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MACMS Alliance
| The Marquette-Alger County Medical Society
Alliance consists of local physicians’ spouses who are part
of the 1300 member State Medical Alliance. The members share the
common goals of the betterment of their communities, families and
the profession of medicine. |
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The Marquette-Alger County Medical Society
Alliance is quite active throughout the year. For more information,
or if you are interested in becoming a member, please contact
our Alliance President, Lynn Moon, at (906) 228-8522. MACMS-Alliance had a "local" focus this year. We combined our volunteer efforts with on-going community projects, and involved American Medical Association-Alliance resources to facilitate our efforts when applicable. May 2004: The Alliance donated $500 toward the renovation of Bay Cliff Health Camp. August 2004: Area physician spouses cleaned out their closets for the 2nd annual garage sale to raise $250 for the AMA-Foundation-Education Relief Fund. September 2004: We partnered financially with the Marquette-Alger
Regional Educational Service Agency by providing $500 to host
a seminar featuring Mr. Stan Davis, a Violence Prevention Consultant.
Teams of administrators, teachers, school staff and parents attended
from Upper Peninsula and Northern Wisconsin school systems. October 2004: New spouses were welcomed and Harbor House was featured at a social gathering. Members donated "wish list items" to the shelter for victims of domestic violence, and heard a short presentation from a Harbor House representative. This served as our National S.A.V.E. (Stop America's Violence Everyday) event. November 2004: The needs of Habitat for Humanity of Marquette County were relayed to the membership with hopes that some would get involved on the board of trustees, committees, donate used materials and/or work at the resale shop or assist the cause financially. December 2004: The annual Medical Society Holiday Party auction brought a $2,400 profit which was donated to Marquette General Health System toward the purchase of a Blood Mobile. February 2005: The Women's Winter Health and Fitness Expo was
our premier health promotion project held in conjunction with
the Subaru Women's Winter Tour. Attendance has grown to more than
400 women! Health topic presentations were coupled with cooking
demonstrations and fitness and movement classes to promote healthy
life-styles. AMA-A "I Can Be Healthy" booklets were
distributed, and pedometers were sold at our display table. March 2005: We promoted Beacon House, our local "Home Away
From Home" hospitality house for radiation-oncology patients
and friends and family of those receiving care as in-patients
at Marquette General Health System. Members were encouraged to
contribute financially toward the capital campaign, supply specific
"wish list" items, or volunteer as a hostess or as shuttle
driver. Members prepared and served a dinner for guests. April 2005: We will partner with the Marquette Community Foundation Homeless Prevention Coalition to sponsor a fundraising event. Alliance members serve on the Board of Directors, solicit auction items, and help execute the event. $500 was donated by the Alliance. May 2005: We will hold our annual meeting with election of 2005-06 officers and choose the "Volunteer of the Year" candidate. Throughout the year members gather informally for book club,
cross-country and downhill skiing, mountain biking, hiking, and
children's playgroup. A quarterly newsletter is published to keep
the membership informed. More than 70 spouses joined the Alliance
on the local level. Marquette-Alger County Medical Society Alliance Contact: Mary Tavernini For Immediate Release Medical Alliance Names Volunteers of the Year Marquette, Michigan—The Marquette-Alger County Medical Society Alliance has named Emily Lewis and Lynn Moon as Outstanding Volunteers of the Year. Both were honored not only for their volunteer work with the Alliance, but with many other community organizations as well. “Emily has the gifts of hospitality and organization in great abundance,” says nominator Shirley Eppinga. “People love to work with her because of these two traits. She can get the job done right the first time, and make it fun to work together.” Lewis, a Registered Nurse, is membership chairman for the Alliance and has also served as hospitality chairman and in other capacities over the past 10 years. During that time she has also served on the Marquette Beautification and Restoration Committee Board of Directors. For Marquette General Health System she volunteers in the coffee shop and sews post-surgical masectomy comfort pillows. She volunteers in several positions at St. Michael’s Church, is the eucharistic minister at Brookridge Heights, and bakes for the Keryx Prison Ministry, charity bazaars and school functions. Lewis has also served the P.E.O. Sisterhood for many years, helping to raise funds for low-income women to continue their education. Lewis, of Marquette, and her husband, Dr. Larry Lewis, have three daughters. Of Outstanding Volunteer Lynn Moon, nominator Laurie Winkler says, “Every organization she belongs to benefits from her talents and enthusiasm.” And her talents are many. Moon is a registered nurse and self-employed attorney, specializing in health-care employment contracts, nursing licensure issues and nonprofit law. She has served the Alliance in many capacities, from president to treasurer to health promotion coordinator, and is currently Northwest Regional Director of the State Board. She is president of Girl Scouts of Peninsula Waters, where she leads “extreme adventure” trips and serves as Clear Lake Camp nurse for two weeks each summer. She was also instrumental in organizing the first Women’s Winter Health & Fitness Expo in conjunction with the Women’s Ski Tour. In addition, Lynn is vice president of 4C of the U.P, president-elect and legislative advocate of Marquette General Hospital Volunteers and is a member of the Peter White Public Library Board of Trustees. She is representative assembly member and chair of the Rules and Calendar Committee of the State Bar of Michigan, and belongs to the Marquette County Bar Association, the Michigan Bar Association and the American Association of Nurse Attorneys. Lynn is married to Dr. Don Snowdon, and they have one daughter. The Alliance is comprised of spouses of physicians. The group offers various health promotion and health education activities throughout the year and supports such organizations as Bay Cliff Health Camp, Habitat for Humanity, and MARESA. For more information, contact Alliance President Jennifer Vander Roest at 249-3440.
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