The Push Continues!

Hello all!

Despite Hurricane Irene's best efforts, it seems we are still on track towards our fundraising goal. See below for an updated list and the scrollbar off to the side for a complete list of donors.

Ann-Gel Palermo - $20 (4X giver)

Colleen Uscianowski - $50 (3X giver)

Dr. Goutham Narla - $50 (3X giver)

Ari Moskowitz - $1/faster (2X giver)

Shashi Anand - $40 (2X giver)

Dr. Stephanie Factor - $50 (2X giver)

Dr. Daniel Caplivski - $60 (2X giver)

Thanks to all those above for giving!

We are currently at $3870, approximately 51% of our goal ($7500)!

Thanks to those of you who have given or pledged to give and thanks for reading!

Also, we will be recruiting for fasters soon enough from the Sinai student population so stay tuned!

Thanks again and please feel free to contact fastathon2011.mssm@gmail.com if you are interested in donating and/or fasting!

2011 Fastathon Fundraising...off to a roaring start!

Hi all,

2011 Fastathon Fundraising officially began as of last night, August 22. An incredible team of 4 devoted their evening to emailing faculty, staff, friends, and family of Sinai and EHHOP to raise funds for EHHOP's ongoing operations (see post below for more information).

The following people have responded positively and have pledged to give (or have already given) to the cause:

Joyce and Thomas Chow - $2/faster (5X giver)
Dr. David Thomas - $2/faster (5X giver)
Dr. Basil Hanss - $100 (5X giver)
Dean David Muller - $100 (5X giver)

Dr. Sara Bradley and Jeffrey R. Grieb - $1/faster (4X giver)
Dr. Roberto Posada - $1/faster (4X giver)
Dr. Karen Zier - $1/faster (4X giver)
Michelle Sainte - $75 (4X giver)
Sylvia Giamarino - $25 (4X giver)

Jessica Friedland - $1/faster (3X giver)
Dr. Jarone Lee - $3/faster (3X giver)
Judith Quintana - $1/faster (3X giver)
Dr. Arthur Aufses - $100 (3X giver)
Dr. Shahla Baharlou - $50 (3X giver)
Dr. Scott Barnett - $125 (3X giver)
Suzette Bishop - $50 (3X giver)
Dr. Patricia Bloom - $50 (3X giver)
Dr. Joseph Goldfarb - $100 (3X giver)
Dr. Steven Itzkowitz - $50 (3X giver)
Dr. Leslie Kerr - $50 (3X giver)
Dr. Phyllis Shaw - $100 (3X giver)
Dr. Christina Wyatt - $100 (3X giver)

Zahra Ghiassi-Nejad and Ali Bastani - $200 (2X giver)
Dr. Blair Hammond - $25 (2X giver)
Dr. Joanne Hojsak - $50 (2X giver)
Noa Simchoni - $25 (2X giver)

Thanks to all of the above for their prompt generosity!

We are currently at $2,975, approximately 40% of our goal ($7500)!

You can follow this ever growing list off to the right. And, starting next week, there will be an equally growing list of participants in the fastathon who will be fasting for the EHHOP.

Thanks again and please contact fastathon2011.mssm@gmail.com if you are interested in donating and/or fasting!

6th Annual Fastathon!

Welcome to the official blog for Mount Sinai School of Medicine's Fastathon 2011, which will take place September 13, 2011. This annual event was started 6 years ago by two medical students (both now medical residents), Mubashar Khan and Faraaz Shah, and has two components:

1) students pledge to fast from dawn to dusk
2) sponsors pledge an amount per faster (or flat sum) to donate.

All proceeds are donated to the East Harlem Health Outreach Partnership (EHHOP) to fund medications, social work, and referrals for EHHOP patients. Since 2004, EHHOP has provided no cost primary care for over 600 uninsured residents of East Harlem.

The last five Fastathons have raised over $21,000 for EHHOP. For this year's 6th Annual Fastathon, we have set 125 fasting participants as our recruitment goal and $7500 as our fundraising goal. These are both ambitious goals, but with the collective effort of the Sinai community, we fully anticipate achieving both.

You can see the success of Fastathon 2010 and learn more about the East Harlem Health Outreach Partnership. Feel free to direct any questions to fastathon2011.mssm@gmail.com.

2011 Fastathon Planning Committee:
David Chiang, MSTP III
Andrew Chow, MSTP VI
Radeyah Hack, MSIII
Timothy Cashman, MSTP III
Maryam Sultan, MSII
Robert Brenner, MSII
Naqi Haider, Master's Student