Summer 2013 Newsletter
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INSPIRING HEALTH
Summer 2013
a publication of
How do you measure charity?
Another way of asking this is: “what does it mean to truly love a person who has health and wellness challenges?” Historically, most charity has been measured based on how we feel as givers and providers of care and assistance. But a remarkable shift is taking place: many organizations, churches, and governments now recognize the unintentional, but negative effects that long-term assistance can often have. Genesis World Mission takes the approach that long-term relationships with people and communities brings about transformation. For example, for more than a decade now, we have engrained ourselves in being a part of the Garden City, Idaho community. We are engaged in community development efforts through local churches here and the Garden City Chamber of Commerce. We have wide relationships with the city government, businesses and other service agencies that allow us to be a part of shaping our community’s response to health and wellness issues. None of us could take sole credit for the transformation of our “village” of 11,500 – we are a part of each other’s successes and the cumulative effect it has.
In This Issue
Dental Clinic Expands.........................2 Community Sponsor Spotlight............3 Domestic Development.......................3 Events...........................................4 Transformed Lives...............................5 Win Apel Technology Initiative..........5 Culverts are coming to Burangi..........6 Board of Directors..............................7 Community Support............................8
In Ndumberi Kenya, where we assisted with the establishment of the PEFA Mercy Medical Centre in 2007, our relationships spanned back to 2003 and several medical camp trips in between. It was out of a trusting relationship that they dared dream with us about what a long-term solution to their farming village’s health care needs might look like. That clinic remains strong, provides very high quality care at an affordable price, and is financially independent of outside support. In Burangi Kenya, we have many friends we call by name: Mary, Gabrielle, Willie, Alice, Emmanuel, Vincent, Lillian, Nelson and Joyce are but a few. They face challenges in water provision with erratic weather patterns that cause droughts and water shortages that are seemingly insurmountable. Diarrhea is second to pneumonia in deaths in children under five years of age. It also contributes to more time by women seeking water, less time in school for girls, and in general, greater health costs, physically and financially.
hand-in-hand through the water challenge.
President David Hall and Pastor Willie Ngowa walk
But these are not people who are begging for another Julius Kavuludi refers to outcome measurements which are tracked by the community health committee each month. Western hand-out of free medicine, mosquito nets, castoff school books or a non-functioning well. The reason we even settled on this isolated community in 2009 is because they had a desire to engage with us in solving their own challenges. Statistically speaking, we know that the lack of community involvement causes 50% of international aid projects to fail.
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Getting to the Root of the Issue
For years we have been dreaming about solving the problem of uninsured people seeking dental treatment in the emergency room. Last year in Boise, nearly 1700 people sought emergency treatment due to a lack of preventative or definitive dental care. Typically what happens is that antibiotics and pain medication are prescribed to treat dental infection and pain. Patients are then sent home and the price tag is about $800. Unfortunately, none of the root causes are addressed and patients often return to the ER over and over again. In 2011, we received a grant from the Regence Foundation (now known as the Cambia Health Foundation) to expand dental services and create a feasibility plan for a dental specialists network modeled on our own Volunteer Physicians Network.
Did You Know?
60% of Garden City’s low income residents have no dental insurance The greatest number of uninsured, preventable visits to the emergency rooms are for dental pain and infections The #1 chronic illness in the world is periodontal disease
We are very pleased to announce several funding partners have stepped forward to establish a pilot project aimed at meeting this goal. Our project will involve expanding our dental clinic’s hours to provide an emergency screening process to keep people out of the E.R. or for treatment if they’ve already been there. We will work with local general dental practitioners, oral surgeons, and endodontists to refer a limited number of patients to their private practices for definitive care. Most patients will be treated by our volunteer dentists at our dental clinic, as well as ongoing care for the entire population served. As part of this project, we are partnering to hold a dental MASH Unit in September (see story below).
By preventing and breaking the cycle of return ER visits, we hope to help reduce overall cost shifting onto the health system and keep people free of pain and infection. Partners in this project include:
Volunteers Needed For Idaho Women’s Charitable Foundation, $24,300 Dental M A S H Unit * * * * Purchase supplies, expand dental clinic hours, and
transport patients. Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation, $8000 Convert exisiting office space into third dental operatory, purchase equipment. Harry W. Morrison Foundation, $10,000 Purchase additional digital x-ray sensor. Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, $10,000 Help with expansion of dental clinic hours and facility costs. Timothy Huff, DDS, $5,000 Donation of panoramic x-ray. Greater Boise Rotary Foundation, $1700 Purchase of x-ray supplies. Carrington College Partnership to allow for ongoing dental hygiene, dental assisting and patient screening Idaho State Dental Association Recruitment of local dentists to assist with project
In conjunction with Carrington College and the Idaho State Dental Association, the Garden City Community Clinic is co- hosting a ½ day Dental MASH Unit on
Friday September 27th.
