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News Spring 2011 MIAH Volunteers of the Quarter May 24, 2011 - May 18, 2011 - The MIAH website was recognized as a Top Nomination for the Anteater Award at UCI for Most Outstanding Website! See our pictures from the Central County Health Expo in Garden Grove on Saturday, May 14th! May 14, 2011 - You can view our pictures for the Central County Health Expo in Garden Grove by clicking here. Science and Health Outreach (SHO) Committee Welcomes new Leadership Team April 24, 2011 - Aram
Seo, Undergraduate MIAH SHO Coordinator
Kevin Phan, Health Class Coordinator Kevin Phan, Healthy Living Program Coordinator Mindy Bui and Soumar Bouza, Science Project Co-Coordinators Recuperative Program Volunteer Gathering - Trained Medical Specialists Only! April 23, 2011 - The gathering will take place on Monday, April 25, 8-9pm in Moss Cove A in the Student Center! Your attendance is strongly encouraged so that you can receive your badges, T-shirts, and in general get to meet and socialize with your fellow medical specialists! We will also be discussing and sharing your experiences with the Recuperative Program, and this is a great time for you to raise any concerns or suggestions you have for the program's progress! Best, Charlene Volunteer Spotlight April 20, 2011 - Brigitte Kirshman, 1st year Nursing Science Student: Although this is Brigitte's first year at UCI, she has been taking a very proactive and impressive role in the Recuperative Program, and is one of the program's most dedicated volunteers! She was recently appointed as one of our new Floor Managers, and always does an excellent job interacting with the patients and expressing her passion to serve others. Great job, Brigitte! Eric Kwong, 4th year Biological Sciences Student: Eric's dedication to the Recuperative Program is evident in the fact that he currently holds the record for the most amount of service hours in the program! Since the beginning, Eric has been loyal to volunteering and always shows enthusiasm and a deep interest in his role as a medical specialist. He currently serves as one of our new Floor Managers as well! Thank you for your great work, Eric! MIAH Clothing Drive Distribution 2011 Update! April 12, 2011 - Thank you for volunteering at the clothing drive today! It was a huge success! Because of you, families that live at the Motor Inn were able to have a free "shopping" experience, and were able to bring back clothes for school, work, and everyday living. The drive would not have been possible without your hard work! We hope to see you more at MIAH events! You can see pictures here. All-Members Meeting April 7, 2011 - THANK YOU all again for coming to our meeting!! It was a huge success! For those who could not make it, you can see the meeting minutes and powerpoint presentation here. Also, we have some exciting events coming up, as well as undergraduate officer position openings. See below for more info! *Upcoming Events* 1. Clothing Drive Distribution – THIS SUNDAY, 2-5pm or 4-7pm - We REALLY need your help setting up and running the clothing drive! This is also a great way to get to know the families of the Costa Mesa Motor Inn!! 2. Central County Health Expo - May 14, all day 3. Tutoring, Patient Education, Sunday Funday, Neighborhood Clinics -Weekly SIGN UP FOR EVENTS OUR CALENDAR! *New Leadership Openings* We need dedicated undergraduates to fill the positions for the following roles!! 1. Science Project Coordinator (SHO Committee) - Plan science projects for the last half hour of Thursday tutoring (every other week) 2. Undergraduate MIAH SHO Coordinator (SHO Committee) - Help manage our committee by facilitating communication among our many projects - You will be formally trained over the next quarter 3. Healthy Snack Coordinator (Tutoring Committee) - Help coordinate healthy snacks for the children we tutor on Thursdays *Announcements* -Thank you Charlene Platon for designing MIAH's t-shirt!! If you'd like to buy one for $10, please email our Finance Chair, Brian Luu. -Thank you Eric Ton for helping with the powerpoint flow chart and keeping the website beautiful and running! Please email e.h.ton@uci.edu for any website concerns. Thanks again for all your hard work for MIAH. E-mail us or your committee chairs if you have ANY questions, concerns, or just want to say hi! Recuperative Care Welcomes new Leadership Team March 28, 2011 - I am pleased to announce the newest members of the Recuperative Program leadership team! Brigitte
Kirshman, Floor Manager
Cheryl Nangit, Floor Manager Eric Kwong, Floor Manager Kevin Phan, Patient Education Coordinator A big congratulations to our new leaders and thank you to everyone who applied! Pooja and I are extremely excited to have these new leaders within the Recuperative Program! Please be sure to welcome them as they pursue their new roles! If you have any questions or concerns about the new leaders or their roles, please do not hesitate to ask either me or Pooja! Thanks again to all our applicants, and to each one of you for being such dedicated volunteers! Best regards, Charlene Winter 2011 Help Design our First T-shirt! March 10, 2011 - MIAH needs YOUR HELP in designing our FIRST club t-shirt!! If you have a touch for creativity or have some ideas, please email your submission to MedinitH@gmail.com by Sunday, March 20th!
