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Pre-Medical Interest Group Meeting

Pre-Medical Interest Group Meeting. 1/15/2014. Reminders!. — New members: pay your dues ($15) — Need 8 points per semester to remain an active member (meetings, donations, volunteering, etc.) — Cannot accumulate points until you pay dues — Make sure you are registered on OrgSync

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Pre-Medical Interest Group Meeting

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  1. Pre-Medical Interest Group Meeting 1/15/2014

  2. Reminders! —New members: pay your dues ($15) • —Need 8 points per semester to remain an active member (meetings, donations, volunteering, etc.) • —Cannot accumulate points until you pay dues • —Make sure you are registered on OrgSync • —Check OrgSync regularly to make sure you receive your points!!

  3. Club Requirements Battered Women’s Center- One donation each semester; 3 travel size items Imagine No Hunger- One donation each semester; $10 donation OR 50 individually packaged lunch items *See website for more detailed info: http://harvest.cals.ncsu.edu/prehealth_club/index.cfm?pageID=4916

  4. Boys and Girls Club —Tutor elementary school students ◦When? 3:45-5pm Mon-Thurs ◦Where? Washington B&G Club • —Contact Spencer Lacy, sclacy@ncsu.edu, if interested

  5. Hearts with Haiti •Volunteer/point opportunities at the Hearts with Haiti office (West Raleigh Presbyterian off Horne St.) –2 hours of volunteering at office = 1 point –Volunteers complete administrative work, grant research & proposals, letter writing and much more at the office! •Sponsorship Program this semester! –Child Sponsorship Campaign –$360 sponsors one child for a –$10 donation=one service point (UNLIMITED DONATIONS) Contact Info: Brandon Williams (btwilli2@ncsu.edu), Sid Gandra (sgandra@ncsu.edu),or Katie Smith (klsmit12@ncsu.edu).

  6. Imagine No Hunger We are in SERIOUS need of food and donations! —2 ways to donate: ( 1 donation = 1 point!) ◦ $10 cash or check made out to NCSU Pre-Health Club. ◦ 50 individually packaged items: Desserts, Chips, Granola Bars, Lunch meat, Cheese (not individually wrapped), Juice boxes, Etc. (See Pre-Health Club website for more items) —Bring any donations to the Health Pac office with your name on it and make sure to sign in your donation —After donating twice you can sign up to volunteer to package and distribute lunches on Sundays from 12-1:30! —If you have any questions feel free to email: ◦Austin Flick: acflick2@ncsu.edu◦Austin Colquitt: adcolqui@ncsu.edu

  7. Oak Hollow/STAR Projects Providing monthly activities year round to 10 formerly homeless, single parent families with physical or mental disabilities. Of the 10 families there, 7 have been there all three years since the center opened. January 30th: collecting non-perishable snack items February 6th: provide for 10 family Valentine gift baskets March 27th: contributing to the STAR Store by collecting high need items for daily use April 8th: provide 10 family Easter baskets May 6th: collecting non-perishable snack items Contact Kristin Fossett knfosset@ncsu.edu or Amanda Ruddock at ayruddoc@ncsu.edu with questions!

  8. Oak Hollow Easter Basket Donations needed: Easter candy Egg dye Small items e.g. stickers, pencils, etc. Make as cute a basket as possible - add some household items on side in "basket" if want These items should be turned into the Health PAC office no later than NOON on April 8th.

  9. Tammy Lynn Center —Provides educational, residential, therapeutic and respite care services to children and adults with developmental disabilities. —Group arts and craft activities with residents: ◦Sat. Feb. 15th 9:30-11 am ◦Sat. March 22nd 9:30-11 am ◦Sat. April 19th 9:30-11 am —Individual volunteer opportunities available. Contact Emily Cox at ejcox2@ncsu.edu or Liz Surovec at essurove@ncsu.edu to sign up or if you have any question

  10. BINGO! Come join us for Bingo at the Morningside Retirement Home on Saturday Mornings! January 25th You can earn 1 point for each Saturday you attend. We can arrange rides to the home. Contact any of our officers for information: Alex Hyler: alhyler@ncsu.edu Amy Turner: ajturne3@ncsu.edu Bogdan Luchkevich: bluchke@ncsu.edu Dakota Bentz: dbentz@ncsu.edu

  11. Spring Meeting Schedule Once a month at 7pm in Bostian 3712 Feb. 19th- Medical School (ECU, Wake Forest, Duke, UNC) Student Panel March 19th- Dr. Anita Flick- Preparing for 2014-2015 Admissions Cycle April (date TBD)- Ice Cream Social with Dr. Nicholson from Princeton Review

  12. Co-President Contact Info Hannah Taylor- hltaylor@ncsu.edu Christy Thrower- cbthrow@ncsu.edu Ally Ginn- arginn@ncsu.edu Please contact us whenever you have questions- NOT Dr. Flick!

  13. TONIGHT’S SPEAKER Dr. Sara Nicholson- Princeton Review Dr. Christopher Kontos • Director of the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) at Duke University

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