Hi all!
Thanks so much for a successful Fastathon! The donations are still coming in and we are already over our goal of $10,000 this year. However, EHHOP's total operating budget is $40,000 this year and every dollar that comes in through the Fastathon goes towards that ultimate goal. So thanks to those below that have continued to push us through the top!
Anonymous - $50
Shashi Anand - $50
Bill and Jenn Hughes - $50
Rebecca Agostino - $100
Colin Chazen - $25
Sidney Le - $25
Anonymous - $100
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Oppenheimer - $139
Marie O'Reilly - $10
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Weissler - $100
Karl B. Kenzler - $100
Stephen Salmon - $100
Dr. Jessica Taylor - $100
This brings our total to $11,554. Thanks so much to you all and be on the look-out for a final wrap-up and pictures!
David
-----------
If you would like to give, please email mr.fastathon@gmail.com for more details or see our post here. If you would like to participate (Sinai students only), sign up here. For a brief history of the Fastathon, check out our post from 2007. Thanks so much!
Monday, October 1, 2012
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
GOAL!!!
HI EVERYONE!
I am so excited (notice the all caps in the salutation?) to announce that WE HAVE REACHED OUR FUNDRAISING GOAL FOR THE EHHOP FASTATHON 2012!!!!! THANKS TO THE DONORS BELOW FOR BRINGING IT HOME!!!
Mike and Debbie Rankine - $150
Richard and Susan Lahne - $250
Anonymous - $300
Kris Stensland - $50
This brings us to a total of $10,580. We are $580 over our goal, and this doesn't even count the other donations that I have not yet been told about.
Thank you all so much for your support of EHHOP's work in East Harlem. EHHOP's annual budget is $40,000, and the EHHOP Fastathon always strives to raise at least 25% of that operating budget so that the clinic can continue to provide medications, specialty services, social work services, nutrition services, and many more services for uninsured East Harlem patients who would otherwise have nowhere else to go.
Thank you all again and a have a good night. This is a huge achievement for us in the history of the Fastathon, and this will be my last post before tomorrow.
David
-----------
If you would like to give, please email mr.fastathon@gmail.com for more details or see our post here. If you would like to participate (Sinai students only), sign up here. For a brief history of the Fastathon, check out our post from 2007. Thanks so much!
I am so excited (notice the all caps in the salutation?) to announce that WE HAVE REACHED OUR FUNDRAISING GOAL FOR THE EHHOP FASTATHON 2012!!!!! THANKS TO THE DONORS BELOW FOR BRINGING IT HOME!!!
Mike and Debbie Rankine - $150
Richard and Susan Lahne - $250
Anonymous - $300
Kris Stensland - $50
This brings us to a total of $10,580. We are $580 over our goal, and this doesn't even count the other donations that I have not yet been told about.
Thank you all so much for your support of EHHOP's work in East Harlem. EHHOP's annual budget is $40,000, and the EHHOP Fastathon always strives to raise at least 25% of that operating budget so that the clinic can continue to provide medications, specialty services, social work services, nutrition services, and many more services for uninsured East Harlem patients who would otherwise have nowhere else to go.
Thank you all again and a have a good night. This is a huge achievement for us in the history of the Fastathon, and this will be my last post before tomorrow.
David
-----------
If you would like to give, please email mr.fastathon@gmail.com for more details or see our post here. If you would like to participate (Sinai students only), sign up here. For a brief history of the Fastathon, check out our post from 2007. Thanks so much!
Rolling, rolling, rolling...
Hi again!
I am happy to say that since the blog post this morning, we have made spectacular progress towards our goal of raising $10,000 for EHHOP's work in East Harlem. The new donors are listed and the donor list to the right has been updated.
Dr. Miriam Merad - $100 (2X giver)
Rebecca Blank - $50
Anonymous - $100
Jacqueline Rankine - $50
Dr. Robert Desnick - $100
Janet Ciarrocca - $100
Dr. Charlotte Cunningham-Rundles - $50
Anonymous - $100
Daniel Choi - $50
Naomi Weiss-Goldman - $20
Wendy Chi - $20
This puts us at $9830, which is just $170 short of our goal of $10,000! We are getting close! Stay tuned! For those of you who are fasting, the preliminary final numbers will be unveiled at tomorrow's break-fast!
Thanks all for your support of EHHOP!
David
-----------
If you would like to give, please email mr.fastathon@gmail.com for more details or see our post here. If you would like to participate (Sinai students only), sign up here. For a brief history of the Fastathon, check out our post from 2007. Thanks so much!
