Project Updates – Page 40

Registration Now Open for 5K on March 27th!

Registration for the Tia Foundation 5k Run/Walk for Health is now open!

Support health related development strategies created by the Tia Foundation by participating in a healthy, family friendly event!

Event Information

The event will be held on the Thunderbird Campus, located at the corner of 59^th Avenue and Greenway, and will start and end on the rugby field. There will be a 5k Run, a 5k Walk and a Family Fun Run, followed by a BBQ.

Event Times

5k Run : 9:00 am

5k Walk : 9:00 am

Family Fun Run : 10:00 am

BBQ : 11:00 am – 2:00 pm

Registration Information

Entrance fees include a race day t-shirt.

The first 25 entrants will receive a free ticket for the BBQ.

Thunderbird Students will receive a $5 discount.

To register go to : http://www.allsportcentral.com/EventInfo.cfm?EventID=23142

For more information, contact Kate Denney at kdenney@global.t-bird.edu.

March 27th: Save the Date!

Tia Foundation will be holding a 5K Run/Walk on March 27th beginning and ending on the Thunderbird School of Global Management Campus. There will be a kiddie run around the Rugby pitch too. Lots of fun, games, prizes and food, so SAVE THE DATE: MARCH 27TH! More details to come…

Tbird Fundraising Intern Efrain Diaz

Greetings! My name is Efrain Diaz, and I will be serving as Fundraising Intern for spring 2010. Upon entering Thunderbird as a Master’s candidate in Global Affairs and Management in the fall of 2009, I became acquainted with the Tia Foundation and was immediately impressed by their efforts to create sustainable health strategies in rural Mexico. I was especially moved by their work in my family’s hometown of Guadalajara. I am greatly looking forward to this new experience and hope to contribute to the success of the organization!

ASU Story Features Tia Founder

Arizona State University (ASU) recently featured a news story on Tia Founder and ASU alum, Laura Libman. Stephen Des Georges, Director of Public Relations and Marketing authored the story after interviewing Laura, her former professor Darryl Hattenhauer, and Kathy Grant, her former employer at the Student Success Center.

Laura graduated from ASU’s New College in December of 2003. Check out the article at http://asunews.asu.edu/20091215_healthcaremexico.

Happy Promotora Receives 1st Bag of Goodies

In La Presa, Jalisco, Guadalupe receives the first bag of medical supplies. Inside, Lupita found a large supply of Tylenol and Ibuprofen, very useful during this bad influenza and cold season. She received lots of extra lancets and glucose tests strips for her glucometer, since diabetes is a major chronic problem among her neighbors. We also stocked her up on other commonly used medicines and first aid supplies.

Still more to come…