April 2013

Breaking News ... THANK YOU all for the Amazing GLOBAL YOUTH SERVICE DAY 2013! #GYSD For those who helped support our Global Medical-Mentor Mission in Honduras, Central America and the MDJunior for Babies Events across our Chapters for the past several weeks. You've made a difference. Enjoy your weekend!
Special Thank you to all our Mentors, Mentees, Ambassador, Parents and all Supporters!

Check out the #MDJunior for Babies BLOG

GLOBAL YOUTH SERVICE DAY 2013 - #MDJunior for Babies - our next big event

1 out of every 8 babies are born too soon, too small and often very sick - called a preterm baby. More babies die from preterm-related problems than from any other single cause.

MD Junior wants to do something about this!

We are launching our “MDJunior FOR BABIES” Campaign this Global Youth Service Day! MDJunior Chapters aare participating in partnership with the March of Dimes Organization. Thank you!

Event #1 - EDUCATION - MDJunior for Babies - All MDJunior School Chapters will have presentations by Healthcare mentors who work with preterm babies like Neonatologists, Neonatal nurses, paramedics. .Activities already kicked off from Feb 1st, 2013.

Event #2 - ADVOCACY - MDJunior March to the Capital for Babies ( Georgia Event) Meet Georgia Legislators to advocate for the cause. Note - This is during school hours - if you can make it, please wear your MDJunior Tshirt! On Wed March 13, 2013 from 8 AM to 2 PM at the Georgia State Capitol. This one is a great learning experience for youth!

Event #3 – SERVICE - Our largest initiative is the MDJunior Walk for Babies event which includes a Fun-Fair too! Here are the details.
When - Satuday, April 27th, 2013
Time – 8 AM Volunteers; 9 AM Registration; 10 AM Walk followed by Fun Fair where MDJunior has a booth and Health Education for Kids
Where - Riverside Park, 575 Riverside Road, Roswell, GA 30075
Walk – 3.8 Miles Walk
Who can participate - ALL ages are welcome to walk, volunteer and/or just come out to support MDJunior for the cause.
Team MDJunior Page - http://www.marchforbabies.org/MDJunior
ACTION - Register ASAP – FREE. Each attendee is required to register as part of the MDJunior Team and encouraged to make a donation, and raise funds

Fundraising is going to be a critical part of this campaign. The funds support the needs of moms and babies in our communities helping in lifesaving research, services, education and advocacy, all helping babies get a healthy start. MDJunior goal is your goal / our goal and together we can achieve it!

ACTION - MDJunior Chapter VP, Mentors, Ambassadors please save the date, spread the word and register today, set a personal goal and make a difference in a baby’s and a family’s life.

Please reach out to family, friends, school, neighbors, community, etc.

What are you doing this Spring Break?

Join our Global Medical-Mentor Mission on Mar 31-Apr 7, 2013 to one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere.
A unique self-sustaining model of healthcare delivery to empower the local youth & communities.
- Spring & Fall Each Year
- For Teenagers across America along with HealthCare Professionals – all in partnership with their counterparts from Honduras

Check out the details

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Donate!

Donate $1600 to empower a teenager for this Life Changing Experience. Well we now have donation enabled on our website! All Donations are tax-exempt. Alternatively ~40K Delta SkyMiles gets a round trip Atlanta to Honduras.

Congratulations!

Congratulations All MDJunior Supporters! We’re honored to be approved as a Certifying Organization by the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation for President’s Volunteer Service Program.

Forthcoming Key Activities

Sun, Feb 10, 2013
#MDJunior will be supporting the A D King Foundation at the 1st Annual Youth Empowerment Health Fair Summit at the Martin Luther King Jr. Rec Center, Atlanta TODAY! Great opportunity to serve the underprivileged and shadow physicians and healthcare professionals.
• Event: 1st Annual Youth Empowerment Health Fair Summit
• Date: Feb 10, 2013
• Time: 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm
• Venue: 90 Boulevard (Auburn Ave) Atlanta, GA 30312
Our focus will be on “keeping our youth healthy”. Screening will include mental health, substance abuse, obesity, depression, suicide, HIV/AIDS, Cholesterol, vision, dental, (parents screening, Prostate (PSA), breast cancer), and much more. You will get an opportunity to meet with ‘the’ Mrs Naomi King. Be there!

Ongoing: Weekly Chapter Activities & New Chapter Openings
Jan – Mar 31: Fundraising, Program Collection Drives
- For MDJunior Fellows (Teens from underserved communities) - Medicines / Supplies
- Our New Website
Apr 1-7: Global Medical Mentor Mission to Honduras
Apr 14-15: Emory Global Health & Humanitarian Conference
Apr 26-28: Global Youth Service Day
Jun 2013: South Georgia Farm Workers Health Project
Summer 2013: Internship Opportunities

Get Involved!

Thank You. Peace!

Shaun

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Sudeep Kukreja, M.D.

Children’s Hospital of Orange County

Sudeep Kukreja, M.D. is the Medical Director of the Newborn Hearing Screening Program at Children’s Hospital of Orange County / UC Irvine School of Medicine. Dr. Kukreja provides a full spectrum of neonatal critical care, with special interests in the management of high-risk infants, apnea and newborn hearing. He is board certified in neonatal-perinatal medicine.
Dr. Kukreja served his fellowship and residency at UCI Medical Center in Orange and at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, respectively. A Community Leader, Dr Kukreja founded AGC, Arpan Global Charities in 2005.

Stephanie Foe, PA-C, MPH.

Bakersfield, California

“It was a real joy to see our mentees grow in so many diverse ways, as they experienced real poverty in this rural environment in a developing country. We participated in several rural medical clinics, health screening for an orphanage, and excavated a dirt floor then poured a concrete one, in two different one- room homes as part of a Public Health Project. As always on these mission trips, I feel I am the one who is the real beneficiary. Thank-you MDJunior for allowing me to participate and glimpse a vision of our future leaders. I feel we will be in good hands!” – Steph

Stephanie’s Philosophy:
- As a Person: To matter, to stand for something – with our friends, our families, our associates, in our communities and my life’s work.
- As a Professional: To provide primary care as a Physician’s Assistant (PA-C) utilizing the principles of family practice and the team approach to patient care.
- The ultimate human aspiration is to have made a difference, to count and to know that we have lived.

Karen Lopez Del Cid, D.D.S.

Tegucigalpa, Honduras

“The MDJunior Mission in Honduras was a blessing to many people here in Honduras, either the mentees, the mentors, the communities that received the attention of so wonderful doctors, that attended them with so much love and passion to each one of them. Mentees were so lucky to have mentors that were dedicated and patient to explain to them, and forming the goal of leadership in them. We’re all are inspired here to continue working with this fabulous team of special people and looking forward to the next Mission in Spring 2013.” - Dr. Karen, Tegucigalpa, HN
Dr Karen is a practicing Dentist, the Clinical Director Special Olympics International (SOI) in Honduras and a MDJunior Mentor in Honduras.