Timmy Global Health Winter Newsletter

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Winter Newsletter

Timmy Global Health- IU Chapter

Expanding access to healthcare;empowering students and

volunteers to engage directly inglobal development.

1/14/13Newsletter by Maddy Weil

The World of Timmy

Happy Winter, everyone! We hope you have been having an

exciting year with Timmy Global Healths IU Chapter and that

you had a smooth end to your Fall semester. This year, we

have been planning all kinds of events to fundraise for ourannual spring break medical brigade to Guatemala and to

spread awareness on what Timmy is all about. We have 16 IU

Timmys who will embark on this exciting journey this

upcoming Spring: Maria Alatorre, Hannah Bates, Amy

Bercovitz, Anna Bennington, Stephen Cavaliere, Divya

Chauhan, Gracie Gramelspacher, Avinash Inabathula, Molly

Newell, David Plankenhorn, Orr Raizman, Jennifer Risting,

Jimmy Rosati, Olivia Sanchez, Elizabeth Schueth, Candy

Sellers, C.J. Skok, and Lauren Wright. We hope you are

looking forward to an amazing and fulfilling trip. Good luck!

Contact David Plankenhorn, IU Chapter Timmy president, at

[email protected] for more information.

Topics

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Letter from Timmys IU

Chapter President David

Plankenhorn

Donations and Fundraising

Committees

Outreach and Advocacy

Committees

Message from Tommy

Bebekoski, Chair of

Professional Recruitment

Interested in getting involved?


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Messa e from David PlankenhornHi Timmy Members and Friends of Timmy,

I hope that all is well and that you are having a wonderful fall. Here at Indiana University, theTimmy Chapter is firm in its belief that transparency and inclusion are fundamental to any organizationsmission and success. In this light, I would like to take a moment to talk about our mission as an

organization, the highlights of this past year and where we see ourselves going in the immediate and long-term future.

To begin, as one of 25 college chapters around the nation, Timmy Global Health at IndianaUniversity works year around to provide a sustainable form of health care to rural poor Guatemalans inthe form of medications, monetary funds and international volunteering. This year, we were extremelysuccessful in raising medications for our medical missions by hosting several donations drives at localKroger grocery stores here in Bloomington.

In regards to fundraising, the IU chapter of Timmy Global Health raised over $13,000. Thesefunds were raised through annual events such as a letter drive, a concert at a local bar and a year ending

benefit dinner. We also had several exciting new initiatives such as the Timmy 5K and Tour de Timmy a cycling event. In culmination, we were able to see these efforts bear results as we sent 20 IU students, 6

medical professionals and supporting staff down to Quetzaltenango, Guatemala to operate primary careclinics in several rural, impoverished communities. At the end of the week-long brigade, our IU studentshad taken vitals, translated and helped administer medications to 321 patients, 237 who were women and58 who were men. It was an incredible experience for all parties.

As we transition into the 2012-2013 academic year, we are not only trying to replicate theseincredible results, but improve on them. While the Indiana Chapter of Timmy Global Health hasconsistently donated a large amount of medications and monetary funds to our international efforts, wehave had a difficult time educating our members that dont go on the medical brigade about the realities ofthird world poverty and health care. To this end, the Timmy Board has begun a process of restructuring sothat involvement in Timmy is a more well-rounded experience. Thus far, we have had Matt MacGregor,The International Executive Director of Timmy, Dr. Robert Einterz, The founder of AMPATH (a multi-

million dollar non-profit that serves millions of Kenyans that deal with HIV/AIDs), and the Director ofOutreach of IU Health, speak with our members. We believe that by facilitating this conversation aboutthe existence of global need and health disparities, we can dissolve borders and connect our members withtheir global community in a real and lasting way.

In addition to this restructuring, we are also in the process of planning several fundraising andadvocacy events. Currently we are in the process of planning a concert, a partnership with IU MensSoccer and initiating our fall letter drive. It is also one of our goals this year to improve upon our domesticoutreach. In order to meet this goal, we are working with several local organizations: Habitat forHumanity, Interfaith Homeless Shelter, IU Health Bloomington, Volunteers in Medicine and MotherHubbards Cupboard. While it is our primary mission to improve the lives of those in impoverishedcommunities internationally, we understand that health disparities exist in our very own back yard.

In closing, I would like to thank everyone that has made our work possible: those that havesupported us through donations, those of you who have supported us through attending our events andthose who have morally supported one of our college members. We could not do what we do withoutyou. Because of your efforts, we are able to consistently volunteer our time and make a real change in realpeoples lives. Your generosity is expanding the minds of our members, allowing us to support ourinternational partners substantially and truly changing the world. Thank you and take care.