I am happy to say that since the blog post this morning, we have made spectacular progress towards our goal of raising $10,000 for EHHOP's work in East Harlem. The new donors are listed and the donor list to the right has been updated.
Dr. Miriam Merad - $100 (2X giver)
Rebecca Blank - $50
Anonymous - $100
Jacqueline Rankine - $50
Dr. Robert Desnick - $100
Janet Ciarrocca - $100
Dr. Charlotte Cunningham-Rundles - $50
Anonymous - $100
Daniel Choi - $50
Naomi Weiss-Goldman - $20
Wendy Chi - $20
This puts us at $9830, which is just $170 short of our goal of $10,000! We are getting close! Stay tuned! For those of you who are fasting, the preliminary final numbers will be unveiled at tomorrow's break-fast!
Thanks all for your support of EHHOP!
David
-----------
If you would like to give, please email mr.fastathon@gmail.com for more details or see our post here. If you would like to participate (Sinai students only), sign up here. For a brief history of the Fastathon, check out our post from 2007. Thanks so much!
Home Stretch!
Hi all!
Tomorrow morning, 139 Mount Sinai students (medical and graduate) will awake before sunrise and eat breakfast. Then, at approximately 7AM, all 139 of these students will stop eating and drinking and go for 12 hours through their day. At 7PM, these students will participate in a break-fast meal, generously provided by Maharaja Palace and Famous Famiglia and paid for by Mount Sinai's Student Council as well as the Graduate School.
Why do we do this? We do this to raise money for the East Harlem Health Outreach Partnership (www.mssm.edu/ehhop). We do this because 6 years ago, the Muslim Students Association and EHHOP got together and used the tradition of Ramadan to ask for financial sponsors who would give money in support of the students who willingly fasted to support EHHOP. We do this because we believe in the mission of EHHOP to provide healthcare to those who are uninsured and who have conditions which have debilitating consequences if not well controlled. We do this because we believe that healthcare is a right and not a privilege. We do this because we care.
Our goal this year was to raise $10,000 and 130 student fasters in support of EHHOP. EHHOP's annual budget this year is $40,000, and at the moment, we are just short of our goal of $10,000. Below is the list of fasters who have donated in the past few days since my last post. Thanks so much for your support!
Mr. and Mrs. David Saiger - $40
Dr. Scott Friedman - $250
Dr. Lloyd Mayer - $250
Eric Chiang - $50
Yvette Wang - $20
Dr. Neal M. Kurzrok - $100
Ms. Ella D. Kaszubski - $25
Mubashar Khan - $100
Adam Jacobs - $100
This puts us at $9090 raised for EHHOP! We are $910 short of our goal of $10,000! I know in the last 24 hours of the Fastathon Campaign we can do this! Thanks so much for all of you who have given so much of your time, energy, money, and future-willpower (for the fasters) into supporting the EHHOP Fastathon and EHHOP.
Take care and happy fasting tomorrow!
David
-----------
If you would like to give, please email mr.fastathon@gmail.com for more details or see our post here. If you would like to participate (Sinai students only), sign up here. For a brief history of the Fastathon, check out our post from 2007. Thanks so much!
Tomorrow morning, 139 Mount Sinai students (medical and graduate) will awake before sunrise and eat breakfast. Then, at approximately 7AM, all 139 of these students will stop eating and drinking and go for 12 hours through their day. At 7PM, these students will participate in a break-fast meal, generously provided by Maharaja Palace and Famous Famiglia and paid for by Mount Sinai's Student Council as well as the Graduate School.
Why do we do this? We do this to raise money for the East Harlem Health Outreach Partnership (www.mssm.edu/ehhop). We do this because 6 years ago, the Muslim Students Association and EHHOP got together and used the tradition of Ramadan to ask for financial sponsors who would give money in support of the students who willingly fasted to support EHHOP. We do this because we believe in the mission of EHHOP to provide healthcare to those who are uninsured and who have conditions which have debilitating consequences if not well controlled. We do this because we believe that healthcare is a right and not a privilege. We do this because we care.
Our goal this year was to raise $10,000 and 130 student fasters in support of EHHOP. EHHOP's annual budget this year is $40,000, and at the moment, we are just short of our goal of $10,000. Below is the list of fasters who have donated in the past few days since my last post. Thanks so much for your support!