This event will utilize volunteer doctors and hygienists and Carrington’s 30 chair facility to provide care for about 120 patients. This will immediately clear some of our dental clinic’s backlog by providing definitive care such as fillings or extractions. Patients will be asked to contribute a $30 administration fee to hold their appointment so that volunteers aren’t left standing idle. If you are a dentist interested in volunteering that day or if you’d like to sponsor a patient’s administration fee, please contact Linnea Collins at 854-3928 or email [email protected]
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Community Partner Spotlight
$25,000 Goal
IMI Challenge Grant Medical Community
Since our clinic opened, Intermountain Medical Imaging and Gem State Radiology have been major supporters of our local outreaches, providing access to imaging for patients of Garden City Community Clinic, and later, for all clinics that access the Volunteer Physicians Network. This gift exceeds a value of $100,000 a year in donated services.
We’re up to
$15,000
Help us reach $25,000 by the end of the year!
IMI Challenge Grant
These radiologists have also been very generous with their wallets providing significant cash support to the clinic. This year, IMI will match contributions from the medical community, up to $25,000. All degreed medical professionals and practices are eligible to participate, with a $500 gift or more, if they haven’t donated to the clinic in the past 24 months. Please help us capitalize on IMI’s generosity and fulfill the entirety of their pledge. You can participate by calling 854-3928.
Domestic Development
Genesis has stepped up its outreach to other free clinics in smaller towns, offering its experience, connections, and perspectives, in much the same way we engage communities overseas. Dr. Karl Watts and Steven Reames recently travelled to Twin Falls and Burley to meet with three free clinics that are in various stages of development.
Pocatello: The Pocatello Free Clinic is Idaho’s oldest standing free clinic, started in 1971. It is partnered closely with Idaho State University and utilizes many of the students there pursuing health related degrees. After 40 years of service, the clinic is in “reboot” mode and the board is determining how much support remains in the community for its services.
Genesis founder Dr. Karl Watts listens as Dr. David McCluskey, Wellness Tree Clinic board member, shares with Pocatello and Burley free clinic leaders.
Burley: Burley-based Mountain View Christian Center is organizing the Mini-Cassia Health Care Clinic and preparing for an October launch. They have already found loaned space at the district health center and a local family physician has joined their board which is a critical step in gaining the medical community’s support. Many of the people they serve will be undocumented migrants who will not be covered under the Affordable Care Act. Twin Falls: In July we helped facilitate The Wellness Tree Clinic’s board retreat. This clinic was established as the Mustard Tree Wellness Clinic in 2004 as an outreach of a local church who started by taking blood pressures in their thrift shop. It has grown in services to five days a week and the clinic recently moved into the old St. Luke’s Magic Valley emergency room for $1 a year plus utilities. It is an amazing facility and now the board is working to strengthen and sustain clinical operations. Caldwell: Canyon County Community Clinic just moved into its own new facility in the former district health department grounds in downtown Caldwell. The space will give them more than enough room for expansion for many years to come and we were happy to be on the ground floor with them as they dreamed about their clinic. These are great examples of regional partnerships we develop and maintain. We learn from each other how to be more effective, efficient, and caring for our communities.
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Events
Our Faith, Hope and Charity Dinner raised $73,000 for operations
Thank you to our generous sponsors: Faith Sponsors Charity Sponsors Saint Alphonsus Health System Norco\The Kissler Family Foundation St. Luke’s Health System Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health United Way of Treasure Valley Platinum Donors Intermountain Medical Imaging Wine Wall Sponsor Pacific Source Health Plans Muse Bistro & Wine Bar Thank you also to the auction item donors who helped make this a fun and special event!
Arena Valley Wholesale Florist, Artsmith Jewelers, Axiom, Donna Barker, BestFrame, Boise Contemporary Theater, Boise Guitar Repair, Steve and Donna Brown, Ken & Patrice Burgess, Cafe Vicino, Capital City Florist, Chick-fil-A, Christy’s Gifts, Doug Colwell, Brent Cornell, Cottonwood Grill, Crooked Fence Brewing, Dave and Buster’s, Janet & Brent Davis, BSU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, Discovery Center of Idaho, Eagle Salon and Spa, Eide Bailly, Emerald Dental, Carla Fieldstad, Christy Fieldstad, Fishers Technology, Flicks, Pam Flora, Fork Restaurant, Ron & Ellen Freeman, Fresh Off The Hook, Full Circle Exchange, Goodwood Barbecue Co., Hair Benders Beauty Salon, Hawks Baseball, Susan Hazelton, Heritage Auto Repair, Hillcrest Floral, Patty Hirkel, Hobbytown USA, Home Instead Senior Care, Homestead Meats, HSB Camps, Idaho Airships, Idaho Angler, Idaho Botanical Garden, Idaho Candy Co, Idaho Humane Society, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Indian Lakes Golf Course, J’s Ultimate Car Wash, Connie Leavitt, Les Bois Park, Kellie MacMillan, Mai Thai Restaurant, Marie Callender’s, Ken & Sally McClure, Hilary McKinney, Chris Meade, Richard Meiers, Laurie Moriarty, Morrison Center, Muse Wine and Bistro, Mystique Salon, P.F. Chang’s, Todd Palmer, Papa Joe’s Pizza, Payette Brewing, Melisa Pearson, Vicki Raaen, Steve & Tamara Reames, Red Letter Books and Cafe, Riverside Hotel, Roaring Springs Water Park, Roastere, Rock Bottom Granite, Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, Dee Sarton, Second Chance Building Materials Center, Snake River Stampede, Stagecoach Inn, Sugar Rush Cupcakery, Sugar, Sugar, T-Craft Aero Club, Tango’s Empanadas, The Bushwhacker, The Grove Hotel, The Storytellers, Touch for Health Massage, Treasure Valley Veterinary Hospital, TriTown, Twisted Ewe Yarn Shop, Dr. Karl & Teina Watts, Welker Photography, Westside Drive-in, Westy’s Garden Lanes, White Cloud, White Otter Outdoor Adventure, Zamzow’s
Open Over 125House people helped us celebrate the 10th Anniversary
of the Garden City Community Clinic facility in May.
