-Fri• Excursion day Sat

– Panama canal tour– Kayaking the canal

• Depart Sunday for U.S.– just in time for July 4th!!

Mobile Clinics

• Different communities each day• Positions:

– Triage, physician shadow, dentist shadow, pharmacy, education

• In-country physicians• Gynocologist• Dentist• “Poverty Class” series

Deposit and Payments

• MEDLIFE accounts– late March

• Upload deposits asap– $100

• Complete payment – Due 4 wks prior to departure– May 29th

Personal Donations• Will provide template letters• Donations

– Make checks out to you– Make checks out to CSULB-MEDLIFE with your

name in the memo line– Give donators your login and password to “upload

pymt”• Do not have ppl donate directly through the

website as half of the proceeds will go to your trip and the other half, to the MEDLIFE fund.

Template Donation Request Letter

Dear_________________ This summer I am going to _________with MEDLIFE, a non-profit organization that provides medical and dental care to

impoverished communities in Ecuador, Peru, and Panama. With your help, our school Chapter of MEDLIFE is raising critical funds in support of this important work.

All of the information you need is below, but the most important part is: I need your help in order to save lives! The money we

raise goes directly into buying the critical medicine and other supplies for those who urgently need our help. With one click, you can make a secure tax-deductible donation through the MEDLIFE website: www.medlifeweb.org/donate.htm.

Please find the “Claremont Colleges” chapter, and click on my username which is _________ to donate. You can also mail a check to my school address:FILL IN ADDRESS HERE Enclosed you will find more information about MEDLIFE, in addition to an article about students from CSULB who participated in

a MEDLIFE mobile clinic during Spring Break 2010. Thank you so much for making a gift today!

About MEDLIFEMEDLIFE depends completely on supporters like you to fund our work. Mobile Clinics such as the one I will be a part of this

summer have provided tens of thousands of patients with much-needed medical care. For patients who have more serious medical conditions, we have staff to make sure these patients get the care they need after my visit ends.

In addition to providing excellent medical care, MEDLIFE gives students the opportunity to have a meaningful and positive impact

on the lives of other while learning about the realities of global health. Our staff in Ecuador and Peru strive to ensure not only that our Mobile Clinics deliver the best possible care to our patients, but also that all participants have an educational and meaningful experience while they contribute first-hand to our efforts.

In the 2009-2010 academic year alone, MEDLIFE was able to bring a doctor and medication to over 7,000 people in Ecuador and

Peru who lacked access otherwise. This past summer, MEDLIFE delivered specialized follow-up treatment to 12 patients who were in desperate need of medical attention.

One of the people we have helped is Darwin, who was 4 years old when he first met members of a MEDLIFE Mobile Clinic. He

was immediately diagnosed with an inguinal hernia, but he was too sick for surgery because he also had pneumonia. MEDLIFE arranged for him to have ongoing care with an Ecuadorian doctor who treated his pneumonia. On January 1st of 2008, Darwin received the surgery he needed.

He was released from the hospital and is now back home with his mother, who is raising Darwin alone and works in agriculture.

She is so grateful and sends a special “thank you from her heart” to everyone at MEDLIFE who helped to make Darwin better when no one else would.

$25 provides twenty-five medical consultations.$150 hires a doctor for one week.$500 buys medicine for a one-week Mobile Clinic.$1000 can help a child get heart surgery. All donations, large or small, help patients like Darwin in Ecuador.We urgently need your help. By supporting MEDLIFE, you are saving lives now and training the next generation of medical

professionals to understand the complex healthcare needs of underserved populations all over the world.

Thank you!!!

Go Team! Together We Make a Difference!

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Fundraising

• Ideas!!– Fill out index cards and place in purple bag on way

out– E-mail fundraising chairs or me

– Events:• Proceeds split evenly

among participants

THANK YOU

MEDLIFE.CSULB@gmail.com562 303 7107

Visit www.medlifeweb.org for more info!