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 Associates to the AAAAI:
2006 Spring Newsletter
Frances Washburne |
President’s Pen - Frances Washburne
Miami Beach was a wonderful setting for our 2006 Annual Meeting. I hope that you had a great visit to this exciting and interesting city. The Associates’ “Not-So-Silent Auction” for the Award of Excellence Asthma Scholarships provided an additional $4,000 for our Scholarship Program. A special thanks to Francene Lifson, our past Vice President-Fundraising, and all the Board members, past presidents, and everyone who contributed items and worked to set up and assist on Sunday morning with the Auction, as well as all of you who attended and bid on a variety of items. It has been a worthy and successful on-going project of the Associates for which we are able to provide scholarship monies for our growing pool of qualified applicants. We also have great appreciation to the Academy Board of Directors for their major funding and support of our scholarship program. Without their help, we would not be able to accomplish our goal of awarding scholarships to so many deserving students.
This year we were delighted to honor our Scholarship Chair Virginia Fawcett with the Associates’ Distinguished Service Award. Through her leadership skills, we’ve been able to all share in the success and accomplishments of the scholarship program. Thank you, Virginia, and congratulations on a much deserved honor!
Also, our own Trudy Green, Chairman of Hospitality, continues to provide a welcoming atmosphere year after year for guests at the annual meeting. Her warm and gracious manner makes everyone feel as if they have found the “perfect spot” for relaxing over a cup of coffee while visiting with friends in the Hospitality Suite, which is provided by the AAAAI at the annual meeting.
Those who attended the Sunday Breakfast and Business Meeting were entertained by a jazz trio from the Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music at the University of Miami. Our Immediate Past President Helen Ownby, did an outstanding job of finding such talented young musicians to entertain us. She filled the bill for the Southern FL location with her “Beach Party, Fun in the Sun” theme which featured prizes for the best-dressed in beachwear, and the children who were present delighted in having their faces painted and taking home souvenirs of balloons and sand toys. At the close of the meeting, 05-06 Officers of the Associates Board were each given a beautiful bouquet of roses – compliments of Helen.
Look for new information in future newsletters to keep you abreast of activities to look forward to at the 2007 Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA. In anticipation of next year, our Vice President of Annual Program, Phyllis Rubin, and her committee are busily planning our breakfast meeting for 2007. A change in the date for the breakfast from our traditional Sunday morning to Saturday is being considered by the Board, so be looking for current updates about this. Margaret Quel, Vice President for Fundraising, will soon be all “abuzz” with ideas for our scholarship awards fundraising project, so keep your ear to the ground for news on this front!
The Associates are always looking for spouses and friends of the AAAAI to join our organization. When you are registered as a guest for the AAAAI Annual Meeting, you become a member of the Associates! This registration not only allows you to go to the exhibits, but it also serves as your pass to use the Hospitality Suite and definitely take advantage of the weekend Breakfast and Program. We welcome new members who wish to become active in the organization. Our special Associates’ member Francene Lifson, Vice President of Membership/Communications, would be happy to hear from you (flifson@aafasocal.com). Part of the benefit of membership in the Associates is our online membership directory. With a few clicks, you can access the information you need on the members of the Associates to the AAAAI. Take advantage of this technology. It will help us all stay connected!
If you have ideas to share, time to give, or merely questions to ask about the Associates, please contact me (fowashburne@bellsouth.net), any active Associate whom you know, or our Executive Director, John Augustyniak at the Associates executive office (jaugustyniak@aaaai.org). We are looking forward to seeing everyone in San Diego next February!