Thank you Garden City Chamber of Commerce, Idaho Power, Sugar Shack and Vineyard Boise for helping with refreshments.
The 3rd Annual Garden City Chamber of Commerce Golf Scramble brought together some great teams in support of our clinic in June.
Thank you to our generous sponsors: Idaho Power and Norco We also thank our raffle item donors:
Intermountain Gas Company, GemMeat Packing Co., Muse Bistro, Riverside Hotel, Idaho Power Company, Garden City Chamber of Commerce, Viki Raaen, St. Alphonsus Foundation, Oliver Finley, Casa Blanca, Cuban Grill, Franz Bakery, St. Alphonsus Life Flight, Idaho River Sports, Crooked Fence, Nestle Power Bars, Garden City Chamber of Commerce
Special thanks to Channe l 2’s Natalie Hurst for supporting our event. She sank a 50’ putt on hole 18.
ACMS Donates $1400
Many thanks to The Ada County Medical Society. They donated the proceeds from their wine and cheese tasting event to the Garden City Community Clinic. This donation will be doubled by Intermountain ACMS Executive Director Linda Medical Imaging’s match Jackson (2nd from left) presents challenge!
check to the the clinic.
Shooting at 59, the winning team: Skip Creighton, Raul Fuentes, Shilo Keo and Doug Moy.
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Transformed Lives
ng and Linnea ic Managers Denise Ewi Medical and Dental Clin itoring equipment mon d bloo of n atio Collins rejoice over a don and test strips.
share some good news with the staff that he jumped on his bicycle and rode it all the way to the clinic! Jake said it was such good news that he wanted to share it in person, as well as give us a monetary contribution for his appointment with Volunteer Physicians Network. He grinned excitedly and shared, “My blood sugars have never, ever been below 200 in my life! But this morning I took my blood sugar like you taught me to and it was only 185!” Our providers were able to teach Jake how to use a new blood-glucose monitor, provide him with strips for a new meter and medications for his diabetes which all added up to a lower and better blood sugar. He added, before he hopped on his bike and zoomed off, “I can’t wait to take my blood sugar again tonight, I bet it will be even lower...wahoo!”
Jake is a new patient, who was seen earlier this year in the medical clinic. He was so excited to
We love hearing from our patients!
request for surgery to remove her thyroid and have more extensive testing done. This chain of events left Nancy very nervous and scared because the possibility of cancer had been mentioned by a couple different providers. Volunteer Physicians Network enabled Nancy to get the surgery, which ultimately led her to the best possible outcome: she did not have cancer! After Nancy recovered, she called VPN to offer her thanks for what the program had done for her. Nancy stated that without VPN she would have had to live in fear, not knowing why she was so sick because, like so many, she is uninsured and has very little income. Nancy is so grateful for VPN. She said she is lucky that there is someone out there that truly cares what happens to her and has continued to care for her.
Nancy began with the Volunteer Physicians Network (VPN) for a basic referral to radiology. A series of referrals followed that led to a consultation with our ear nose & throat specialist and a
Win Apel Memorial Technology Initiative for Health Fund
Edwin V.”Win” Apel Jr. was a Boise attorney, avid runner and technology enthusiast. He was a partner in the law firm of Hawley Troxell Ennis and Hawley before going to work for Washington Group International/URS as VP of Risk Management. In 2008, he relocated to New Jersey to become SVP, Secretary and General Counsel for Weeks Marine. Win lived a vibrant, rich and healthy life, and after beating prostate cancer in 2001, went on to run a marathon in every state and on every continent. In November, 2010 Win was diagnosed with brain cancer and eventually succumbed to it a year later. The fund supports the Garden City Community Clinic to provide technological solutions that help empower patients in pursuing good health. Win’s surviving spouse, Lorrie, was the clinic director from 2005-2008 and started serving on Genesis World Mission’s board of directors beginning in 2012. Thank you to Weeks Marine and the Boise Legacy Constructors Foundation for establishing this fund. Ongoing donations may be made to this fund in Win’s honor.
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Culverts are coming to Burangi!
Rotary International has awarded a grant for over $98,000 that will fund the installation of two large culverts in the Burangi community’s access road. Year round access will be available in Burangi for the very first time in history. The grant also provides water project materials such as tanks, filters, and pumps that will irrigate crops. In our contract with the community and our partner Map International, we have committed to providing funding for completing the construction of the Burangi Community Clinic. However, the unpredictable rains have flooded the access road that the community built and thwarted their efforts. The Rotary Grant will now enable them to move forward with our mutual commitments. Once the culverts are finished, the community will be able to resume building the clinic. Two of our board members, Dave Hall and Lorrie Apel went to Burangi with me in May. During our trip we were able to meet with community members, the Malindi Rotary Club and Map International to coordinate the Rotary grant projects. The community’s excitement was contagious. They are eager for the 10-mile road that they worked so hard to build to be passable during the rainy seasons. These culverts will profoundly change this community. The culverts will allow for crops to be sold in the markets, eliminate transportation charges and facilitate completion of the Burangi Community Clinic. This community is working towards improving their living conditions to become self-sufficient. Our partnership creates transformation through relationships.