Mr. and Mrs. David Saiger - $40
Dr. Scott Friedman - $250
Dr. Lloyd Mayer - $250
Eric Chiang - $50
Yvette Wang - $20
Dr. Neal M. Kurzrok - $100
Ms. Ella D. Kaszubski - $25
Mubashar Khan - $100
Adam Jacobs - $100
This puts us at $9090 raised for EHHOP! We are $910 short of our goal of $10,000! I know in the last 24 hours of the Fastathon Campaign we can do this! Thanks so much for all of you who have given so much of your time, energy, money, and future-willpower (for the fasters) into supporting the EHHOP Fastathon and EHHOP.
Take care and happy fasting tomorrow!
David
-----------
If you would like to give, please email mr.fastathon@gmail.com for more details or see our post here. If you would like to participate (Sinai students only), sign up here. For a brief history of the Fastathon, check out our post from 2007. Thanks so much!
Friday, September 14, 2012
A White Coat Ceremony Update
Hi all,
Today is Mount Sinai's White Coat Ceremony, a tradition in which Mount Sinai's first year medical students (this year the class of 2016) are given their white coats and a stethescope. It's typically a tradition of honor, in which a medical student oath is recited, and is a time and place for family and friends to publicly acknowledge all the work the students have put into their pre-medical work.
I am happy to say that many of the students signed up to fast are part of this first year class, and so, along with the rest of the Mount Sinai community, I congratulate you, the class of 2016, on making it this far. It will be four fun-filled years together, with many trials and tribulations along the way, and I wish you the best.
But I digress...
Thanks to those below for donating!
Dr. Theresa Soriano & Ian Harnick - $100 (6X givers)
Dr. and Mrs. Basil Hanss - $100 (6X giver)
Joyce and Thomas Chow - $200 (6X givers)
Dean Dennis Charney - $250 (5X giver)
Dr. Christina Wyatt - $100 (4X giver)
Dr. Phyllis Shaw - $100 (4X giver)
Dr. Kenneth Davis - $250 (2X giver)
Dr. Kate M Liberman - $25 (2X giver)
Dr. Ross Cagan - $40 (2X giver)
Dr. and Mrs. Sammy Elmariah - $150 (2X givers)
Lawrence and Kathleen Pedowitz - $500
Courtney Wong - $20
Jillian Nickerson - $50
Gregory Baldwin - $50
Nancy Belden and John Russonello - $100
Tom McBride - $20
Tomlee L. Abraham - $25
Annie Levenson - $50
Shira Adler - $25
Dr. Linda V. DeCherrie and Mr. Steve DeCherrie - $25
Ms. Ariel D. Zucker - $25
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Chalifour - $50
William Guzzardi - $25
Talia Rozensher - $25
Also, we have had 5 more students sign up to fast! Thank you guys!
Tom McBride
Annie Kim
Rob Brenner
Jennifer Long Diaz
Naqi Haider
Thanks also to Two Little Red Hens for supporting us during this time!
This puts us at $8155, or 81.5% of our goal! We only need $1845 to go! This may seem like a lot, but I know we can do it!
Happy weekend all!
Today is Mount Sinai's White Coat Ceremony, a tradition in which Mount Sinai's first year medical students (this year the class of 2016) are given their white coats and a stethescope. It's typically a tradition of honor, in which a medical student oath is recited, and is a time and place for family and friends to publicly acknowledge all the work the students have put into their pre-medical work.
I am happy to say that many of the students signed up to fast are part of this first year class, and so, along with the rest of the Mount Sinai community, I congratulate you, the class of 2016, on making it this far. It will be four fun-filled years together, with many trials and tribulations along the way, and I wish you the best.
But I digress...
Thanks to those below for donating!
Dr. Theresa Soriano & Ian Harnick - $100 (6X givers)
Dr. and Mrs. Basil Hanss - $100 (6X giver)
Joyce and Thomas Chow - $200 (6X givers)
Dean Dennis Charney - $250 (5X giver)
Dr. Christina Wyatt - $100 (4X giver)
Dr. Phyllis Shaw - $100 (4X giver)
Dr. Kenneth Davis - $250 (2X giver)
Dr. Kate M Liberman - $25 (2X giver)
Dr. Ross Cagan - $40 (2X giver)
Dr. and Mrs. Sammy Elmariah - $150 (2X givers)
Lawrence and Kathleen Pedowitz - $500
Courtney Wong - $20
Jillian Nickerson - $50
Gregory Baldwin - $50
Nancy Belden and John Russonello - $100
Tom McBride - $20
Tomlee L. Abraham - $25
Annie Levenson - $50
Shira Adler - $25
Dr. Linda V. DeCherrie and Mr. Steve DeCherrie - $25
Ms. Ariel D. Zucker - $25
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Chalifour - $50
William Guzzardi - $25
Talia Rozensher - $25
Also, we have had 5 more students sign up to fast! Thank you guys!