T-shirt
Description: Volunteer Spotlight March 4, 2011 - Congrats to the volunteers of our Recuperative Care Program for being featured on Illumination Foundation's February Newsletter! The newsletter is published here on their website. Our Recup Care program is now offering new Wednesday patient education classes from 7-8pm at the Costa Mesa Motor Inn. You can sign up to volunteer for MIAH events on our calendar! Input for CMMI Motel? February 25, 2011 - Here is an exciting
opportunity to get involved NOW!!
In the past few weeks, the Harbor Room at the Costa Mesa Motor Inn has been gutted, retiled, and painted. As we are in the process of reassembling the room, this is an opportunity for any MIAH members, especially those who tutor on Thursdays, to get involved in the re-organization process. We
feel that MIAH could surely have valuable input and suggestions for the
set up and structuring of the room and supplies. This week will be
dedicated to moving around the materials and furniture and creating an
efficient workspace that is beneficial for the children and volunteers.
If any members are interested in being a part of the process this week,
please contact Yvette
Ahlstrom, the Costa Mesa Site Coordinator.
MIAH Annual Clothing Drive! February 14, 2011 -  Introducing New MIAH Committees January 26, 2011 We would like to introduce new MIAH Committees that provide services to complement the Mobile Clinic: Women's Health and Community Resources for Sustainable Health. Please go to our Committees page to view more information on how we plan to incorporate their valuable efforts to assist the homeless community. We welcome all interested members to join! Congratulations to MIAH's New Leadership Team! January 26, 2011 - Leadership Board 2011-2012 Co-Presidents Erica Dorfman: edorfman@uci.edu Kimberly Truong: kimberkt@uci.edu Clinic Leaders: Mobile Clinic Chairs
Will McKleroy: wmcklero@uci.edu Yang Yu: yuy1@uci.edu New UCI Clinic Chairs Folu Ani: fani@uci.edu Briana Livingston: blivings@uci.edu Women's Health Chairs Molly Baker: mollyb@uci.edu Staci Sakai: sakais@uci.edu Community Resources for Sustainable Health Chair Hillary Gregg: hgregg@uci.edu Science and Health Outreach Chair Erica Dorfman: edorfman@uci.edu Fit4Life Chair Samantha Costantini: scostant@uci.edu Tutoring Chairs Jeff Friesen: friesenj@uci.edu Shila Manandhar: smanandh@uci.edu Finance Chair Brian Luu: bfluu@uci.edu Chair of Resources Dean Thongkham: dean.thongkham@gmail.com Recuperative Care Volunteer Coordinators Charlene Platon: cplaton@uci.edu Pooja Raja: praja@uci.edu Webmasters: Eric Ton: e.h.ton@uci.edu Kevin Phan: phankt@uci.edu Feel free to contact a coordinator if you would like to be involved with his or her committee! Fall 2010 MIAH's Autumn 2010 Newsletter Dec. 13, 2010 - Click to view  Illumination Foundation News! Nov. 24, 2010 - We are pleased to share a very special article about the Illumination Foundation in the Huffington Post. Also, check out the slideshow IF debuted at the Gift-A-Day holiday party! MIAH & LMSA Gift Drive! Nov. 8, 2010 - MIAH and LMSA's gift drive is happening now! Please drop your gifts off at Tamkin or Nelson Hall at the UCI SOM. Please put a STICKY NOTE on the gift if it is wrapped, or unwrapped gifts are fine too! New Recuperative Care Article Oct. 16, 2010 - Learn all about Recuperative Care! Read the new Recuperative Care Article by Charlene Platon! October Committee Updates! Oct. 5, 2010 - (To learn more about each committee click here) Health Classes: The 2 month diabetes course at the Costa Mesa Motor Inn has been going great! 