Board members Lorrie Apel, Tracy Ritter, and Dave Hall enjoy the ride across the Sabaki River.
Here is what the community in Burangi is doing:
Forming farming and fishing cooperatives that are creating links to micro financing institutions for loans. Thank you to all the clubs that supported this grant and Organizing farmer groups that are improving farming District 5400 of Idaho and District techniques to grow cash crops to sell in the local market. 7630 of Maryland who committed district Learning new and improved planting techniques to funding for the one-to-one match! increase crop yields.
Boise Clubs: Sunrise, Downtown Boise, Building a health care center to improve their health so Southwest, and Centennial Club they miss fewer days from work and school.
Accessing clean water and proper sanitation by digging Maryland Clubs: Sunrise Salisbury, water catchment pits and latrines. Wicomico Club, Salisbury Evening Club and Snow Hill Club Using water filters and increasing their incomes to maintain water tanks that they earned by working to build their access Clubs from other states: road. Virginia: Sandston Club, Short Pump Attending health and sanitation classes leading to the Club prevention of illnesses and the decrease of malaria, dysentery and water borne diseases.
New Jersey: Berkeley Heights Club We are humbled by their resiliency. Your support of our work in Illinois: Evanston Lighthouse Rotary Club Kenya will allow this transformation to continue. I invite you to Pennsylvania: Kane Rotary Club join us in partnership with the Burangi community; your contributions make this possible. And a big thank you to Ken Howell Thank you (Downtown Boise) who helped in Tracy Ritter, International Director promoting the grant
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How do you measure charity?
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We see tangible hope and progress in Burangi. During the past year: 20% more of the households drink only filtered/treated water.
Over $50,000 of donated medical supplies was sent to equip the medical center, which is partially completed and used constantly for community meetings. Two teachers in every school were trained to recognize tropical Clean water storage tanks are just one part of diseases and provide disease prevention education. bringing health to Burangi. 10% more of the women walk just a little over ½ mile to fetch water.
10% more households have adopted new farming techniques to meet surplus food production, increasing daily incomes by $2.00. Four men have received lifesaving surgeries, allowing them to work and contribute to their family’s welfare. At least 200 trees have been planted, contributing to erosion control and new crops.
Fifteen households have embraced and applied Biblical principles in addressing health and general development issues in the community. Not ONE person died from cholera during the last period of flooding – the first time ever.
These numbers represent our most humble friends in Burangi. Although they have often been called the “under-served,” they are not asking to be “served” but to be recognized as a people who are making progress towards improved health and living conditions, just like you and I do in our own communities. When charity/love takes this shape and is sustained for a long period of time, it transforms the relationship between the “giver” and the “needy” and creates lasting partnerships of equity, dignity, and friendship. That’s the kind of world we want to live in.
Board of Directors
Genesis World Mission is at a critical juncture, as we face the implications of the Affordable Care Act on local operations and decide how to sustain our vision overseas. We have been reaching out to constituents and stake holders to listen to emerging needs and plot our course forward. In June, the board of directors met to re-examine the core of our mission Genesis Board members and senior staff contemplate the future of local and international operations. and define a methodology of how our activities align with each other. As our board begins its work with clear business plans for all of its projects, we invite community members to apply for our board of directors. We are looking for missionally minded individuals who would bring expertise, connections, resources, and time to serve on our board. To apply, please contact Vice President Pat Duncan at 409-8158 or [email protected].
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continues to thrive on the generous support of our community partners.
Recent Grants and Corporate Gifts
Garden City Community Clinic Camille Beckman Foundation, $3,000 Boise Rotary Foundation, $1,700 Ada County Medical Society, $1,406 Idaho Women’s Charitable Foundation, $24,400 Harry W. Morrison Foundation, $10,000 United Way of Treasure Valley, $35,000 Weeks Marine, $4,500 Boise Legacy Constructors Foundation, $4,500 Volunteer Physicians Network Wells Fargo Foundation, $1,500 St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center, $20,000 Genesis International The Jesus Fund, $5000 In Memory of Frank C. Abbot by Jane Krumm Daniel Kristensen by Genesis World Mission Jacqueline Kristensen Henry W. Bull Foundation, $3000 Ray Smelek by Daniel and Bank of America Foundation, Betty Wilmot $1500 Dr. Bruce Hubler by Douglas and Individual Donations Nancy Dammrose In Honor Of Colby Lee Hope by Alaina Hope Her Dad by Patti Beavers William & Ione Brorson by Dr. Karl Watts by Joan Senyk Belinda Knochel Tracy Ritter by Janice Haworth Stuart Carty by Montie and Carter, Aliya, Mercia, and Ann Ralstin Ella Reames by Janice and Gene Cathcart Investment options available @ Anne Heiselmann by genesisworldmission.org Beverly Price • One-time and recurring donations may be Mark Milby by Tracy Ritter made securely on our website. Terry Papé by Nancy Papé • Recurring auto withholding from your
checking account is available. • Legacy bequests and gifts are also welcome.
