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4th Annual Memorial Golf Tournament to benefit Surgicorps International
September 10, 2012
Loch Nairn Golf Club
Avondale, PA

On Monday, September 10, 2012 the Loch Nairn Golf Club will be the site of the 4th Annual Memorial Golf Tournament to benefit Surgicorps International in loving memory of Hank Smedley and Jackie Baird.

Join us for a great day of golf and support Surgicorps. This 18 hole tournament includes: Captains Choice, prizes, green & cart fees, refreshments on the course, individual and team contests, a cocktail hour and a buffet dinner complete with awards for the day’s winners! See highlights from last year’s event: Facebook.

Registration: 12:00 PM
Shot Gun Start: 1:00 PM
Cocktails & dinner: 6:30 PM
$145.00 per person – includes cocktails & dinner
$65.00 – cocktails & dinner only

Golf and/or be a sponsor! Sponsorships begin at $125 and include tee signage on the course and in the Clubhouse that will be on display for one week. For more information call 610-268-0824 or 610-268-2235. Deadline for sponsorship is August 20.

One of the many exclusive opportunities of the Golf Tournament is the chance to win a week-long vacation at a villa in Jamaica. The 4 bedroom villa is staffed with a housekeeper and cook. Winner is responsible for airfare and cost of food. Suggested donation: $35 per ticket, available in advance at the Surgicorps office 412-767-4185 or on the day of the event.

Finally — the day ends with a cocktail hour and buffet dinner and program. Cocktails and Dinner only tickets are also available.

Please consider joining us at Loch Nairn for golf and/or supporting this wonderful event as a sponsor.

By Mario Gutierrez — Surgicorps Volunteer

One of the unique and wonderful aspects of Surgicorps is our desire to include a variety of individuals on the surgical missions to experience firsthand what we do, and interact with the people and culture of the places where we go. This past April, the team in Bhutan was composed of 28 individuals, the largest team to date. In addition to our core group of surgeons, anesthesiologists and nurses, our team included a budding young third year plastic surgery resident, a medical student from the United States and one from New Zealand, and a volunteer preparing to enter medical school. Also for the first time our Bhutan team included dentists. Dr. William Manteris, the leader of the dental team, who on his own, has traveled internationally providing volunteer dental care to those in need, joined a Surgicorps team for the first time. Willie brought a team of two young dentists who conducted educational and restorative care for more than 1,000 children and adults in several isolated rural villages during our week in Bhutan.

[Read more…] about New Faces and Friends — Bhutan 2012

Surgicorps received a Certificate of Appreciation from Her Majesty’s Tarayana Foundation at a ceremony during the Inaugural Session for the Tarayana Annual Fair in Thimphu, Bhutan on Friday, May 4th. Surgicorps is the first international organization to receive this honor recognizing our work on behalf of the Bhutanese people over the past six years. Founder Jack Demos and his father and fellow board member, Tony Demos, returned to Bhutan earlier this week to accept the award in person.

Stories and images from the recently completed Surgical Camp in Paro will be posted soon. The 28 member team completed 59 surgeries, 125 knee injections and the first-time dental camp reached more than 1,000 Bhutanese children in a one-week period. This was Surgicorps’ 6th trip to the Kingdom of Bhutan.

In the words of volunteer Marina Llull from Mallorca, Spain

Surgicorps once again has managed to recruit some of the best doctors, nurses, anesthetists and other helpers to travel all the way to the other side of the world with the only goal to provide medical attention to anyone who reaches out for their help.

On the 27th of October all of these hardworking people paused from their everyday lives to make many other lives a thousand times better. Leaving their jobs, routines and their families and friends, these volunteers were willing to go beyond feeling solidarity and take one more step. Spending their own money and time, which we sometimes forget is something pretty hard to find, these special people want to actually make a difference. [Read more…] about All the Way to Vietnam

Alex Kim blogs about his second trip to Guatemala as a Surgicorps International volunteer. Alex’s dad, Dr. David Kim, is leading the trip’s medical team this year.
[Read more…] about Guatemala Diary