NGU Health Science to host Medical Missions 5K

This year’s PA medical mission trip will include NGU’s Health Science program. The undergraduate students will be accompanying the PA graduate students on their trip to Nicaragua.
“We work with Chosen Children Ministries
(CCM), a non-profit organization based out of Spartanburg, SC,” said PA
Medicine Program Manager Katie Shamblin. “[CCM] already has established
relationships with the Nicaraguan people through church planting, education,
economic development and child sponsorship. This allows us the opportunity to
establish clinics in many communities we would otherwise not be able to reach.”
The populace has very limited, if any,
access to medical care.
“As part of the trip, our PA students focus
heavily on preventative medicine, providing basic medical care, patient
education, daily vitamins, antibiotics and medications for chronic conditions
to those that would otherwise not have access to this type of care.
Additionally, we also like to incorporate oral hygiene into this initiative,”
said Shamblin.
Again this year, the medical mission team
needs your help.
In the past, the team has treated
approximately 250 patients. They hope to treat even more patients this year but
need help from others. In additional to donated items and monetary donations, a
5K fundraiser is being held this year.
On Saturday, September 7, NGU’s Health
Science will host a Health Science Medical Missions 5K on the Tigerville Campus
at 7801 N. Tigerville Road, Tigerville. Entry fee for the 5K is $20 per person plus
a $2.85 handling fee and an event T-shirt are available for $10 plus a $2.24
handling fee. Registration
is now open.
Also at the event, donations will be
accepted for hygiene items that will be offered to the Nicaraguan people. A few
of the hygiene items needed are: deodorant, travel size toothbrushes/ toothpaste,
bar soap, sandwich and gallon size Ziploc bags, Germ-X, and Ibuprofen to name a
few. A list of all needed items may be found at ngu.edu/pa-missions-abroad.
For more information regarding the 5K, contact Aly Estes at estes6497@ngu.edu and for additional information regarding the trip or donations, please contact Katie Shamblin at katie.shamblin@ngu.edu or 864-663-0771.
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