Summer 2013
a publication of
How do you measure charity?
Another way of asking this is: “what does it mean to truly love a person who has health and wellness challenges?” Historically, most charity has been measured based on how we feel as givers and providers of care and assistance. But a remarkable shift is taking place: many organizations, churches, and governments now recognize the unintentional, but negative effects that long-term assistance can often have. Genesis World Mission takes the approach that long-term relationships with people and communities brings about transformation. For example, for more than a decade now, we have engrained ourselves in being a part of the Garden City, Idaho community. We are engaged in community development efforts through local churches here and the Garden City Chamber of Commerce. We have wide relationships with the city government, businesses and other service agencies that allow us to be a part of shaping our community’s response to health and wellness issues. None of us could take sole credit for the transformation of our “village” of 11,500 – we are a part of each other’s successes and the cumulative effect it has.
In This Issue
Dental Clinic Expands.........................2 Community Sponsor Spotlight............3 Domestic Development.......................3 Events...........................................4 Transformed Lives...............................5 Win Apel Technology Initiative..........5 Culverts are coming to Burangi..........6 Board of Directors..............................7 Community Support............................8
In Ndumberi Kenya, where we assisted with the establishment of the PEFA Mercy Medical Centre in 2007, our relationships spanned back to 2003 and several medical camp trips in between. It was out of a trusting relationship that they dared dream with us about what a long-term solution to their farming village’s health care needs might look like. That clinic remains strong, provides very high quality care at an affordable price, and is financially independent of outside support. In Burangi Kenya, we have many friends we call by name: Mary, Gabrielle, Willie, Alice, Emmanuel, Vincent, Lillian, Nelson and Joyce are but a few. They face challenges in water provision with erratic weather patterns that cause droughts and water shortages that are seemingly insurmountable. Diarrhea is second to pneumonia in deaths in children under five years of age. It also contributes to more time by women seeking water, less time in school for girls, and in general, greater health costs, physically and financially.
hand-in-hand through the water challenge.
President David Hall and Pastor Willie Ngowa walk
But these are not people who are begging for another Julius Kavuludi refers to outcome measurements which are tracked by the community health committee each month. Western hand-out of free medicine, mosquito nets, castoff school books or a non-functioning well. The reason we even settled on this isolated community in 2009 is because they had a desire to engage with us in solving their own challenges. Statistically speaking, we know that the lack of community involvement causes 50% of international aid projects to fail.
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Getting to the Root of the Issue
For years we have been dreaming about solving the problem of uninsured people seeking dental treatment in the emergency room. Last year in Boise, nearly 1700 people sought emergency treatment due to a lack of preventative or definitive dental care. Typically what happens is that antibiotics and pain medication are prescribed to treat dental infection and pain. Patients are then sent home and the price tag is about $800. Unfortunately, none of the root causes are addressed and patients often return to the ER over and over again. In 2011, we received a grant from the Regence Foundation (now known as the Cambia Health Foundation) to expand dental services and create a feasibility plan for a dental specialists network modeled on our own Volunteer Physicians Network.
Did You Know?
60% of Garden City’s low income residents have no dental insurance The greatest number of uninsured, preventable visits to the emergency rooms are for dental pain and infections The #1 chronic illness in the world is periodontal disease
We are very pleased to announce several funding partners have stepped forward to establish a pilot project aimed at meeting this goal. Our project will involve expanding our dental clinic’s hours to provide an emergency screening process to keep people out of the E.R. or for treatment if they’ve already been there. We will work with local general dental practitioners, oral surgeons, and endodontists to refer a limited number of patients to their private practices for definitive care. Most patients will be treated by our volunteer dentists at our dental clinic, as well as ongoing care for the entire population served. As part of this project, we are partnering to hold a dental MASH Unit in September (see story below).
By preventing and breaking the cycle of return ER visits, we hope to help reduce overall cost shifting onto the health system and keep people free of pain and infection. Partners in this project include:
Volunteers Needed For Idaho Women’s Charitable Foundation, $24,300 Dental M A S H Unit * * * * Purchase supplies, expand dental clinic hours, and
transport patients. Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation, $8000 Convert exisiting office space into third dental operatory, purchase equipment. Harry W. Morrison Foundation, $10,000 Purchase additional digital x-ray sensor. Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, $10,000 Help with expansion of dental clinic hours and facility costs. Timothy Huff, DDS, $5,000 Donation of panoramic x-ray. Greater Boise Rotary Foundation, $1700 Purchase of x-ray supplies. Carrington College Partnership to allow for ongoing dental hygiene, dental assisting and patient screening Idaho State Dental Association Recruitment of local dentists to assist with project
In conjunction with Carrington College and the Idaho State Dental Association, the Garden City Community Clinic is co- hosting a ½ day Dental MASH Unit on
Friday September 27th.