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2006-2007 Associates (Spouses and Friends) to the AAAAI Board of Directors
President
Frances Washburne
Shreveport, LA
President-elect
Elaine Richheimer
Merrick, NY
Secretary
Virginia Fawcett
Vidor, TX
Treasurer
Gaylene M. Altman, PhD RN
Seattle, WA
Immediate Past President
Helen E. Ownby, PhD
Evans, GA
Vice President, Membership/Communications
Francene Lifson
Encino, CA
Vice President, Fundraising
Margaret Quel
Marina Del Ray, CA
Vice President, Annual Program
Phyllis Rubin
Great Neck, NY
Historian/Hospitality
Trudy Green
Huntingdon Valley, PA
Parliamentarian
Margaret Charlesworth
San Angelo, TX
Director (04-07)
Mary Anne Rodriguez
Maple Glen, PA
Director (04-07)
Doralice Garrido
Sugarland, TX
Director (04-07)
Jean Sweet
Birmingham, MI
Director (05-08)
Eleanor Grant
Galveston, TX
Director (05-08)
Gloria Schellenberg
Barnaby, BC, Canada
Director (05-08)
Patricia Stark
Vancouver, BC Canada
Director (06-09)
Vivian Kirshenbaum
Silver Spring, MD
Director (06-09)
Joyce Zeiss
Evanston, IL
Director (06-09)
Lynn Des Prez
Houston, TX
Advisor from the AAAAI Board of Directors
Thomas A. Fleisher, MD FAAAAI
Chief, Department of Laboratory Medicine
National Institutes Of Health, DHHS
Bethesda, MD
Executive Director
John L. Augustyniak
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
555 East Wells Street
Milwaukee, WI 53202
(414) 272-6071 Fax: (414) 272-6070
jaugustyniak@aaaai.org
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Using Your Membership Benefits-Online Membership Directory
Want to reconnect with those individuals you met at the annual meeting?
Part of the benefit of membership in the Associates is our online membership directory. With a few clicks, you can get the information you need on the members of the Associates to the AAAAI. Here are the simple instructions to accessing the on-line membership directory.
- Launch your Web browser to www.aaaai.org/members/associates.
- Click on the link that reads “Online Associates Directory.”
- Enter your user name (which is your membership ID # located on the mailing label for this newsletter)
- Enter your Password (which is your last name with the first letter capitalized).
- You're then in the Online directory and can begin your search.
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Thanks to Everyone!
Helen E. Ownby, Ph.D., Past President, Chair, Nominating Committee
Our meeting in Miami Beach was a success, thanks to the efforts of members of the Associates Board and all those of you who volunteered to help with the Not-So-Silent Auction, the Hospitality Suite, and our Sunday Breakfast and Business Meeting. There were about 150 ladies, gentlemen, and children who enjoyed the music of our Jazz Trio from Frost School of Music at the University of Miami and our clown, who painted butterflies, Spiderman, and multiple other designs on the children’s faces, besides making balloon sculptures. I wish to especially thank my committee chairs, Trudy Green, Hospitality, Virginia Fawcett, Scholarship, Francene Lifson, Fundraising, and Phyllis Rubin, Awards for going the extra miles this year. As we look ahead to San Diego, I’m looking for volunteers to serve on committees and the Associates Board in the coming years. Please contact John Augustyniak at the AAAAI executive offices (jaugustyniak@aaaai.org) or me (heownby@mindspring.com) to join us in making the Associates a bigger and better organization in the future.
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Let me “E” You-The Email Revolution
As times changes, so does the way in which we communicate. We’ve gone from mail, to phone, to fax to email in what is really a small amount of time. The Associates in keeping with up to date communication vehicles is looking for our members email addresses.
The Associates to the AAAI would like to use email to get out time critical and “Hot Off The Press” information to our members in the most quick and efficient manner possible.
Please note it is the policy of the Associates not to sell either our mailing or email list to any parties for sales and or solicitation purposes.
Please complete the information form, and either fax (414.272.6070) the form or email us (jaugustyniak@aaaai.org) with your correct email, so that we may update our records.
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2006 Associates (Spouses and Friends) to the AAAAI Award
of Excellence Asthma Scholarship Recipients Announced
Virginia Fawcett, JD, Asthma Scholarship Chair
The Scholarship Committee selected thirty-two (32) students to receive $1,000 Award of Excellence Asthma Scholarships for 2006. These awards included the $1,000 Tanner McQuiston Memorial Scholarship awarded to a student from Mequon, Wisconsin and the $1,000 Jerry Lifson Memorial Scholarship given to a student from Beverly Hills, California. Winners were selected from nearly 700 applications. The application is now done on line using the AAAAI’s web site and was open for the first time to Canadian students.
The 2006 scholarship recipients are from 16 different states and the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
The committee also chose thirty (30) $100 Merit Awards winners. These students are from an additional 14 states.
A total of thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000) was awarded this year. These scholarships and merit awarded were primarily funded by a gift from the AAAAI Board of Directors and member donations.
Proceeds from the 2006 silent auction, money received via the AAAAI’s annual dues form, and other member donations this year will help fund the 2007 scholarship program.
