Emory PA Students Organize Charity Run
Emory University's PA Class of 2009 will hold a charity 5K run on April 12 to benefit three Atlanta-area charities.
A portion of The Fun Run funds will benefit the Henry W. Grady Health System Foundation which is a nonprofit organization that leverages private resources to support the Grady Health System. Grady Hospital is the only level I trauma center in the region, the ambulance provider for the city of Atlanta, home to Georgia's only poison center, the only 24 hour sickle cell center, and one of the nation's largest burn units. Grady is a vital resource of care for the community, and of clinical rotations for PA and Medical students, and it is facing a financial crisis. Emory students want to help in any way possible.
A portion of the funds will go to the Good Samaritan Health Center. “Good Sam” is an indigent care clinic with three locations in the Atlanta area. This nonprofit clinic offers medical, counseling, social, and dental services to the local homeless and working poor. In 2004, Good Sam saw 17,500 patients - 20% were homeless and an additional 70% were uninsured working poor. In 2006, only 23% of the operating budget was covered by patient fees.
This fundraiser will also support the South Georgia Farmworker Health Project., an outreach project of the Emory PA Program. This project provides free health care to migrant and seasonal farm workers in the fields of Echols, Lowndes, and Decatur counties of south Georgia.
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