This event will utilize volunteer doctors and hygienists and Carrington’s 30 chair facility to provide care for about 120 patients. This will immediately clear some of our dental clinic’s backlog by providing definitive care such as fillings or extractions. Patients will be asked to contribute a $30 administration fee to hold their appointment so that volunteers aren’t left standing idle. If you are a dentist interested in volunteering that day or if you’d like to sponsor a patient’s administration fee, please contact Linnea Collins at 854-3928 or email [email protected]
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Community Partner Spotlight
$25,000 Goal
IMI Challenge Grant Medical Community
Since our clinic opened, Intermountain Medical Imaging and Gem State Radiology have been major supporters of our local outreaches, providing access to imaging for patients of Garden City Community Clinic, and later, for all clinics that access the Volunteer Physicians Network. This gift exceeds a value of $100,000 a year in donated services.
We’re up to
$15,000
Help us reach $25,000 by the end of the year!
IMI Challenge Grant
These radiologists have also been very generous with their wallets providing significant cash support to the clinic. This year, IMI will match contributions from the medical community, up to $25,000. All degreed medical professionals and practices are eligible to participate, with a $500 gift or more, if they haven’t donated to the clinic in the past 24 months. Please help us capitalize on IMI’s generosity and fulfill the entirety of their pledge. You can participate by calling 854-3928.
Domestic Development
Genesis has stepped up its outreach to other free clinics in smaller towns, offering its experience, connections, and perspectives, in much the same way we engage communities overseas. Dr. Karl Watts and Steven Reames recently travelled to Twin Falls and Burley to meet with three free clinics that are in various stages of development.
Pocatello: The Pocatello Free Clinic is Idaho’s oldest standing free clinic, started in 1971. It is partnered closely with Idaho State University and utilizes many of the students there pursuing health related degrees. After 40 years of service, the clinic is in “reboot” mode and the board is determining how much support remains in the community for its services.
Genesis founder Dr. Karl Watts listens as Dr. David McCluskey, Wellness Tree Clinic board member, shares with Pocatello and Burley free clinic leaders.
Burley: Burley-based Mountain View Christian Center is organizing the Mini-Cassia Health Care Clinic and preparing for an October launch. They have already found loaned space at the district health center and a local family physician has joined their board which is a critical step in gaining the medical community’s support. Many of the people they serve will be undocumented migrants who will not be covered under the Affordable Care Act. Twin Falls: In July we helped facilitate The Wellness Tree Clinic’s board retreat. This clinic was established as the Mustard Tree Wellness Clinic in 2004 as an outreach of a local church who started by taking blood pressures in their thrift shop. It has grown in services to five days a week and the clinic recently moved into the old St. Luke’s Magic Valley emergency room for $1 a year plus utilities. It is an amazing facility and now the board is working to strengthen and sustain clinical operations. Caldwell: Canyon County Community Clinic just moved into its own new facility in the former district health department grounds in downtown Caldwell. The space will give them more than enough room for expansion for many years to come and we were happy to be on the ground floor with them as they dreamed about their clinic. These are great examples of regional partnerships we develop and maintain. We learn from each other how to be more effective, efficient, and caring for our communities.
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Events
Our Faith, Hope and Charity Dinner raised $73,000 for operations
Thank you to our generous sponsors: Faith Sponsors Charity Sponsors Saint Alphonsus Health System Norco\The Kissler Family Foundation St. Luke’s Health System Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health United Way of Treasure Valley Platinum Donors Intermountain Medical Imaging Wine Wall Sponsor Pacific Source Health Plans Muse Bistro & Wine Bar Thank you also to the auction item donors who helped make this a fun and special event!
Arena Valley Wholesale Florist, Artsmith Jewelers, Axiom, Donna Barker, BestFrame, Boise Contemporary Theater, Boise Guitar Repair, Steve and Donna Brown, Ken & Patrice Burgess, Cafe Vicino, Capital City Florist, Chick-fil-A, Christy’s Gifts, Doug Colwell, Brent Cornell, Cottonwood Grill, Crooked Fence Brewing, Dave and Buster’s, Janet & Brent Davis, BSU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, Discovery Center of Idaho, Eagle Salon and Spa, Eide Bailly, Emerald Dental, Carla Fieldstad, Christy Fieldstad, Fishers Technology, Flicks, Pam Flora, Fork Restaurant, Ron & Ellen Freeman, Fresh Off The Hook, Full Circle Exchange, Goodwood Barbecue Co., Hair Benders Beauty Salon, Hawks Baseball, Susan Hazelton, Heritage Auto Repair, Hillcrest Floral, Patty Hirkel, Hobbytown USA, Home Instead Senior Care, Homestead Meats, HSB Camps, Idaho Airships, Idaho Angler, Idaho Botanical Garden, Idaho Candy Co, Idaho Humane Society, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Indian Lakes Golf Course, J’s Ultimate Car Wash, Connie Leavitt, Les Bois Park, Kellie MacMillan, Mai Thai Restaurant, Marie Callender’s, Ken & Sally McClure, Hilary McKinney, Chris Meade, Richard Meiers, Laurie Moriarty, Morrison Center, Muse Wine and Bistro, Mystique Salon, P.F. Chang’s, Todd Palmer, Papa Joe’s Pizza, Payette Brewing, Melisa Pearson, Vicki Raaen, Steve & Tamara Reames, Red Letter Books and Cafe, Riverside Hotel, Roaring Springs Water Park, Roastere, Rock Bottom Granite, Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, Dee Sarton, Second Chance Building Materials Center, Snake River Stampede, Stagecoach Inn, Sugar Rush Cupcakery, Sugar, Sugar, T-Craft Aero Club, Tango’s Empanadas, The Bushwhacker, The Grove Hotel, The Storytellers, Touch for Health Massage, Treasure Valley Veterinary Hospital, TriTown, Twisted Ewe Yarn Shop, Dr. Karl & Teina Watts, Welker Photography, Westside Drive-in, Westy’s Garden Lanes, White Cloud, White Otter Outdoor Adventure, Zamzow’s
Open Over 125House people helped us celebrate the 10th Anniversary
of the Garden City Community Clinic facility in May.
