Dear donors, 

We wanted to thank you once again for supporting our medical students' trip to the Dominican Republic last summer. The trip was a great success! We would like to share the attached short video with you, in gratitude. 

We also want to invite you to join us at our next GHIG Fundraiser, Friday September 15th, 2017 at 8 PM at The Duce in Phoenix, AZ. Proceeds from the fundraiser will continue to support our Global Health program trips to the Dominican Republic. You can also donate online at crowdfund.arizona.edu/globalhealthfall17 for our upcoming fall trip in just a few weeks. 

Thank you to all of our donors who helped us reach and surpass our goal for this crowdfunding campaign. Thanks to you all, we have been able to raise $3,865 to cover costs of this summer's medical student trip to the Dominican Republic. Just in time too - our students head off to the Dominican Republic in just 10 days! 

Check back on our crowdfunding page for updates from our trip and information about future trips that you can help support. 

My name is Melissa Thomas and I’m a first year medical student at UACOM-P. I grew up in Cheyenne, WY, attended undergraduate school at University of Northern Colorado, and graduate school at Columbia University in the City of New York. I worked post-grad for six years before returning to medical school. I decided to pursue the Global Health Certificate of Distinction after years of working with refugees and asylees. I am passionate about serving the underserved, those who lack adequate advocacy and resources to have their voices heard.  Moving forward in my medical career, medical relief trips to developing countries are at the forefront of my goals as a physician. Thank you for supporting our trip to the Dominican Republic! Without your donations, this trip wouldn’t be possible. You can donate to my referral link here. Our ambassador competition ends this Sunday, April 30, 2017 at 11:59 PM MST. 

We did it! We've reached our original goal of $3,160. Thank you so much to each of the 40 donors who contributed to our crowdfunding campaign. We appreciate your contribution and could not have done it with you. 

Our ambassadors are excited to be collecting donations as they get closer and closer to the day of their trip. To give them an opportunity to continue raising funds and cover more of the cost of the trip, we're going to up our goal to $4,000. With 18 days left to the campaign, we're confident that we can reach this new goal - thanks to donors like you! 

We're at 88% of our goal and we're in the last 3 weeks of our campaign! Thank you to everyone who has donated thus far and supported us. Special thank you to everyone who came to our fundraiser at Rock Bar. 

Tomorrow, we will begin the Ambassador Challenge Round 2, but this time the ambassador who receives the greatest number of individual donations is our winner. Your donation, big or small, can make a difference. Help us reach 100% of our goal!

Please reach out to our ambassadors for their referral link. We'll keep you updated intermittently. 

We're so excited to announce that the winner of the one-week Ambassador challenge is Megan Kelly. Thank you to everyone who donated using her referral link. We also want to thank everyone who donated using Alexia Tatem and Agnes Ewongwo's referral links.

Please continue to donate and share with family, friends, and colleagues.

Also, save the date for our annual Fundraiser at The Rock Bar in Old Town Scottsdale on Friday, April 7 at 8pm. Come see the Flippin’ Switches and meet the students who are going on the trip! 

Hello! My name is Agnes Ewongwo (commonly known as Aggie) and I am a first-year Medical Student at the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Phoenix. I graduated from the University of Arizona, in Tucson Arizona with a Bachelor of Science in Physiology and minors in Biochemistry and African Studies. After graduation, I completed a service year with Americorp in Washington, DC providing HIV/AIDs counseling, testing, and education to underserved communities in the DMV.

I have recently become involved with a mission trip to provide medical care to families in the Dominican Republic; and I am very excited about this opportunity. I ask you to please support my campaign, but most importantly, I hope that you will be a part of an incredible mission trip and help to affect change in the lives of those we will encounter. Here is my referral link. 

Hello, my name is Megan Kelly and I am a first year medical student at The University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix Class of 2020. Medical student by day, baker and novel enthusiast by night. Interests include Public Health, Global Health, and peanut butter. Thank you all for supporting our trip to the Dominican Republic! Please continue to do so and share with friends. Here is my referral link. 

With just over 24 hours left to our Ambassador Competition, we've surpassed 50% of our goal! In the lead right now is ambassador Megan Kelly, followed shortly after by Agnes Ewongwo. We're so proud of all our ambassadors and thankful to all of our donors! Please continue donating and sharing with friends to help us reach and surpass our goal. 

Lexi Tatem - in the lead! 

Hello! My name is Lexi Tatem and I'm a first year medical student at the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix. I am a native to Phoenix and graduated from the University of Arizona in 2014 with a degree in Mathematics and a minor in Biochemistry. I am so grateful for this opportunity and cannot wait to interact with the patients and help provide health care to communities in the Dominican Republic. Thank you for the support! Here's my referral link. 

Lexi is currently leading the ambassador competition, ahead by almost $100. The ambassador competition continues until next Thursday! Make sure to continue supporting your favorite ambassador. All donations support the Dominican Republic trip and are tax-deductible. 

We want to thank our first five donors who have collectively donated almost $800 to our campaign! We're also excited to announce that our first ambassador competition starts tomorrow. The 16 individuals who have been selected to go on the Dominican Republic Trip this May will be sharing their own personalized referral link with their family, friends, and colleagues to see who can raise the most money in 1 week. Let's get this competition started and see which student raises the most money! :)