Tom McBride
Annie Kim
Rob Brenner
Jennifer Long Diaz
Naqi Haider
Thanks also to Two Little Red Hens for supporting us during this time!
This puts us at $8155, or 81.5% of our goal! We only need $1845 to go! This may seem like a lot, but I know we can do it!
Happy weekend all!
Monday, September 10, 2012
We've met 1 goal!
Hi all!
I happy and excited to announce that as of this morning, we have met our goal of 130 student fasters who are participating in the Fastathon. Thanks to all the students (see full list to the right) for signing up to fast! And thanks to those below for signing up to bring us to our goal!
James Cornwall
Julien Lanoue
Guido Lancman
Nydia ekasumara
Isabella Morton
Derrick Kuffour
Chiaki Nakata
Valerie Le
Paymon Sanati-Mehrizy
Gabrielle Surick
Anees Benferhat
Virginie Halpern-Cohen
Kate Mayans
Emily Schorr
Jake Prigoff
Andres Ramirez Zamudio
Olubunmi Okunlola
Kevin Barnum
Amanda Downey
Susanna O'Kula
Jillian Nickerson
Eric Bortnick
Jeremy Nathanniel
Gregory Baldwin
Eric Bressman
Omar Khan
Jien Shim
Kevin Hu
Maryam Sultan
Gillian Heinecke
Benjamin Spieler
Caroline Hsu
Brieze Keeley
Jiana S Menendez
Vinicius Knabben
Martin Casey
Dipal Savla
Riley Kitamura
Nandini Palaniappa
Ebiere Okah
Ruyan Rahnama
Mariam Mathai
That brings us to 132 students, which is 2 over our goal! We have not yet reached our fundraising goal, so please support us as we try to reach $10,000 for EHHOP!
-----------
If you would like to give, please email mr.fastathon@gmail.com for more details or see our post here. If you would like to participate (Sinai students only), sign up here. For a brief history of the Fastathon, check out our post from 2007. Thanks so much!
I happy and excited to announce that as of this morning, we have met our goal of 130 student fasters who are participating in the Fastathon. Thanks to all the students (see full list to the right) for signing up to fast! And thanks to those below for signing up to bring us to our goal!
James Cornwall
Julien Lanoue
Guido Lancman
Nydia ekasumara
Isabella Morton
Derrick Kuffour
Chiaki Nakata
Valerie Le
Paymon Sanati-Mehrizy
Gabrielle Surick
Anees Benferhat
Virginie Halpern-Cohen
Kate Mayans
Emily Schorr
Jake Prigoff
Andres Ramirez Zamudio
Olubunmi Okunlola
Kevin Barnum
Amanda Downey
Susanna O'Kula
Jillian Nickerson
Eric Bortnick
Jeremy Nathanniel
Gregory Baldwin
Eric Bressman
Omar Khan
Jien Shim
Kevin Hu
Maryam Sultan
Gillian Heinecke
Benjamin Spieler
Caroline Hsu
Brieze Keeley
Jiana S Menendez
Vinicius Knabben
Martin Casey
Dipal Savla
Riley Kitamura
Nandini Palaniappa
Ebiere Okah
Ruyan Rahnama
Mariam Mathai
That brings us to 132 students, which is 2 over our goal! We have not yet reached our fundraising goal, so please support us as we try to reach $10,000 for EHHOP!
-----------
If you would like to give, please email mr.fastathon@gmail.com for more details or see our post here. If you would like to participate (Sinai students only), sign up here. For a brief history of the Fastathon, check out our post from 2007. Thanks so much!
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Post-Labor Day Race to the Finish!
Hi all,
Hope you all had a good Labor Day weekend! The Fastathon was busy this past weekend! We are close to our goal for fasters and money raised for EHHOP!
Thanks to those for giving below!
Faraz Shah - $100 (6X giver)
Sylvia Giamarino - $50 (5X giver)
Dr. Scott Barnett - $100 (4X giver)
Dr. Arthur Aufses - $100 (4X giver)
Sulu and Deo Pendse - $1/faster (4X giver)
Dr. Daniel Caplivski - $60 (3X giver)
Temitope Awosogba - $35 (2X giver)
Justin Bachorik and Ashley Bear - $50
Alex Bachorik - $96
Teddy John Wohlbold - $10
Cheng-Cheng Zheng - $20
Erin Li - $15
Elizabeth Saiger - $30
Thanks to those students for fasting below!
