TRIO National News
- TRIO Anniversary Conference
web page/flyer available
- TRIO
2012 scholarship applications now available
- February
TRIO Member e-News is
out (<-- click to see it on-line)
...to get your own personalized copy of future monthly issues send your e-mail address to Sylvia Leach at sleach@trioweb.org - TRIO Board annual meeting was held in Philadelphia, Saturday, Nov 19th at the Gift of Life Donor Program offices - officers for 2012 (assumed office at this meeting) were elected as follows:
- Secretary: Susan Pincus
- Treasurer: James Mateiko
- Vice-president: Elizabeth Rubin
- President: Jim Gleason
- Also held in Philadelphia Nov 18/19th were planning
sessions for the TRIO PCP (i.e., Primary Care Physician)
donor awareness program and the on-going strategic
planning maybe better known as the revitalization or
intervention development committee work (under
leadership of Will Oler, MAL). Details from these
sessions will be coming out in Lifelines and the month
member E-newsletters shortly, so stay tuned.
All in all it was a very intense and productive weekend.
- TRIO
Strategic Planning commitee report to members
(invitation to action)
- TRIO Board confirmed the three new board members
listed below at its quarterly meeting held May 13 in
Washington, DC as a prelude to the 2011 Leadership
Summit <-- click here to see the summit
sessions
- James
Mateiko
Elected to TRIO National board - 5/10/11: the TRIO
board approved Long Island donor family TRIO
member-at-large, James Mateiko, as its 12th and
newest member. Click on this title to see his bio.
- TRIO
"virtual
chapter" for members-at-large (MAL's) calling for
support needs ideas with survey e-mailed to registered
MAL's 5/1/2011 (click on title if you didn't get the
invitation and are interested)
- Merle
Zuel
Elected to TRIO National Board - 4/15/11: the TRIO
board approved Kansas City TRIO Chapter president, Merle
Zuel, as its newest member. Click on this title to see
his bio.
- Lou
Reardon
Elected to TRIO National board - 3/30/11: the TRIO
board approved Member-at-large (and former Long Island
TRIO chapter member) from South Carolina, Lou Reardon,
as its newest board member. Click on this title to see
his bio. Lou is working with former board member,
John Harwood, in developing a support structure for our
growing members at large base using web based technology
(i.e, a concept referred to as a "virtual chapter")
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-
Letters of Thanks to share with a transplant nurse - to celebrate your local transplant nurse as part of Transplant Nurses Day (was April 20th, but can be done any day), send them a link (http://trioweb.org/Nurses/BookEventStory.shtml) to this collection of thank you letters, along with your own letter, of course.
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TRIO's 2011 Leadership Summit featured world class presenations and great discussion. Attendees excited and inspired with the encouragement to go back and "make a difference in the world" using their passion and "intuitive intelligence" - click here to view the recorded sessions and see photos from the event.
- UNOS
blog
article by TRIO President speaks to
"Organ
Transplants
Work, Donations are Up, Hope is Real!"
The
new
TRIO pins have been mailed out!
If you are registered as a dues paid
2010 or 2011 member, your chapter has
a pin in your name.
Members-at-large should have received
their pins in the mail in
September. Wear your TRIO pin
proudly and invite others to join your
chapter and our cause to save lives
through organ donation. Questions can
be sent to Sylvia Leach at the TRIO
office at info@trioweb.org. Pins
are also available for sale for $5/ea
at that same address.
- (updated
7/27/11) TRIO
Scholarships - <--
click here to see the list of
available scholarships.
Applications for the 2011 TRIO
Scholarship closed on June 30th.
Awards will be announced this Fall.
- TRIO
focus on youth:
new Youth Circle leadership
announced - see co-leaders Bill
Coon and
Mary Wu's stories (and
books) then read our growing
list of
youth transplant stories,
including that of our newest
member, Julie
Bonn. Also, check
out Youth Circle member, Mary
Wu's book in the making
linked on her story page.
Mary Wu is also a featured
writer on the NKF web site in an
article on Medicine
Compliance
Participate in the new Q&A youth forum. Also, this team is looking into hosting a series of employment seeking workshops by audio conferencing to help young transplant recipients who are looking for employment, hoping to provide a resource for sharing both practices that have succeeded as well as those to avoid. If you are interested, send a note to info@trioweb.org and we will put you on the mailing list for when it is launched. And don't miss the many scholarship opportunities on our Scholarships web page.
