Competitive Golf for a Great Cause

Join participants from major Boston Metro area Hospitals and Residency Programs in a heated competition both on the course and in fundraising for Lifebox.

Sunday, June 16 2013 at 1:30pm

Stow Acres Country Club, South Course

58 Randall Road, Stow, MA

http://stowacres.com/

Format:

4 player team scramble, modified shotgun start

Players may sign up with their own teams

If you don’t have a team but want to play, we will pair you with others who are looking for a team

Tickets: Registration for the event will include the cost of play, as well as a minimum charitable donation to Lifebox.

Cost of Golf = $85/player

- Includes greens fees, cart, driving range, and special event contests

Click on the WePay link below to purchase your ticket:

https://www.wepay.com/events/the-lifebox-cup

Charitable Donations = $70/player minimum

- All donations are tax deductible and an acknowledgment letter will be sent to the donor for tax purposes

- 100% of each donation goes directly to Lifebox, none of these funds are used to pay for the event

Online Donations:

https://secure.pledgeconnect.com/donation.aspx?lifebox

Please write “For The Lifebox Cup” in the Comments section so that we can track your donations efficiently

Checks:

Make out to: World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists

Address: Beth Isreal Deaconess Medical Center: Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine

Attn: Brian O’Gara

1 Deaconess Rd CC-470

Boston, MA 02215

Please send all electronic correspondence as well as any questions or concerns to bpogara@gmail.com

Competitive Golf for a Great Cause

Join participants from major Boston Metro area Hospitals and Residency Programs in a heated competition both on the course and in fundraising for Lifebox.

Sunday, June 16 2013 at 1:30pm

Stow Acres Country Club, South Course

58 Randall Road, Stow, MA

http://stowacres.com/

Format:

4 player team scramble, modified shotgun start

Players may sign up with their own teams 

If you don’t have a team but want to play, we will pair you with others who are looking for a team

Tickets:  Registration for the event will include the cost of play, as well as a minimum charitable donation to Lifebox.

Cost of Golf = $85/player

- Includes greens fees, cart, driving range, and special event contests

Click on the WePay link below to purchase your ticket:

https://www.wepay.com/events/the-lifebox-cup

Charitable Donations = $70/player minimum 

- All donations are tax deductible and an acknowledgment letter will be sent to the donor for tax purposes

- 100% of each donation goes directly to Lifebox, none of these funds are used to pay for the event

Online Donations:

https://secure.pledgeconnect.com/donation.aspx?lifebox

Please write “For The Lifebox Cup” in the Comments section so that we can track your donations efficiently

Checks:

Make out to: World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists

Address:     Beth Isreal Deaconess Medical Center: Department of Anesthesiology,                 Critical Care, and Pain Medicine

                  Attn: Brian O’Gara

                 1 Deaconess Rd CC-470

                  Boston, MA 02215 

Please send all electronic correspondence as well as any questions or concerns to bpogara@gmail.com 

Thanks to all Boston area residents who attended the 2014 MSA Post ITE Party at Cure Lounge in Boston.  Thanks to all of your generous donations we were able to raise $1450 for our cause!

Huge thanks to Texas Children’s Hospital’s Department of Anesthesiology for joining the Lifebox Challenge. Their efforts raised $3948 in just 4 weeks!! That’s enough for 13 pediatric pulse odometers.

Photo: Dr. Nancy Glass and Hillary Cloyd, RN, with goodies at the holiday bake sale.

The Boston Lifebox Challenge is ready for it’s 2013 season!  Thanks to all who made the competition so successful last year. 

This year there are many more volunteers from each of the major Boston area Residencies, so the competition will be fierce!  Stay up to date on this post with all of the events happening throughout the year around the city. 

As always, to donate click on the link below to make an online, tax deductible donation.  Please include your hospital’s affiliation in the comments section so we can track our progress.  The competition will conclude on July 1st, 2013.   

https://secure.pledgeconnect.com/donation.aspx?lifebox

Visit www.lifebox.org to learn more about the organization and it’s mission to help provide for safer surgery worldwide.

Congratulations to the Boston Lifebox Challenge!!!  Your efforts have helped us raise over $10,000.  Special thanks to collaborating hospitals — Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brigham and Women’s, Boston Children’s Hospital.

Stay tuned for more Lifebox events to come….

The Lifebox Challenge would like to thank our latest sponsor, Samuels & Associates, for their generous donation to our tournament raffle — 4 Red Sox tickets in the EMC club for the July 17^th home game @ 7:10 p.m. against Chicago.  Thank you!!

Today the global pulse oximetry gap stands at more than 77,000 operating rooms worldwide. But together, we can close it: we can Make It Zero. Lifebox is launching a two-year campaign to raise $1.25 million and put 5000 pulse oximeters into the hands of anaesthesia providers in low-resource countries across Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America.

We’re very grateful for the support of the Boston Lifebox Challenge, which has already raised enough funds to put a dent in the gap. But if we want to ensure that no operation takes place without the essential monitoring that every patient deserves, we have a long way to go.

We’re launching the Make It Zero campaign at the World Congress of Anaesthesiologists in Buenos Aires at the end of March. If anyone taking part in the Challenge is attending, please do let us know, at info@lifebox.org!   

The photo above shows a supporter of the Make it Zero campaign — Lord Ribeiro, a leading figure in international surgery who is from Ghana.

Each pulse oximeter distributed costs $250, and includes a 5% administrative fee.  All individual donations are used solely for the distribution of pulse oximeters.  So you can rest assured that your donation (of any amount) will contribute to the production and delivery of a durable and reliable pulse oximeter. 

DONORS - PLEASE SPECIFY the institution you are donating on behalf of in the “Comments” or “Tribute” section.  ie, “MGH”, “BWH”, “BIDMC.”  We will track how much each institution raises. Thank you for your support!

Congratulations to BIDMC’s breakfast in support of Lifebox!  Organizers raised $2000, thanks to generous donations from the operating room staff, anesthesia attendings, and residents.  THANK YOU!! 

Start your day off with biscuits and gravy, donuts, bagels, lox, and more.

WHEN:  Friday, February 18, 2012, 8:00 am - 10:30 am

WHERE:

West Campus Anesthesia Fishbowl, 5th floor

East Campus Anesthesia Lounge. 4th floor

Donations greatly appreciated!

https://secure.pledgeconnect.com/donation.aspx?lifebox