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O'Neil Hansen, Regional Support Group Coordinator We
are please to have them aboard. You can view all of our personnel's
information here. The patient track will be available via a live web cast with audience feedback on the day of the event for those who can not attend in person. There is a registration fee for the event. For more information please visit the website at http://www.hopkinscme.org/cme/events/gastropar04.html#top To register please call (410) 955-3169 and don't forget to mention G-PACT to receive the special rate!
We encourage you all to pass this information on to your personal physicians, as they are the ones that need to further their education on Gastroparesis. By doing so, this will benefit you as a patient as well!
We need you there to make a difference! Send your ideas on how to make events like this more accessible to patients by writing to Veronica Pennington at vpennington@g-pact.org
Digestive Disease Week (DDW) will be held in New Orleans, LA from May 15-20. This year, G-PACT will be an exhibitor. You can learn more about DDW by going to http://www.ddw.org/programInfo/
Department Information
Fundraising
Department Plus, for added ease, shop by categories! There is nothing extra charged to you for shopping and it's free, so sign up today!!! Take your online shopping spree one step further, and support a worthy cause while you're at it!
Our Fundraising Department will soon be launching a new event to raise funds for G-PACT. Quality First Aid products, items everyone can use, will be sold and G-PACT will earn up to 50%!! Please look for details to come in the near future!
Need information about our Fundraising Department? Email fundraising@g-pact.org or call (888) 820-0729 Ext. 84!
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Fairview Township, located in South Central,
PA , will be holding a Celebration Day on Saturday June 12, 2004. They
are focusing on various organizations and services available to
township citizens. Each organization is given a booth free of charge for
the event, and we can do whatever we would like in order to
entertain people attending the event, and draw attention to our
organization in the process! This will be a really really fun event, and
a great way to raise money and increase awareness in the community in
general!
Suggested ideas include bake sales, crafts,
clowns, magic, drama, entertainment of all kinds, face painting, etc. I
will once again, spray my hair purple, green, and red like I did for my
2000 b-day party :o) The works! We just provide the materials for
what we want to do and go for it! We get 100% profit on everything. The
Fairview Township Office will not take any of the money we raise.
You can do almost anything from
"womaning" the booth for a little while that day, to baking or
making things to sell, giving us ideas, publicizing the event, and
donating any supplies or services. Please consider using your great
ideas to support G-PACT in this way! If you start cooking now, you may
be done by the 12th of June, although some of the food will be stale by
the event! That's why we need more than one or two chefs, so please get
your loved ones involved in that, and consider long distance factors too
with shipping food items! :o) But there's more to life than
food (as GPers know!) so crafts, cool services for kids, and other ideas
will give us a big boost and a way to get everyone interested involved,
and be comfortable in the process.
If you would like to help G-PACT make this
event even bigger than it already is for this community, please contact
Carissa, President/Webmaster, at bluelighteningjeep@earthlink.net
or 1-888-820-0729 x 82 for further information.
Supply
Depot
Services To Help You!
Do you have a favorite recipe that works for you and your Gastroparesis? Then share it! G-PACT has just launched a new service where patients can submit recipes to be shared with everyone. If you're interested in sharing go to http://www.g-pact.org/recipesubmit.htm Your recipe will then be added for everyone to view and try for themselves! To view submitted recipes, go to http://www.g-pact.org/recipes.htm
[Back to
Top] The Patient Awareness Liaison Program (a.k.a. PAL) was launched in August 2003. This is a program for Gastroparesis sufferers, who have questions about this illness, need someone with an attentive ear to listen, or who may need information for handling an insurance denial. This is an excellent way to offer support and answer questions for Gastroparesis sufferers and family because it offers a personalized and precise support for those who use the service. G-PACT provides five 1-800 numbers* for callers to use when in need of support
If you are in need of individualized assistance or support, you will find information on each of the active volunteers on the website and in the monthly e-mail newsletter.
*G-PACT would like to thank Medtronic for sponsoring this very important program!
Current
PAL Volunteers:
Interested
in holding a meeting in your area? Contact our NEW Regional
Support Group Coordinator, Peg at phansen@g-pact.org
for more information.
G-PACT has created personalized restaurant cards in the size of business cards for all people dealing with gastroparesis. They can be used at restaurants when a GP patient needs to order a meal in a smaller portion. These cards request that people with GP be allowed to order off the child or seniors menu, or share a dinner with another customer.* This help patients reduce the cost of meals and amount of wasted food they cannot finish. They are free to anybody with gastroparesis. Just send an SASE (Self Addressed Stamped Envelope) to the following address to request your card. Please include your name so we can personalize it for you. If you lose your card, we will replace it. We have received excellent responses about this program! G-PACT Ohio Office P.O. Box 674 Bellefontaine, OH 43311 -0674
Because of the overwhelming response, your card will be sent within 2-3 weeks of being received. If you have any questions please contact Veronica at vpennington@g-pact.org
* G-PACT can not guarantee the acceptance of the card. General Information
Sincerely, Your G-PACT Team: Carissa, Veronica, Lila, Carey, Ed, Sherri, Jo , Toni, Stephanie, Bobbiejo and Peg
Please read our disclaimer below. You have received this newsletter either because you requested it, or because someone you know thought you would be interested. If you do not wish to continue to receive these updates, please e-mail thepact@g-pact.org and ask to be removed from the mailing list. You may also use that address if you are receiving this newsletter as a forward from someone you know and would like to receive it directly from us. If you would like to be added to receive our quarterly newsletter through US mail, please send us your name, mailing address, and reason for interest in G-PACT (patient, doctor, and friend of GPer, med student, etc). The information in this newsletter is intended to be used for information only and should not be used as a basis for diagnosis or treatment of Gastroparesis. Follow the advice of your physician. G-PACT does not discriminate
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