Thank you Garden City Chamber of Commerce, Idaho Power, Sugar Shack and Vineyard Boise for helping with refreshments.
The 3rd Annual Garden City Chamber of Commerce Golf Scramble brought together some great teams in support of our clinic in June.
Thank you to our generous sponsors: Idaho Power and Norco We also thank our raffle item donors:
Intermountain Gas Company, GemMeat Packing Co., Muse Bistro, Riverside Hotel, Idaho Power Company, Garden City Chamber of Commerce, Viki Raaen, St. Alphonsus Foundation, Oliver Finley, Casa Blanca, Cuban Grill, Franz Bakery, St. Alphonsus Life Flight, Idaho River Sports, Crooked Fence, Nestle Power Bars, Garden City Chamber of Commerce
Special thanks to Channe l 2’s Natalie Hurst for supporting our event. She sank a 50’ putt on hole 18.
ACMS Donates $1400
Many thanks to The Ada County Medical Society. They donated the proceeds from their wine and cheese tasting event to the Garden City Community Clinic. This donation will be doubled by Intermountain ACMS Executive Director Linda Medical Imaging’s match Jackson (2nd from left) presents challenge!
check to the the clinic.
Shooting at 59, the winning team: Skip Creighton, Raul Fuentes, Shilo Keo and Doug Moy.
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Transformed Lives
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share some good news with the staff that he jumped on his bicycle and rode it all the way to the clinic! Jake said it was such good news that he wanted to share it in person, as well as give us a monetary contribution for his appointment with Volunteer Physicians Network. He grinned excitedly and shared, “My blood sugars have never, ever been below 200 in my life! But this morning I took my blood sugar like you taught me to and it was only 185!” Our providers were able to teach Jake how to use a new blood-glucose monitor, provide him with strips for a new meter and medications for his diabetes which all added up to a lower and better blood sugar. He added, before he hopped on his bike and zoomed off, “I can’t wait to take my blood sugar again tonight, I bet it will be even lower...wahoo!”
Jake is a new patient, who was seen earlier this year in the medical clinic. He was so excited to
We love hearing from our patients!
request for surgery to remove her thyroid and have more extensive testing done. This chain of events left Nancy very nervous and scared because the possibility of cancer had been mentioned by a couple different providers. Volunteer Physicians Network enabled Nancy to get the surgery, which ultimately led her to the best possible outcome: she did not have cancer! After Nancy recovered, she called VPN to offer her thanks for what the program had done for her. Nancy stated that without VPN she would have had to live in fear, not knowing why she was so sick because, like so many, she is uninsured and has very little income. Nancy is so grateful for VPN. She said she is lucky that there is someone out there that truly cares what happens to her and has continued to care for her.
Nancy began with the Volunteer Physicians Network (VPN) for a basic referral to radiology. A series of referrals followed that led to a consultation with our ear nose & throat specialist and a
Win Apel Memorial Technology Initiative for Health Fund
Edwin V.”Win” Apel Jr. was a Boise attorney, avid runner and technology enthusiast. He was a partner in the law firm of Hawley Troxell Ennis and Hawley before going to work for Washington Group International/URS as VP of Risk Management. In 2008, he relocated to New Jersey to become SVP, Secretary and General Counsel for Weeks Marine. Win lived a vibrant, rich and healthy life, and after beating prostate cancer in 2001, went on to run a marathon in every state and on every continent. In November, 2010 Win was diagnosed with brain cancer and eventually succumbed to it a year later. The fund supports the Garden City Community Clinic to provide technological solutions that help empower patients in pursuing good health. Win’s surviving spouse, Lorrie, was the clinic director from 2005-2008 and started serving on Genesis World Mission’s board of directors beginning in 2012. Thank you to Weeks Marine and the Boise Legacy Constructors Foundation for establishing this fund. Ongoing donations may be made to this fund in Win’s honor.
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Culverts are coming to Burangi!
Rotary International has awarded a grant for over $98,000 that will fund the installation of two large culverts in the Burangi community’s access road. Year round access will be available in Burangi for the very first time in history. The grant also provides water project materials such as tanks, filters, and pumps that will irrigate crops. In our contract with the community and our partner Map International, we have committed to providing funding for completing the construction of the Burangi Community Clinic. However, the unpredictable rains have flooded the access road that the community built and thwarted their efforts. The Rotary Grant will now enable them to move forward with our mutual commitments. Once the culverts are finished, the community will be able to resume building the clinic. Two of our board members, Dave Hall and Lorrie Apel went to Burangi with me in May. During our trip we were able to meet with community members, the Malindi Rotary Club and Map International to coordinate the Rotary grant projects. The community’s excitement was contagious. They are eager for the 10-mile road that they worked so hard to build to be passable during the rainy seasons. These culverts will profoundly change this community. The culverts will allow for crops to be sold in the markets, eliminate transportation charges and facilitate completion of the Burangi Community Clinic. This community is working towards improving their living conditions to become self-sufficient. Our partnership creates transformation through relationships.