- TRIO 2010
Leadership Summit noted in Sept-Oct UNOS UPDATE
bi-monthly magazine
- TRIO
Elects National Board officers for 2011
Please offer your support and congratulations to our new 2011 TRIO Board officers who took office to serve you at the Oct 23rd Annual national board meeting:
President: Jim Gleason
VicePresident: Elizabeth Rubin
Secretary: Susan Pincus
Treasurer: Mark Jackson
- TRIO Chapter Council elects new chairman - Chapter Presidents elected their new Chapter Council Chairman, JT Rhodes, in recent voting. Both JT and Alex Boyer, outgoing Chapter Council Chair, were honored at the Annual Board meeting for their long years of dedication and TRIO service with inscribed crystal pieces as seen in this one for Alex.
- The
new TRIO pins have been mailed out! If you
are registered as a dues paid 2010 member, your
chapter has a pin in your name.
Members-at-large should have received their pins
in the mail in September. Wear your TRIO pin
proudly and invite others to join your chapter and
our cause to save lives through organ donation.
Questions can be sent to Sylvia Leach at the TRIO
office at info@trioweb.org. Pins are also
available for sale for $5/ea at that same address.
- TRIO Board
member, Valen Cover, named to ride Donate Life
float - see links under Youth item below . . .
- TRIO
ByLaws now posted on the web site (see under
"About" navigation above) along with a
downloadable PDF version
- Click
here
to read/view this video story about a donor
mom meeting her son's heart recipient , made
possible when TRIO used its United Airlines miles
program to fly the recipient from Montana to meet
donor mom in Jacksonville, FL
- Support passage
of national legislation to extend kidney
transplant drug coverage - click here to see Legislative
page for details of actions needed
(New 12/6) TRIO News December e-mail - (<--click here to view this latest issue - only available for 30 days from posting date - featuring election of new TRIO Board oficers, and more...) this latest edition of TRIO's e-mail News service was sent to all TRIO members with e-mail addresses registered with TRIO National as of this date - if you did not get that issue and would like to see what this resource offers, to be added to receive this new communications service, please send your e-mail address with your name to info@trioweb.org
- Initial
funding approved!! TRIO 's nationwide "grass
roots" Primary Care Physicians (PCP) campaign
to address PCP patient education on
organ donation has received its first grant so the
program is now moving to Phase 1 implementation
planning - stay tuned to see how YOU can help! -
Background: Studies show that primary care
physicians rarely discuss organ donation with
their patients despite the majority agreeing that
the topic is both important and within their scope
of practice - together we can make a difference in
this.
- (New 12/18/10) TRIO
Leadership
Summit <-- click here to see photos from the
event) - Fri/Sat May 13/14 2011
Leadership Summit to be held at the area's OPO,
WRTC, in Washington, DC - stay tuned for further
details;
2010 Leadership Summit: On April 30/May 1st TRIO hosted a special Leadership Summit conference for TRIO Chapter Presidents and other leaders or leader candidates to be held in Philadelphia. With 25 attendees and speakers from 7 TRIO Chapters, the event scored an overall evaluation of 9+ (where 10 is the high score) with the majority of funding being channeled into scholarships as reimbursements for travel/lodging expenses for local chater attendees. Everyone felt this should be an annual event, so see developing plans for Spring 2011 above....
- (updated 1/3/11)
TRIO
Scholarships - <--
click here to see the 2011 TRIO Scholarship
applicaiton which is now available
- TRIO Public Policy network established: under
the leadership of LI TRIO's
Mike Sosna
- (updated 12/18)
TRIO focus on
youth: new Youth Circle
leadership announced - see Mary Wu's story
and read our growing list of new
youth
transplant
stories,including the announcement of
a TRIO Board member/youth named winner in
Astellas' Ride of a Lifetime
on
the Donate Life Rose Bowl 2011 parade
float followed by her interview on Your
Kidney
Talk. Also, check out Youth
Circle member, Mary
Wu's book in the making linked on her
story page. Participate in the new
Q&A youth forum. ALSO, this team
is looking into hosting a series of
employment seeking workshops by audio
conferencing to help young
transplant recipients who are looking for
employment, hoping to provide a resource for
sharing both practices that have succeeded
as well as those to avoid. If you are
interested, send a note to info@trioweb.org
and we will put you on the mailing list for
when it is launched. And don't miss
the many scholarship opportunities on our Scholarships
web page.
- (new) TRIO's
Board approved a new "Student Essay
Contest" with significant cash
prizes to be launched in the coming
months. Stay tuned as this
committee releases details on how high
school students can enter and help
promote organ and tissue donation with
their essays.
In separate Board action, Alex Boyer was voted onto the TRIO National Board where he had been serving in the board position reserved for the Chapter Council Chairman.
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