15 people originally enrolled in the class and attendance has remained high. More health classes at Valencia Inn and CMMI are scheduled for 2 weeks from now. Recuperative Program: Training sessions are underway to go over interviewing, vitals, and to make sure the medical specialists (that's what they are going to call the volunteers) are ready. In a couple of weeks we will hold a CPR training class with IF. Tutoring: The kids just can't get enough of us! They LOVE tutoring and are waiting at the door every time. Thursday sessions have had upwards of 20 kids at several sessions! That said, WE NEED MORE TUTORS. The tutoring sessions are the most successful when we have a one to one ratio and it is always our goal to achieve this. So please think about joining us on any Thursday and every other Sunday (see online calendar for dates). Fit 4 Life: So far this Fall, Fit 4 Life has been gaining more volunteers and interest on a weekly basis. We are looking to get some new projects going, but for the most part, simply increasing the turnout of kids and volunteer interest is our main concern. Science Projects: Every other Thursday tutoring ends with a science project and the kids can't wait to finish their homework so they can participate! Some of the projects we have done in the past include Glow in the Dark, Acid/Base Balloon, Vinegar Volcanoes, Build-your-own Solar System, and Electric Motors. Mobile Clinic: The mobile clinic has brand new projects in need of volunteers. First off, we started a new patient education program at the clinic. Medical students volunteer to speak to patients about their medical conditions as well as overall health maintenance. Other projects include providing hygiene kits (toothpaste, soap, etc.) and resource guides (information on local shelters and food banks) to the patients at our clinic. We are also in the works of creating our very own women's health clinic as an addition to the current clinic. We are in the process of collecting materials and could really use your help. If you would like to get involved, please email sdeangel@uci.edu. Food and Nutrition: We have had several healthy snack lessons with the kids following tutoring and they have been a great success! The kids truly enjoy healthy food. The Food and Nutrition committee will put on a diabetic cooking class on Monday November 8 at the Costa Mesa Motor Inn. The goal of the class is to educate the residents about how to prepare low-cost meals that address nutritional needs specific to diabetics. Spring 2010 Patient Education  May 30, 2010 - MIAH held its first workshop for those interested in patient education There will be 2 patient educators per clinic day to talk about diabetes, high blood pressure, oral health, mental health, hyperlipidemia and other pertinent conditions to our community. To learn more about how to promote behavior change, read more about the Motivational Interview. Health Expo Volunteers Needed! May 6, 2010 - MIAH will be volunteering at the Health Expo in Anaheim this coming month. This medical and vision clinic will be part of a community expo hosted by Senator Lou Correa, Supervisor Shawn Nelson, and the Illumination Foundation. We will be providing free medical care to many homeless and underserved patients. We are looking for volunteers who have been previous runners! MIAH's first general meeting for MS1 and MS2's April 17, 2010 - Interested in making a difference through the mobile clinic, tutoring homeless children, teaching health classes to homeless families and educating families about nutrition? Come to Tamkin for our general meeting, and hear from the founder of Illumination Foundation, Paul Leon. MIAH Spring Quarter Update April 2, 2010 - Fit4Life, Mobile Clinic, Science Projects, Diabetes Class and Tutoring are running weekly or biweekly with much success! And plans for bagged lunches from the Food and Nutrition group are moving along while the Finance Committee is working hard on making donor packets to give to potential donors. Sign up for events on MIAH's Calendar! MIAH Education Committee Mar. 23, 2010 - Congratulations to the new Undergrad MIAH Education Chair, Eric Ton, and our new Health Class Coordinator, Pooja Raja, and our new Science Project Coordinator, Danielle Le! If you would like to be a part of MIAH's Education team, it's not too late! E-mail Danielle Le (dmle@uci.edu) or Omar Ahmed (Omar.Ahmed@alumni.usc.edu). If you have interest in helping us with our science project, please sign up by clicking on the Calendar. Winter 2010 Congratulations to the new board! Feb. 8, 2010 - A message from the retiring MIAH leadership team: We are excited to announce our wonderful new MIAH Leadership Team. The old leadership of second year medical students is handing off responsibilities to the first year medical students and the new team is as follows: Bianca