Board members Lorrie Apel, Tracy Ritter, and Dave Hall enjoy the ride across the Sabaki River.
Here is what the community in Burangi is doing:
Forming farming and fishing cooperatives that are creating links to micro financing institutions for loans. Thank you to all the clubs that supported this grant and Organizing farmer groups that are improving farming District 5400 of Idaho and District techniques to grow cash crops to sell in the local market. 7630 of Maryland who committed district Learning new and improved planting techniques to funding for the one-to-one match! increase crop yields.
Boise Clubs: Sunrise, Downtown Boise, Building a health care center to improve their health so Southwest, and Centennial Club they miss fewer days from work and school.
Accessing clean water and proper sanitation by digging Maryland Clubs: Sunrise Salisbury, water catchment pits and latrines. Wicomico Club, Salisbury Evening Club and Snow Hill Club Using water filters and increasing their incomes to maintain water tanks that they earned by working to build their access Clubs from other states: road. Virginia: Sandston Club, Short Pump Attending health and sanitation classes leading to the Club prevention of illnesses and the decrease of malaria, dysentery and water borne diseases.
New Jersey: Berkeley Heights Club We are humbled by their resiliency. Your support of our work in Illinois: Evanston Lighthouse Rotary Club Kenya will allow this transformation to continue. I invite you to Pennsylvania: Kane Rotary Club join us in partnership with the Burangi community; your contributions make this possible. And a big thank you to Ken Howell Thank you (Downtown Boise) who helped in Tracy Ritter, International Director promoting the grant
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We see tangible hope and progress in Burangi. During the past year: 20% more of the households drink only filtered/treated water.
Over $50,000 of donated medical supplies was sent to equip the medical center, which is partially completed and used constantly for community meetings. Two teachers in every school were trained to recognize tropical Clean water storage tanks are just one part of diseases and provide disease prevention education. bringing health to Burangi. 10% more of the women walk just a little over ½ mile to fetch water.
10% more households have adopted new farming techniques to meet surplus food production, increasing daily incomes by $2.00. Four men have received lifesaving surgeries, allowing them to work and contribute to their family’s welfare. At least 200 trees have been planted, contributing to erosion control and new crops.
Fifteen households have embraced and applied Biblical principles in addressing health and general development issues in the community. Not ONE person died from cholera during the last period of flooding – the first time ever.
These numbers represent our most humble friends in Burangi. Although they have often been called the “under-served,” they are not asking to be “served” but to be recognized as a people who are making progress towards improved health and living conditions, just like you and I do in our own communities. When charity/love takes this shape and is sustained for a long period of time, it transforms the relationship between the “giver” and the “needy” and creates lasting partnerships of equity, dignity, and friendship. That’s the kind of world we want to live in.
Board of Directors
Genesis World Mission is at a critical juncture, as we face the implications of the Affordable Care Act on local operations and decide how to sustain our vision overseas. We have been reaching out to constituents and stake holders to listen to emerging needs and plot our course forward. In June, the board of directors met to re-examine the core of our mission Genesis Board members and senior staff contemplate the future of local and international operations. and define a methodology of how our activities align with each other. As our board begins its work with clear business plans for all of its projects, we invite community members to apply for our board of directors. We are looking for missionally minded individuals who would bring expertise, connections, resources, and time to serve on our board. To apply, please contact Vice President Pat Duncan at 409-8158 or [email protected].
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Recent Grants and Corporate Gifts
Garden City Community Clinic Camille Beckman Foundation, $3,000 Boise Rotary Foundation, $1,700 Ada County Medical Society, $1,406 Idaho Women’s Charitable Foundation, $24,400 Harry W. Morrison Foundation, $10,000 United Way of Treasure Valley, $35,000 Weeks Marine, $4,500 Boise Legacy Constructors Foundation, $4,500 Volunteer Physicians Network Wells Fargo Foundation, $1,500 St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center, $20,000 Genesis International The Jesus Fund, $5000 In Memory of Frank C. Abbot by Jane Krumm Daniel Kristensen by Genesis World Mission Jacqueline Kristensen Henry W. Bull Foundation, $3000 Ray Smelek by Daniel and Bank of America Foundation, Betty Wilmot $1500 Dr. Bruce Hubler by Douglas and Individual Donations Nancy Dammrose In Honor Of Colby Lee Hope by Alaina Hope Her Dad by Patti Beavers William & Ione Brorson by Dr. Karl Watts by Joan Senyk Belinda Knochel Tracy Ritter by Janice Haworth Stuart Carty by Montie and Carter, Aliya, Mercia, and Ann Ralstin Ella Reames by Janice and Gene Cathcart Investment options available @ Anne Heiselmann by genesisworldmission.org Beverly Price • One-time and recurring donations may be Mark Milby by Tracy Ritter made securely on our website. Terry Papé by Nancy Papé • Recurring auto withholding from your
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