All the Best,David A. PlankenhornIndiana University President


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If you are interested in

joining the donations sub-

committee, you can contact

Marcin Kuzma at

[email protected]

more information.

Donations andFundraising

CommitteesThe purpose of the donations committee is to

collect medicinal donations atlocal grocery stores for the

chapter's annual medicalbrigade to Guatemala. The

fundraising committee plansevents to raise money for the

brigade

Donations

This year, the donations committee has been doinga fabulous job collecting medicinal donations for IUTimmys Guatemala medical brigade. The mainfocus for the donations committee will be to gather

supplies such as vitamins, sunscreen, and bodylotion through storefront donation drives at Kroger.So far we have had five successful drives and we areover half way to the quota we are expected to meet.

Fundraising

The fundraising committee hosted the TimmyRake-A-Thon on October 28th, where Timmyvolunteers raked lawns in Bloomington tofundraise for the brigade. Also, we will behosting a benefit concert within the nextcouple of months: date and time TBA.Canning also started off really well at theHomecoming tailgate, and we will continue to dothis at Kirkwood bars on the weekends. In addition,we are going to start using donation jars that will beplaced in local shops to collect money and spread

awareness. A new idea has also been suggestedcalled the Donate-A-Dollar campaign; we will setup a booth somewhere on campus or in a localbusiness, and if you donate $1, your name will beplaced on a wall of recognition. Lastly, we havebeen encouraging all members of TimmyGlobalHealth to write letters to family and friends askingfor donations.

Gracie Gramelspacher andAmy Bercovitz will be incharge of the donation jars.Contact them [email protected]@imail.iu.edu


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For more informationon the Outreach

Committee, contactElliott Trosky at

[email protected]

Interested in joiningthe Advocacy

committee? ContactDivya Chauhan at

[email protected]

Outreachand

AdvocacyCurrently, we have submitted grants to the ApexFoundation, which givesgeneral grants to humanitarianorganizations, and to The Buskirk-Chumley Theatre for useof their theatre for specific Timmy events. We are alsostarting the I AMTIMMY campaign, which is apostercampaign to attract non-science majors to Timmy, as well as

a Kilroy's sponsor night, which will be similar to a "dine-and-donate" at Kilroy's. Lastly, we have started the bi-semesternewsletter to maintain a medium of communication andinformation between current and former IU Timmymembers.

Advocacy

Advocacy and Education serves as the voice of TimmyGlobal Health and the people we serve on campus. We have

hosted two events thus far: Baila con Timmy and the TimmyGlobal Health Symposium. Baila Con Timmy was hosted onSeptember 12thin the Georgian room at the IMU, where foran hour and a half, salsa instructors taught IndianaUniversity students, staff, and everyone else who attendedhow to Salsa dance for free, while learning about serviceopportunities through Timmy Global Health. The TimmyGlobal Health Symposium regarding the Logistics ofHealthcare was held on October 4thin the Indiana Memorial

Union. The Global Health Fair took place from 5:30-6:30,where there were booths from different organizations of IUBthat are involved with global health, volunteer work, orsustainable changes, and the fair was followed by thediscussion panel. Participants of the panel discussionincluded Matt McGregor, Director of Timmy Global Health,Jessica Reichard, a Timmy Global Health Medical BrigadeCoordinator in Guatemala, and Mr. Ronald Pettigrew, whohas worked in Kenya with AMPATH for several years.

Outreach

The outreach committeesresponsibility is to connect withother organizations both on and

off the IU campus so that wemight work together to betteraccomplish our shared goal.


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Message from

Tommy Bebekoski,Chair of

Professional

Recruitment

Our brigades to Guatemala cannot be successful nor run efficientlywithout the fervor and kindness of our medical professionals that comewith us. IU Timmys Professional Recruitment will recruit at least 8

medical professionals to come on the trip to help run our clinics, to serveas mentors to the students on the trip, and to simply add a vibe ofcompassion and protection for the trip-goers. A special bond indubitablyexists by the end of the trip between the students and the medicalprofessionals. We will recruit doctors, pharmacists, nurses, nursepractitioners, and hopefully a dentist or physical therapist! We strive totake a diverse group of medical professionals with us. For instance, someof our medical professionals this year are Karen Bills, a pharmacist fromFlorida; Max Newell, an ear/nose/throat physician from Indianapolis;Nathan Mann, a family practice physician from Michigan. As one can see,these medical professionals come from all over the country! IU TimmysProfessional Recruitment works throughout the year to familiarize thetrip-goers with the medical professionals in order to ensure a smooth,fulfilling experience for everyone on the brigade to Guatemala.

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