Kissel - President and Chair of Tutoring
Sharlee DeAngelo – Chair of Mobile Clinic Karun Gogna – Chair of Undergraduate Relations Omar Ahmed – Chair of Education Annie Coleman- Chair of Food and Nutrition Diana Cholakian – Chair of Finance Ryan Serrano – Chair of Fit4Life Dean Thongkam – Chair of Strategic Planning We also added Han Tran and Thao Le as our new undergrad Tutoring Activities Coordinators and Mary Zhang as the new Tutoring Education Chair. Welcome to the team! We will have a mandatory MIAH Meeting on February 16th at 6:30pm to introduce the new team and help develop our current projects as we continue to expand and grow. Please save the date! The retiring MIAH leadership wants to extend a warm thank-you for all your hard work this past year! We've made some amazing progress with our many projects and it is because of your hard work and commitment to our activities. Thank you so much for dedicating your time to tutoring, volunteering, teaching, and making it all happen!! Sincerely, Team MIAH Rachel, Priel, Chrissy, Heather, Evelyn, and Emily MIAH Clothing Drive Jan 26, 2010 - The CLOTHING DRIVE is up and running!! Please donate anything you have but we are especially looking for some bigger clothes for the parents and adults at the Costa Mesa Motor Inn as well as some children's clothes (especially boys). Please see what you can get from your families when you are at home over spring break. You can email Annie Coleman or Sharlee Deangelo to coordinate pick up, if needed. Walter B. Gerken Community Service Award! Jan. 26, 2010 - On Monday, January 25th, the Illumination Foundation received the prestigious Walter B. Gerken Community Service Award from the Pacific Life Foundation! This award is the highest honor given to a non-profit organization by the Pacific Life Foundation. Paul Leon, Executive Director, accepted the award presented by the Pacific Life Foundation! View our Awards and Recognition Page! Testimonial Update! Jan. 22, 2010 - MIAH "changed my perspective on homelessness." Read more of Danielle Le's testimonial on her experiences in MIAH and as a tutor for the kids at the Motor Inn! Tutoring
Coord. Positions Available for Undergraduates!
 Jan.
15, 2010 - MIAH needs 1-2 more tutoring coordinators for Thursday
tutoring sessions. Please email
Emily directly with your name, year in school, and why you qualify
for this position.Kaiser Permanente Half-Marathon/5K Run  Jan. 9, 2010 - The 1/2 marathon was a huge success! Our team had over 20 competitors and we were able to raise money for UCI Outreach Clinic, Flying Samaritans, and MIAH. Congratulations to those who ran, and thank you Jeremy T. and Jeremy S. for organizing the team! Click here for pictures Fall 2009 MIAH tutor featured in Illumination Foundation newsletter!  Dec.
15, 2009 - We're excited to announce that one of our tutoring
coordinators, Meghan Mathur, was featured in the Illumination
Foundation's monthly newsletter. Congrats Meghan and all our tutors!Christmas gift-giving party at motor inn a success!  Dec. 10, 2009 HUGE thanks to everyone who helped make the Christmas Gift Giving Party on Thursday a huge success! The kids and their parents were so excited to see Santa and receive the gifts you all donated. Faces of Homeless panel Nov. 17, 2009 - Homeless adults and families who
are part of the Illumination Foundation recently came to speak at UCI
about their experiences. we are thankful that they were willing to
share their stories with us. Thank you to all who attended!Oct 27, 2009 - In response to the challenges of regularly providing services to homeless individuals, Orange County won the California State Association of Counties merit award for the mobile clinic that serves the homeless. Our very own president, Emily Hersh-Burdick, attended the ceremony to represent MIAH with other MUT clinics! There is more info at OC's Blog |
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