Patrick Maffucci
Deepa Ramaswami
Temitope Awosogba
Wendy Chi
Prapti Chatterjee
Yvette Wang
Teddy John Wohlbold
Arjun Yerasi
Cheng-Cheng Zheng
Rajan Dang
Alexandra Bachorik
Mark Kurzrok
Marti Dembowitz
Linda Wang
Cindy Ko
Sean Llewellyn
Jennifer Chuang
Zahra Ghiassi-Nejad
Andrew Becker
Andrew McKenzie
Ann Wang
Hope Weissler
Sonali Tatapudy
Milana Zaurova
Laura Stamm
David Ku
Will Levine
Alexa M. Mieses
Theodore Pak
Fareedat Oluyadi
Mary McGunigal
Alexander Gomez
Christopher Hazzard
Jay Pendse
Benjamin Spieler
Stephanie Ellis
David Shore
Jake Martin
Elizabeth Saiger
Mitra Heshmati
Renita Kim
Gal Barak
Matthew Carroll
Josh Oppenheimer
Christian Pean
Sophie Clarke
Nathaniel Glasser
Sonya Makhni
Carlos Plata-Martinez
Cassie Mintz
Allie Gips
Elizabeth Pedowitz
Andrew Tye
This puts us at $5810 and 90 fasters!!! We are 58% of the way to our fundraising goal, and we need only 40 more students to reach our goal of 130 student fasters!
-----------
If you would like to give, please email mr.fastathon@gmail.com for more details or see our post here. If you would like to participate (Sinai students only), sign up here. For a brief history of the Fastathon, check out our post from 2007. Thanks so much!
Hope you all had a good Labor Day weekend! The Fastathon was busy this past weekend! We are close to our goal for fasters and money raised for EHHOP!
Thanks to those for giving below!
Faraz Shah - $100 (6X giver)
Sylvia Giamarino - $50 (5X giver)
Dr. Scott Barnett - $100 (4X giver)
Dr. Arthur Aufses - $100 (4X giver)
Sulu and Deo Pendse - $1/faster (4X giver)
Dr. Daniel Caplivski - $60 (3X giver)
Temitope Awosogba - $35 (2X giver)
Justin Bachorik and Ashley Bear - $50
Alex Bachorik - $96
Teddy John Wohlbold - $10
Cheng-Cheng Zheng - $20
Erin Li - $15
Elizabeth Saiger - $30
Thanks to those students for fasting below!
Patrick Maffucci
Deepa Ramaswami
Temitope Awosogba
Wendy Chi
Prapti Chatterjee
Yvette Wang
Teddy John Wohlbold
Arjun Yerasi
Cheng-Cheng Zheng
Rajan Dang
Alexandra Bachorik
Mark Kurzrok
Marti Dembowitz
Linda Wang
Cindy Ko
Sean Llewellyn
Jennifer Chuang
Zahra Ghiassi-Nejad
Andrew Becker
Andrew McKenzie
Ann Wang
Hope Weissler
Sonali Tatapudy
Milana Zaurova
Laura Stamm
David Ku
Will Levine
Alexa M. Mieses
Theodore Pak
Fareedat Oluyadi
Mary McGunigal
Alexander Gomez
Christopher Hazzard
Jay Pendse
Benjamin Spieler
Stephanie Ellis
David Shore
Jake Martin
Elizabeth Saiger
Mitra Heshmati
Renita Kim
Gal Barak
Matthew Carroll
Josh Oppenheimer
Christian Pean
Sophie Clarke
Nathaniel Glasser
Sonya Makhni
Carlos Plata-Martinez
Cassie Mintz
Allie Gips
Elizabeth Pedowitz
Andrew Tye
This puts us at $5810 and 90 fasters!!! We are 58% of the way to our fundraising goal, and we need only 40 more students to reach our goal of 130 student fasters!
-----------
If you would like to give, please email mr.fastathon@gmail.com for more details or see our post here. If you would like to participate (Sinai students only), sign up here. For a brief history of the Fastathon, check out our post from 2007. Thanks so much!
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
First Wave of Fasters
Hi all!
We have officially rolled out recruitment for Mount Sinai students to fast. A copy of the email is pasted below for those of you that are interested in some trends about the Fastathon. Students, if you would like to sign up, you can do so here.
Here are the list of fasters we have thus far...
