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Thank you to everyone who joined us at our annual gala in Boston! We had over 450 attendees join us to celebrate the winners of the Miami-Marquette Challenge and the Split Raffle as well as honor our 2010 Service Award winners. This year's Challenge raised a record-breaking $260,380 and the Split Raffle raised $130,000 in support of the Foundation. Thank you for your generous efforts!
This month, we are proud to announce our latest PODS scholarship winners and introduce you to one of them, Virginia Little, PT, MS, NCS, and share with you how she is helping post-stroke patients. We are also pleased to welcome our Marquette University summer intern, Mallory Fetta.
We are also honored to announce a generous donation of $15,000 from Stanley Paris, PT, PhD, FAPTA, and Catherine Patla, PT, DHSc, MMSc, OCS, MTC, FAAOMPT.
Next month, find out who was the lucky winner of the Aloha Getaway Sweepstakes! Thank you to everyone who participated!
Bob Brennan
Executive Director |
Congratulations!
Foundation Awards $240,000 in Doctoral Scholarships
The Foundation recently awarded Promotion of Doctoral Studies (PODS) I and II scholarships to 21 outstanding physical therapist students. Four of this year's recipients also received recognition through our special awards. Click here to learn about the 2010 PODS recipients.
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Foundation Receives $15,000 |
Paris and Patla Surprise Us in Boston
We are pleased to announce this very generous gift from Stanley Paris, PT, PhD, FAPTA and Catherine Patla, PT, DHSc, MMSc, OCS, MTC, FAAOMPT. They surprised Foundation staff with this gift while in Boston. Stanley and Catherine have long been generous donors to the Foundation and have gone to great lengths, literally, to encourage others to support the Foundation. Stanley's efforts to swim the English Channel to raise funds and awareness for physical therapy research will be forever noted in the Foundation record-books!
We are honored by Stanley and Catherine's dedication and commitment to supporting the Foundation and we are proud to publicly recognize them for their generosity.
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| Virginia Little, PT, MS, NCS |
Investigates Interventions for Post-Stroke Patients
Meet one of our most recent Promotion of Doctoral Studies (PODS) scholarship recipients, Virginia Little, PT, MS, NCS. She's focusing her career on helping post-stroke patients walk again. Click here to learn more. |
| Split Raffle Winners Announced |
Raises $130,000 for Physical Therapy Research
Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2010 Split Raffle!
During our 2010 annual gala, Marilyn Moffat, PT, DPT, PhD, FAPTA, CSCS, announced the nine lucky $2,000 prize winners and the winner of the $10,000 grand prize. Find out who won.
Special thanks to Marilyn's loyal team of volunteers: Carolyn Bloom, PT; Robert Deusinger, PT, PhD; Susan Deusinger, PT, PhD, FAPTA; Melanie Gillar, PT, DPT, MA; Connie Hauser, PT, DPT, ATC; Chuck Martin, CAE CIA; Timothy Schell, PT; Brad Thuringer, PTA; and Louise Yurko, PT, MAEd.
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| Recap: Gala 2010 |
Tony Delitto, PT, PhD, FAPTA, and his wife, Ronna Delitto, PT, swing dancing at the Foundation gala.
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Thanks for Attending
Thank you to everyone who joined us at the annual gala in Boston! Over 450 attendees joined us for this exciting evening of dinner and dancing to benefit the funding opportunities awarded by the Foundation each year.
Click here to find out how you can view and order professional photos from the gala.
The Miami-Marquette Challenge raised a record-breaking $260,380 in support of the Foundation! Congratulations to the top three fund-raising schools:
- 1st Place - University of Pittsburgh
- 2nd Place - Sacred Heart University
- 3rd Place - SUNY Upstate Medical University
View the complete list of Miami-Marquette award winners and participating schools.
We also honored the 2010 Service Award winners at the gala:
Robert C. Bartlett Innovation in Fundraising Award
Home Health Section
Charles M. Magistro Distinguished Service Award
Robert Deusinger, PT, PhD & Susan S. Deusinger, PT, PhD, FAPTA
Premier Partner in Research
HPSO/CNA
Spirit of Philanthropy Award
James B. McKillip, PT
Posthumously awarded to Laura K. Smith, PT, FAPTA
"Putting on the Ritz" would not have been a success without the help of our generous gala sponsors:
- HPSO/CNA - Title Sponsor
- NuSTep - Producer Sponsor
- Tri W-G - Dessert Sponsor
- Preferred Therapy Providers - Reception Sponsor
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| Invest in the Future of Research | Become a corporate Partner in Research
Our corporate partners play a critical role in helping us advance physical therapy research. This financial support allows us to fund grants, fellowships and scholarships to physical therapist researchers who are investigating the most innovative, groundbreaking interventions for today's patients. Find out how you can become a Partner in Research.
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| Welcome Summer Intern |
Meet Mallory
Mallory Fetta is our Marquette University summer intern. Mallory will be graduating from Marquette in 2011 with a degree in Biomedical Sciences and Spanish Language and Literature minor. She is slated to receive her Doctorate of Physical Therapy in May 2013.
A native of Northbrook Illinois, she has already gotten into the swing of things here at the Foundation. Just a few short weeks after she started with us, she was already on her way to Boston to help us at our annual gala! Mallory enjoyed being able to experience APTA's Annual Conference and working with APTA and Foundation staff.
Mallory will be assisting us with the Marquette Challenge, organizing historical documents and researching information for our scientific programs. We're excited to have Mallory join us this summer.
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| Need Funding? | Apply for Our Scholarships and Research Grants!
The Foundation is now accepting applications for our 2010 Florence P. Kendall Doctoral Scholarships and 2011 Research Grants! You could earn $5,000 towards your doctoral degree program, or $40,000 to fund your research project! Applications must be submitted by August 18 at 12 pm, ET.
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