Hey everybody, This is about a program that is based in the national AMSA and sounds interesting if anyone would like to get it going... Contact information is at the bottom. Take care, Celia On 19 Jan 2003, kyung rim wrote: > > Dear Celia Garner, > > My name is Judith Eckerle and I am currently one of the national coordinators > for "The Buddies Program," through AMSA. I am an M3 at the Medical College > of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. I was writing to you since I understand you're an > officer for AMSA at the U of Minnesota and I was wondering if you would be > interested in starting The Buddies at your Medical School. It basically > matches kids in either the Heme/Onc unit and/or chronic dialysis kids with > medical students. I was one of the charter members at my school and the > program has been an amazing success for both the students and the kids. > There is an info page and "start up kit" on the AMSA website for you to look > at but I ask that you consider this. It has just been so much fun and so > rewarding to be a part of. If you have any questions, please email or call > me anytime. I hope that I can help you guys start this up if you're > interested! I'll be in Minneapolis until the end of the week if you would > want to talk or meet- Thanks- Judy Eckerle, M3 MCW > > http://www.amsa.org/cph/buddies.cfm > > 414)517-7835 > > [log in to unmask] > > > everything is okay in the end. if it's not okay, it's not the end. > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now