Make a Difference Day 2006TriMedx

TriMedx Mission

Making a difference

in the health and lives

of others

Make a Difference Day

• A national day of helping others – neighbors helping neighbors

• Over 3 million volunteers each year across the country

Service Ops Projects

• TriMedx Associates from around the country donated their time in order to make a difference in the health and lives of others

• Here are just some of the many projects sponsored by our service sites…

St. Thomas Team

• Participated in Project Cure and American Heart Walk

• “We may not be able to measure how many lives we affected on this activity, but I know we had a team of 25 that were tremendously affected.” Jonah Aycox

St. John, Detroit Team

• Participated in

Focus: Hope, a civil and human rights organization, preparing food parcels

• “We enjoyed our time at Focus: Hope and will explore the possibility of contributing to this effort on a regular basis.” Tom Borowiak

Genesys Team

• Participated in Change for Charity, collecting change to donate to the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan

• “The Food Bank can take the $130.00 and turn it into $1,820.00 worth of food. This will help feed many families in our community.” Denice Ayotte-Vaughn

St. Vincent’s Birmingham Team

• Performed charity service on clinical equipment for the Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center of Birmingham

• “It was a pleasure to help these people with our expertise, and we can’t wait until the next opportunity to “Make a Difference!”. Jeffrey B. Singleton

Carondelet, AZ Team

• Performed electrical safety inspections and PAs for St. Elizabeth of Hungary Clinic

• “With the exception of the administrative staff, all of the workers and physicians at St. Elizabeth are volunteers, including some of our biomed technicians.” Johnnie King

Seton Health Team

• Assembled 225+ key chains for the Susan G. Komen Foundation to promote breast cancer awareness and prevention

• “I want to express my thanks for all those who volunteered in Make A Difference Day and for choosing the Susan G. Komen Foundation.” Linda Mendez

The Susan G. KomenBreast Cancer Foundation

Sacred Heart Team

• Repaired home of SHHS employee due to Hurricane Ivan damage.

• “There are 365 days a year. There should be at least one day when you can help somebody.” Sammie Thomas

TriMedx Central Office Projects

• BUV

• Children’s Bureau

• Lighthouse Mission

• Jubilee Center

• Third Phase

• VA Medical Center

Basic Utility Vehicles

• Basic Utility Vehicles (BUVs) provide high-quality, low-cost transportation for the working poor in the developing world

• TriMedx Volunteers worked on building the back end of BUVs. The vehicles will be shipped to Liberia and Haiti

• 12 volunteers

• 100 lives impacted

Lighthouse Mission

• Feeds and houses homeless men, offering a program to get them back on their feet

• TriMedx volunteers prepared and served meals

• 19 volunteers

• 150 lives impacted

Jubilee Center

• Helps children with special career development, training, after-school activities, mentoring, and more

• TriMedx volunteers provided paint and supplies as well as their time to repaint the Jubilee Center

• 18 volunteers

• 300 lives impacted

Total Impact

Over 260 volunteers impacted

over 7000 lives!

Thank You!