Ammar Siddiqui
Andrew Chow
Bertille Gaigbe-Togbe
Brett Weinstock
Chloe Ciccariello
David Chiang
Eduardo Contijoch
Elisa Nabel
Emily Sorg
Evan Tschirhart
Hari Shankar
Jason Gruener
Jeremy Price
Jonathan Jimenez
Katie Legare
Kevin Hoffman
Laura Veras
Lauren Peters
Marie Hennelly
Matthew Spinelli
Michael Daniel
Michael Pan
Michael Richter
Miguel A Yaport
Nate Raines
Neeraja Konuthula
Noa Simchoni
Peter Goff
Rachel Sennett
Radeyah Hack
Ranjan Upadhyay
Rehema Kutua
Sarah Motley
Tahsin Khan
Tim Cashman
Wei He
Zach Lorsch
That's 38 fasters, which means we only need 92 more to reach our goal of 130 fasters! Remember, for some donors, they are pledging $1 or $2 per faster we get, so that would mean if we get 130 fasters and we get $20 total in pledges, that's $2600 donated to EHHOP! If you would like to sign up, you can do so here.
Thanks to the donors below for agreeing to give...
Dr. Karen Zier - $100 (5X Giver)
Dr. Andrew Chow - $1/faster (5X Giver)
Dr. Jeffrey Tornheim - $2/faster (3X Giver)
Dr. Jessica Zeidman - $2/faster (2X Giver)
Timothy Cashman - $50 (2X Giver)
Kayla Ringelheim - $10
Jacqui Rabkin - $20
Michael Cannon and Denise Field - $75
Michael and Maxine Mantell - $100
Gail Povar and Larry Bachorik - $144
Anonymous - $150
This puts us at $5079, which is 50% of our goal!
Thanks so much for those of you that have signed up and/or given! We're almost there!
-----------
If you would like to give, please email mr.fastathon@gmail.com for more details or see our post here. If you would like to participate (Sinai students only), sign up here. For a brief history of the Fastathon, check out our post from 2007. Thanks so much!
We have officially rolled out recruitment for Mount Sinai students to fast. A copy of the email is pasted below for those of you that are interested in some trends about the Fastathon. Students, if you would like to sign up, you can do so here.
Here are the list of fasters we have thus far...
Ammar Siddiqui
Andrew Chow
Bertille Gaigbe-Togbe
Brett Weinstock
Chloe Ciccariello
David Chiang
Eduardo Contijoch
Elisa Nabel
Emily Sorg
Evan Tschirhart
Hari Shankar
Jason Gruener
Jeremy Price
Jonathan Jimenez
Katie Legare
Kevin Hoffman
Laura Veras
Lauren Peters
Marie Hennelly
Matthew Spinelli
Michael Daniel
Michael Pan
Michael Richter
Miguel A Yaport
Nate Raines
Neeraja Konuthula
Noa Simchoni
Peter Goff
Rachel Sennett
Radeyah Hack
Ranjan Upadhyay
Rehema Kutua
Sarah Motley
Tahsin Khan
Tim Cashman
Wei He
Zach Lorsch
That's 38 fasters, which means we only need 92 more to reach our goal of 130 fasters! Remember, for some donors, they are pledging $1 or $2 per faster we get, so that would mean if we get 130 fasters and we get $20 total in pledges, that's $2600 donated to EHHOP! If you would like to sign up, you can do so here.
Thanks to the donors below for agreeing to give...
Dr. Karen Zier - $100 (5X Giver)
Dr. Andrew Chow - $1/faster (5X Giver)
Dr. Jeffrey Tornheim - $2/faster (3X Giver)
Dr. Jessica Zeidman - $2/faster (2X Giver)
Timothy Cashman - $50 (2X Giver)
Kayla Ringelheim - $10
Jacqui Rabkin - $20
Michael Cannon and Denise Field - $75
Michael and Maxine Mantell - $100
Gail Povar and Larry Bachorik - $144
Anonymous - $150
This puts us at $5079, which is 50% of our goal!
Thanks so much for those of you that have signed up and/or given! We're almost there!
-----------
If you would like to give, please email mr.fastathon@gmail.com for more details or see our post here. If you would like to participate (Sinai students only), sign up here. For a brief history of the Fastathon, check out our post from 2007. Thanks so much!
Friday, August 24, 2012
2012 Fastathon - Second Update!
Hi all!
We are steadily going towards our goal! After 3 days of emailing we have added several more donors to the list and will roll out with recruiting fasters starting next week. Stay tuned for that email!
