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Make a Difference Day 2006. TriMedx. 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.
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Make a Difference Day 2006 TriMedx
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. Komen Breast 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!