What is IMO all about? October 8, 2012 Our Mission The mission of this organization is to provide a means for students to expand their cultural awareness regarding medicinal practices and living standards in countries all over the globe. Our Goals Organize safe and educational trips to other countries where the main focuses will be assimilation into the culture as well as medicinal practice. Organize fundraisers throughout the year to help finance the medical outreach trips. Educate members and the community about medical care and the varying cultures around the world. Provide members with experience working with medical professionals in an unfamiliar environment. Come out and show your support for IMO! These are our upcoming events: 1. Buckets a. Come help us raise money for our trips! b. Every day in front of the Breezeway by Chick-fil-A (see schedule below). 2. Health Committee Meeting – October 9, 2012 at 6:00 pm in BA 207 a. Join us in preparing for our medical mission trips. We will be going over health education presentations, creating health education posters, finetuning our patient assessment skills (blood pressure, lung auscultations, etc.) among much more! This is a great way to get involved in IMO and really learn what it is that we do on the trips we go on. b. These meetings are every Tuesday, same time and place! 3. Public Relations (PR) Meeting – October 10, 2012 at 7:30 pm in BA 212 a. PR Meetings help us get the word out for our upcoming events. b. These meetings are every Wednesday, same time and place! 4. IMO Halloween BBQ – October 30, 2012 from 4-8 pm at Lake Claire 5. Pre-Health BBQ – November 4, 2012 from 11-2 at Lake Claire 6. IMO Annual Dodgeball Tournament – November 18, 2012 from 12 – 4 at Hagerty High School a. This is our big fundraiser for the year! Profits go to our medical volunteer trips to Haiti, Peru, and the Dominican Republic! b. The cost is $10 per person and there can be 6 people on a team. You can register at imoucf.com and click on the register tab. For more information, please contact our secretary Devon Trevathan (information below). Bucket Schedule Monday: 12:30PM1:30PM Tuesday: 12:00PM1:00PM Wednesday: 12:00PM1:00PM Thursday: 11:30AM12:30PM Friday: 11:30AM12:30PM Bucketing Pre-health Liaison Donations Andi Cummins Mohid Mirza Jared Hart Andoni Colmenaires Alysha Fridley Fundraiser Eric Beyers Jeanette Castillo Karan Issar Emily Peterson Communication Coordinator Chris Hanley Cristian Valor Rebecca Vandyke Historian Tiff VanDesande Social Health Committee Mark Johnson Candace Miller Naureen Syed Jenna Shuman Hannah Smouse Newsletter Kelsi Ragano Cultural awareness Special Events Josh Devine Nathalie Gil Jacque W. Website Hammad Usmadi Teanna Daponte Local Trip Language Cindy Toledo Nancy Prevalus Diego Fernandez Public Relations Chelsea Liles Kim Wu Volunteer Jessica Williamson Bishrut Nepal Isabelle Ghini Officers Haiti Interviews: The December trip to Haiti is approaching! If you would like to attend this trip please fill out an application. We will have applications available on the IMO website, and they will be due Tuesday, September 23 at noon. Please sign up for an interview as well. The interviews will be held Wednesday, September 24, Thursday, September 25, and Friday, September 26. IMO has had some fun this semester already! Our previous events from this semester were: Ronald McDonald House – September 23, 2012 from 4-7. We had a great turnout and made some delicious food for the families living in the house. We made salad, pasta, tomato sauce with ground beef, tomato sauce, Texas toast, juice and cookies! President: Sonia Bryan (imopresident@hotmail.com) Cubicle Hours: Wednesday 9:30-11:30 Vice President: Ellen Ramia (imovp@hotmail.com) Cubicle Hours: Tuesday 11:30–1:20 Secretary: Devon Trevathan (imosecretary@hotmail.com) Cubicle Hours: Monday 10:00-12:00 Presidential Advisor: Shaina Konzny (imopresadvisor@hotmail.com) Cubicle Hours: Thursday 11:30-1:20 Treasurer: Heather Marinello (imotreasurer@hotmail.com) Cubicle Hours: Friday 11:30-1:20 Sergeant at Arms: Michael Chisum (imosgt@hotmail.com) Cubicle Hours: Wednesday 11:301:20