Below are the list of donors who have generously offered to support EHHOP and our Fastathon:
Dr. Sara Bradley and Jeffrey R. Grieb - $2/faster (5X givers)
Zahra Ghiassi-Nejad and Ali Bastani - $200 (3X givers)
John and Georgia Bancroft - $100 (3X givers)
Dr. Rosanne Leipzig - $250
Dr. Diane Meier - $100
Anonymous - $50
Anonymous - $250
This brings our total to $3810, or 38.1% of our goal!
Thanks to all for giving!
For more information about giving, see our "Want to Give?" post. For more information about the Fastathon, see our post from 2007. Have questions? Email us!
Thanks so much!
We are steadily going towards our goal! After 3 days of emailing we have added several more donors to the list and will roll out with recruiting fasters starting next week. Stay tuned for that email!
Below are the list of donors who have generously offered to support EHHOP and our Fastathon:
Dr. Sara Bradley and Jeffrey R. Grieb - $2/faster (5X givers)
Zahra Ghiassi-Nejad and Ali Bastani - $200 (3X givers)
John and Georgia Bancroft - $100 (3X givers)
Dr. Rosanne Leipzig - $250
Dr. Diane Meier - $100
Anonymous - $50
Anonymous - $250
This brings our total to $3810, or 38.1% of our goal!
Thanks to all for giving!
For more information about giving, see our "Want to Give?" post. For more information about the Fastathon, see our post from 2007. Have questions? Email us!
Thanks so much!
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Want to Give?
For those of you that would like to give, I have attached the instructions below. They will also be pasted on the sidebar for future reference. 100% of your donations go directly to the clinic, which goes on to fund
patient services, such as medications, specialty appointments, and
charity care services.
This year, we are trying to use online donations directly to Mount Sinai. You can make your donation via credit card online at www.eastharlemhealth.org:
1. click on the “ways to give” tab on the left
2. follow the directions and please be sure to designate "EHHOP" for your donation
3. email mr.fastathon@gmail.com when you have done so as well as the amount given so that I can keep track for bookkeeping purposes
If you would prefer to send a check, please make the check payable to “Mount Sinai School of Medicine” with “EHHOP” in the memo line. You can mail the check to:
David Chiang
50 E 98th St
Apt 8J1
New York, NY 10029
As before, email mr.fastathon@gmail.com so that we know to expect your check.
Thank you for your generosity and support!
This year, we are trying to use online donations directly to Mount Sinai. You can make your donation via credit card online at www.eastharlemhealth.org:
1. click on the “ways to give” tab on the left
2. follow the directions and please be sure to designate "EHHOP" for your donation
3. email mr.fastathon@gmail.com when you have done so as well as the amount given so that I can keep track for bookkeeping purposes
If you would prefer to send a check, please make the check payable to “Mount Sinai School of Medicine” with “EHHOP” in the memo line. You can mail the check to:
David Chiang
50 E 98th St
Apt 8J1
New York, NY 10029
As before, email mr.fastathon@gmail.com so that we know to expect your check.
Thank you for your generosity and support!
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
2012 Fastathon - First Update!
Hi all,
The 2012 Fastathon is steadily underway, and we have an enthusiastic group of donors. The Fastathon Organizing Committee has spent the last two evenings working to email Sinai faculty, staff, friends, and family to raise vital funds for EHHOP's operations in the East Harlem Community. Two quick notes:
1. This year, we have an ambitious goal of raising $10,000, which only covers 1/4 of EHHOP's operating budget!
2. This year, we also have an ambitious goal of recruiting 130 student fasters. Recruitment begins in earnest next week, so stay tuned!
And now for the donor roll! The following people have responded and pledged to support our cause:
Dr. David Thomas - $2/faster (6X giver)
Dean David Muller - $1/faster (6X giver)
Drs. Yasmin Meah and Peter Gliatto - $300 (6X giver)
Dr. Roberto Posada - $1/faster (5X giver)
Ann-Gel Palermo - $25 (4X giver)
Dr. Leslie Kerr - $50 (4X giver)
Dr. Patricia Bloom - $50 (4X giver)
Dr. David Bechofer - $20 (4X giver)
Dr. Steve and Erica Itzkowitz - $50 (4X giver)
Noa Simchoni - $50 (3X giver)
David Chiang - $50
Dr. Jonathan Arend - $25
Kathleen Davis - $100
Dr. Joanne Stone - $2/faster
Karen Jerome - $100
Anonymous - $1000
Thanks to all the above for their prompt generosity!
We are currently at $2600, which is 26% of our target ($10,000).
The list of donors will continue to grow, and you can follow it and our progress on the right of this blog. In addition, next week, we will begin recruiting student fasters, and we hope to hit 130!
