globemed at unc october 2012 newsletter

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~~Newsletter from GlobeMed – October 2012~~ Hey Health Alert – Uganda! A lot has happened since we released our first issue. Here’s a quick update of what we have been doing over this passed month! GlobeMed’s General Body Our organization is in full swing! Our body, which made up of over forty members, has been meeting every Monday night to work with each other and discuss human rights issues, the needs for global health equity, and the history of Uganda among many more topics! The process of selecting our GROW Interns this year has been underway and is almost complete! This year we are excited to say that we will likely have four interns coming your way (guys included)! We have also had our Fall Retreat, which, after having to move it to a different location, turned out to be a big success! A lot of members came, and we all had a great time over delicious food and good conversation! Fundraising We have just recently hit our $1,000 dollar mark, and a lot of fundraising events are on the way! We have made nearly $200 dollars selling bags and beads at our local hospital’s Multicultural Affair and selling bags in the middle of the heart of our school’s campus! We have also held benefit nights at local restaurants, and have a few more coming up before the winter. We just had a bake sale, too! Our major annual fundraising/awareness event, the Red Tie Affair, is also coming along very nicely. We have 7 performing groups and two amazing speakers: a doctor who specializes in HIV/AIDS research and a man who has been living with it for a while! We have also set up our upcoming Basketball cleanup schedule where we will gain $125 from each game we clean up at. We will generate over $1250 just from them!

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Page 1: GlobeMed at UNC October 2012 Newsletter

~~Newsletter  from  GlobeMed  –  October  2012~~    Hey  Health  Alert  –  Uganda!  A  lot  has  happened  since  we  released  our  first  issue.  Here’s  a  quick  update  of  what  we  have  been  doing  over  this  passed  month!    

GlobeMed’s  General  Body    

• Our  organization  is  in  full  swing!  Our  body,  which  made  up  of  over  forty  members,  has  been  meeting  every  Monday  night  to  work  with  each  other  and  discuss  human  rights  issues,  the  needs  for  global  health  equity,  and  the  history  of  Uganda  among  many  more  topics!  

• The  process  of  selecting  our  GROW  Interns  this  year  has  been  underway  and  is  almost  complete!  This  year  we  are  excited  to  say  that  we  will  likely  have  four  interns  coming  your  way  (guys  included)!  

• We  have  also  had  our  Fall  Retreat,  which,  after  having  to  move  it  to  a  different  location,  turned  out  to  be  a  big  success!  A  lot  of  members  came,  and  we  all  had  a  great  time  over  delicious  food  and  good  conversation!  

 Fundraising  

 • We  have  just  recently  hit  our  $1,000  dollar  mark,  and  a  lot  of  fundraising  events  are  on  

the  way!  • We  have  made  nearly  $200  dollars  selling  bags  and  beads  at  our  local  hospital’s  

Multicultural  Affair  and  selling  bags  in  the  middle  of  the  heart  of  our  school’s  campus!  • We  have  also  held  benefit  nights  at  local  restaurants,  and  have  a  few  more  coming  up  

before  the  winter.  We  just  had  a  bake  sale,  too!  • Our  major  annual  fundraising/awareness  event,  the  Red  Tie  Affair,  is  also  coming  along  

very  nicely.  We  have  7  performing  groups  and  two  amazing  speakers:  a  doctor  who  specializes  in  HIV/AIDS  research  and  a  man  who  has  been  living  with  it  for  a  while!  

• We  have  also  set  up  our  upcoming  Basketball  clean-­‐up  schedule  where  we  will  gain  $125  from  each  game  we  clean  up  at.  We  will  generate  over  $1250  just  from  them!  

               

               

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Collaboration  for  Awareness    

• Recently,  we  have  been  connecting  with  fellow  GlobeMed  chapters  at  Universities  all  over  the  United  States.  We  have  Skyped  with  the  University  of  Michigan  and  Emroy  University.    

• We  have  also  had  a  major  retreat  with  our  more  local  neighbor  at  Duke  University.  The  retreat  allowed  many  of  our  own  members  network  with  others,  and  share  ideas  about  fundraising  events  and  talk  about  our  respective  partners.  

• Our  fundraising,  or  campaigns,  committee  has  also  made  it  a  point  to  collaborate  with  student  organizations  on  campus,  most  notably  A  Drink  for  Tomorrow,  which  focuses  on  water  sanitation  issues,  and  the  HIV/AIDS  committee  of  Red  Cross,  which  has  been  very  interested  in  helping  us  with  our  own  fundraising  and  awareness  events.    

• Hope  you  enjoyed  our  cards!    

     

       

Until  Next  Time    

We  have  a  lot  coming  up,  and  that  means  a  lot  of  things  to  be  excited  about!  We  will  soon  have  our  GROW  interns,  have  many  more  fundraising  events,  and  even  a  recap  of  our  largest  annual  fundraiser.  Until  then  we  will  continue  to  keep  in  contact  with  you  and  work  hard  to  do  the  best  we  can.        

In  solidarity,      

GlobeMed  at  UNC