Shoes for Haiti- SUCCESS!

From February 1st to March 1st, we conducted a "Shoes for Haiti" drive. We set an ambitious goal of 1,000 pairs of shoes and worked with the Spectrum, Cherry Creek Radio, and Canyon Media to get the word out about our drive. It was a major success beyond our imagination.

Our final count came to MORE THAN DOUBLE our original goal.

We collected 2,302 pairs of shoes!

Thank you to all of the Southern Utah community for help.

 

Donation box at our St. George Location. It was rarely used since most donations were so generous they wouldn't fit in the box so we just took them to the back of the office.

  

 This picture was taken after only 1 day of donations. We had no idea what a great response we would get.

  

 Multiple church groups, seminary groups, and community groups ran their own drives in order to collect shoes and donate to ours.

We also want to thank all of our staff for the work they put into getting these shoes paired and boxed

so we could deliver them to the warehouse in Las Vegas. 

A special huge thanks to Marilyn Norton. She took the collections upon herself and did a wonderful job in making sure they were boxed and ready for shipment. This drive never would have been the success it was without all of you!

 

Not even the doctors' desks were immune from the overflow of shoes.

 

All of these shoes were brand new and came as a donation to our Cedar City Office. Over 300 pairs of brand new shoes!

  

 Couldn't fit them all in the back so we had to fill up the inside too!

  

 The other side.

  

This is what our storage unit looked like as we tried to manage all the shoes that were coming in.

  

These are a small portion of the NEW shoes we had donated.

We reboxed them into bigger boxes for shipping.

  

 Sometimes you just got to stack them where you have room.

  

The delivery guys.

Dr. Keith Reber and Brock Rasmusen

  

 Our delivery truck.

The shoes were delivered around 11am on Saturday, March 6th.

  

The last of the shoes. This trailer and the back of the truck were packed to the brim

with all the donations.

  

Part of the shoes donated by the wonderful Southern Utah Community.

We had a great response!

  

 Our shoes will be boxed up like these and shipped to Alabama for sorting and cleaning.

  

Pretty much every box you can see in this picture is full of shoes

waiting to be shipped to the main warehouse in Alabama where they

sort, clean, repair, and renew shoes before sending them out to Haiti and

other devastated countries. I would imagine some of these will also be routed

to Chile to help with the devastation that has occurred there.

As of Thursday, March 4th, 1.7 million pairs of shoes had been shipped to Haiti,

with that amount or more still being sorted and cleaned for shipment. The response from

people has been amazing!

We want to thank the entire Southern Utah community for the generosity they have shown during this drive. We were happy to do our part and we were so grateful for all the generous donations.

THANK YOU!!!

DRMC Health Fair

On February 27th, the Foot & Ankle Institute participated in the Annual Dixie Regional Medical Center Health Fair. This year's fair was held in the nearly opened out patient building just east of the hospital. We were happy to see the number of people who showed up and we kept the doctors busy doing free screenings all morning. Check out some of the pictures from the event.

  

Busy Day at the Health Fair

 

Foot and Ankle Screening both. Thank you to all our doctors and staff

that took time out of their weekend to come be a part of this.

 

 Line up of patients waiting to been seen. 

We kept the doctors busy all day.

Shoes for Haiti

SHOES FOR HAITI

Foot & Ankle Institute Shoe Drive

Locations:

Foot & Ankle Institute Offices

St. George, Hurricane, Cedar City, Mesquite, NV.

Dates:

February 1, 2010 to March 1, 2010

Donations:

New and Gentle Used Shoes both children’s and adult’s

will be accepted at any of our drop boxes.

Please visit www.feetnet.com for details.

Comprehensive Diabetic Foot Exam (CDFE)

2010 is bringing some exciting additions for the Foot & Ankle Institute. For the past few months, our doctors have been working hard to implement a system that will allow them to be on the cutting edge of preventative care for our diabetic patients.

With this goal in mind, we have begun seeing patients for the Comprehensive Diabetic Foot Exams (CDFE). The goal of the CDFE is to find any changes in your feet as early as possible.

Nerve damage, poor circulation, and trouble fighting infections can make foot problems serious for people with diabetes. Nerve damage makes the skin and nails susceptible to injury. Healing is often slowed down or more difficult for people with diabetes. Skin breakdown can lead to chronic foot ulcers (long standing sores).  In most cases, proper care of your feet can prevent ulcers and the risk of amputation.

Each diabetic patient is given a risk rating depending on their condition allowing the doctor to better monitor their progress and potential problems. This exam, although quick and simple to perform, is a crucial part to keeping our diabetic patients healthy.

Please call (435) 628-2671 to schedule an exam or to find out more details.

Happy New Year!

 

As we look take a look back at 2009, the Foot & Ankle Institute wants to thank all their patients for a wonderful year. We've shared a lot of memories and we are grateful for every patient that comes through our doors. Please accept our sincere well wishes as we look forward to another great year in 2010.

Happy New Year!