Thanks again and please contact mr.fastathon@gmail.com if you are interested in donating and/or fasting or if you have questions about EHHOP or the Fastathon!
The 2012 Fastathon is steadily underway, and we have an enthusiastic group of donors. The Fastathon Organizing Committee has spent the last two evenings working to email Sinai faculty, staff, friends, and family to raise vital funds for EHHOP's operations in the East Harlem Community. Two quick notes:
1. This year, we have an ambitious goal of raising $10,000, which only covers 1/4 of EHHOP's operating budget!
2. This year, we also have an ambitious goal of recruiting 130 student fasters. Recruitment begins in earnest next week, so stay tuned!
And now for the donor roll! The following people have responded and pledged to support our cause:
Dr. David Thomas - $2/faster (6X giver)
Dean David Muller - $1/faster (6X giver)
Drs. Yasmin Meah and Peter Gliatto - $300 (6X giver)
Dr. Roberto Posada - $1/faster (5X giver)
Ann-Gel Palermo - $25 (4X giver)
Dr. Leslie Kerr - $50 (4X giver)
Dr. Patricia Bloom - $50 (4X giver)
Dr. David Bechofer - $20 (4X giver)
Dr. Steve and Erica Itzkowitz - $50 (4X giver)
Noa Simchoni - $50 (3X giver)
David Chiang - $50
Dr. Jonathan Arend - $25
Kathleen Davis - $100
Dr. Joanne Stone - $2/faster
Karen Jerome - $100
Anonymous - $1000
Thanks to all the above for their prompt generosity!
We are currently at $2600, which is 26% of our target ($10,000).
The list of donors will continue to grow, and you can follow it and our progress on the right of this blog. In addition, next week, we will begin recruiting student fasters, and we hope to hit 130!
Thanks again and please contact mr.fastathon@gmail.com if you are interested in donating and/or fasting or if you have questions about EHHOP or the Fastathon!
Monday, August 20, 2012
7th Annual Fastathon!
Welcome to the official blog for Mount Sinai School of Medicine's
Fastathon 2012, which will take place September 19, 2012. This annual
event was started 7 years ago by two medical students, Mubashar Khan and Faraaz Shah, as a way to tie the Muslim tradition of Ramadan (where Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset for one month) with community service and supporting EHHOP's mission of providing healthcare to those in the East Harlem community. The Fastathon itself has two components:
1) students pledge to fast from dawn to dusk
2) sponsors pledge an amount per faster (or flat sum) to donate.
All proceeds are donated to the East Harlem Health Outreach Partnership (EHHOP) to fund medications, social work, and referrals for EHHOP patients. Since 2004, EHHOP has provided no cost primary care for over 600 uninsured residents of East Harlem.
The last six Fastathons have raised over $30,000 for EHHOP. For this year's 7th Annual Fastathon, we have set 130 fasting participants as our recruitment goal and $10,000 as our fundraising goal. These are both ambitious goals, but with the collective effort of the Sinai community, we fully anticipate achieving both. Last year, we set a goal of $7500 and reached $9777, so $10,000 should be doable with your help!
You can see the success of Fastathon 2011 and learn more about the East Harlem Health Outreach Partnership. Feel free to direct any questions to mr.fastathon@gmail.com.
2012 Fastathon Planning Committee:
Alexandra Bachorik, MS II
Timothy Cashman, MSTPIV
David Chiang, MSTP IV
Rajan Dang, MS II
1) students pledge to fast from dawn to dusk
2) sponsors pledge an amount per faster (or flat sum) to donate.
All proceeds are donated to the East Harlem Health Outreach Partnership (EHHOP) to fund medications, social work, and referrals for EHHOP patients. Since 2004, EHHOP has provided no cost primary care for over 600 uninsured residents of East Harlem.
The last six Fastathons have raised over $30,000 for EHHOP. For this year's 7th Annual Fastathon, we have set 130 fasting participants as our recruitment goal and $10,000 as our fundraising goal. These are both ambitious goals, but with the collective effort of the Sinai community, we fully anticipate achieving both. Last year, we set a goal of $7500 and reached $9777, so $10,000 should be doable with your help!
You can see the success of Fastathon 2011 and learn more about the East Harlem Health Outreach Partnership. Feel free to direct any questions to mr.fastathon@gmail.com.
2012 Fastathon Planning Committee:
Alexandra Bachorik, MS II
Timothy Cashman, MSTPIV
David Chiang, MSTP IV
Rajan Dang, MS II
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)