$1000 Scholarship Recipients
Viktor Arnarson Adalsteinsson
Chrystal Marie Buckner
Christine Michelle Caldwell
Jennifer Lynn Crouse
Carlee Jane Culver
Gail Meghan da Silva
Ashley Nichole Daniel
Tyler William Davis
John Joseph Donovan
Jade Alison Fernberg
Erica Marie Fisher
Heather Victoria Freeman
Danielle Christine Hoehn
Laura Suzanne Jagla
Caitlyn Lee Klaska
Kayla Marie Kocian
Natalie Louise Lawson
Jessica Marie Legge
Jessica Ann Lodewyk
Jodi Marie Marshall
Melissa Maureen Montalbano
Claire Marie Maitland Noell
Lee McCade Riddle
Patrick Kennedy Smith
John Stanley Stevenson
Kayla Diane Stiegemeier
Andrew Lewis Thomas
Karelle Erica Von Hefley
Warren Andrew Wallace
George Preston Wilson Jr.
2006 Tanner McQuiston Award of Excellence Asthma Scholarship ($1000)
Margaret Eileen Rocheleau Pike
Jerry Lifson Memorial Asthma Scholarship ($1000)
Sarah Beth Herman
$100 Merit Award Winners
Kimberly Ann Balach
Brooke Elizabeth Barker
Molly Ellis Betton
Dianne Marie Betz
Matthew Sinclair Boaz
Emily Anne Brinegar
Christin Ann Carlile
Ty Joseph Clain
Sydney Burnette Crippen
Kristen Elizabeth Dutro
Kaitlyn Maria Filippini
Joshuah Ray Garduno
Michelle (Shelly) Anne Green
Sally Eileen Hart
Rachel Meredith Hibbs
Laura Jean Lennartson
Sarah Elizabeth McCary
Kathleen Joy Mcinally
Brent Eugene Modell
Tyler Scot Peterson
Laura Rose Picciano
Kate Elizabeth Shearer
Jessica Lynn Spitale
Shelley Diane Stevens
Courtney Michelle Tolson
Nicole Marie Wegrzyn
Daniel John Westrick
Victoria Ann Wierec
Craig Andrew Zarnosky
Clint Edward Zarnosky
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2006 Not-So-Silent Auction A Rounding Success!
The 2006 Not-so-Silent Auction, benefiting the Award of Excellence Asthma Scholarship Program was another rousing success. Bidding began on Friday morning of the AAAAI Annual Meeting and continued fast and furiously thru the Associates Sunday Morning Breakfast Event. This year, by the generosity of both donations and bidders, we were able to raise nearly $4,000 which will be used as partial funding for the 2007 Award of Excellence Asthma Scholarship Program. Thank you again to those who participated in the Auction, especially those who donated so generously of both items and their time including. Look in 2007 for continued exciting Fundraising opportunities!
List of Donors to 2006 Not-So-Silent Auction and Asthma Scholarship Fund
AAFA-Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Eden Rock, A Renaissance Resort & Spa, Miami Beach, FL
Executive Director, Inc., Milwaukee, WI
Loews Miami Beach Hotel, Miami Beach, FL
The Royal Palm Hotel, Miami Beach, FL
Wyndham Miami Beach Hotel, Miami Beach, FL
Dr. Charles and Judy Blumstein, Blue Bell, PA
Dr. Ernest and Margaret Charlesworth, San Angelo, TX
Dr. Robert Coifman, Millville, NJ
Dr. William and Virginia Fawcett, Vidor, TX
Dr. Oscar and Mary Frick, San Francisco, CA
Dr. George and Trudy Green, Huntington Valley, PA
Dr. Arnold and Vivian Kirshenbaum, Silver Spring, MD
Dr. Julio and Genia D. Lara-Valle, Burr Ridge, IL
Francene Lifson, Los Angeles, CA
Dr. Virginia Madla, St. Charles, IL
Robin McQuiston-Vail, Burlington, WI
Drs. Dennis and Helen Ownby, Evans, GA
Dr. Jorge and Margaret Quel, Marina Del Rey, CA
Dr. Christopher C. Randolph, Waterbury, CT
Dr. Michael and Elaine Richheimer, Merrick, NY
Dr. Gil and Mary Ann Rodriguez, Maple Glen, PA
Phyllis Rubin, Great Neck, NY
Dr. Robert and Gloria Schellenberg, Barnaby, BC, Canada
Drs. F. Estelle and Keith Simons, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Dr. Donald and Patricia Stark, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Donald T. Sterling, Los Angeles, CA
Dr. Willard and Frances Washburne, Shreveport, LA
Dr. Sheldon and Judy Spector, Santa Monica, CA
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