AthletiCo to Hold Medical Supply Drive for Global Medical Brigades
Thursday, December 31, 2009

AthletiCo will be holding a medical supply drive January 11 - 23 to support Global Medical Brigades on a medical mission trip to Honduras.  Global Medical Brigades, a sector of Global Brigades, is an international student-operated volunteer organization whose mission is to provide sustained healthcare relief to underserved communities throughout the world.

The supplies collected during the drive will be distributed to the patients and communities in Honduras on the mission trip this April.  In addition, AthletiCo and its employees will also hold fundraising events to help purchase additional medical supplies and offset the volunteer costs of the trip.  All AthletiCo facilities will have a drop box in their clinics to collect the needed supplies. 

This is the third year AthletiCo and its employees have been involved with Global Medical Brigades.  Last year, twenty-six AthletiCo employees and nine additional local healthcare providers traveled to Honduras and provided medical services to four rural communities treating close to 900 patients. 

Former AthletiCo physical therapist, Shital Chauhan, PT, DPT, is one of the founders and the chief executive officer of Global Medical Brigades, which annually has nearly 1,000 volunteers travel to Honduran communities to provide services.  

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List of needed medicines and supplies: 

CONTACT:     Maxine Olhava, Public Relations Manager
                         630-575-6228 / molhava@athletico.com  

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