We did it! We've reached our 2009 goal!

On the day of the Fastathon 9/15/09, we hit our goals for fasters and for sponsorship. With a surge of late signups, we hit 105 fasters from the Mount Sinai student body.

We received our top individual gift of Fastathon '09 from Dr. Emily Senay. Thank you so much for your support of our clinic!

We were able to break our $7500 goal also thanks to generous gifts from Dr. James D. Stephens, Dr. Roberto Posada, Kate and Jim Blanas, Dr. Tamara Kalir, Hamad Sindhi, Dr. Andrew Gotlin, Dr. Joanne Hojsak, Eric and Dana Smith, and Ali Bastani & Zahra Ghiassi (co-organizer of the '09 Fastathon).

And it may yet not be over. Late pledges are still likely to file in.

Thank you to everyone who made this possible from the 105 students (approximate 1/7 of Mount Sinai's student body) to the 69 generous donors. Our final post of Fastathon 2009 will display the final total raised for EHHOP.

We've surpassed our 2008 funding total!

In 2008, we raised $5062. With 2 days remaining until Fastathon 2009, we have reached $6505!

We would like to give a big thank you to the many repeat donors that have helped us to be so successful in 2009:

4X Donors:
Dr. Faraaz Shah and Dr. Mubashar Khan (co-founders of the event)

3X Donors:
Dr. Theresa Soriano and Dr. Ian Harnick
Dean Michelle Sainte
Dr. Basil Hanss

2X Donors:
Dean Dennis Charney
Dr. Stephen Sigworth
Dr. Jeffrey Freed
Dr. David Bechhofer
Ann-Gel Palermo

Thank you also to the generous pledges from first-time contributors:
Dr. James Stephens, Dr. Rhodes Adler, Mary Ann Tietjens, Dr. Sammy Elmariah, Dr. Arther Aufses, Dr. Scott Barnett, Cindy Law, and Suzette Bishop.

We've surpassed our 2008 Fastathon Fundraising Goal!

Thanks to an influx of first-time pledges over the last few days, we have surpassed our 2008 Fundraising goal of $3000.

Many thanks to the recent donations from Anne and Ken Taylor, Judith Quintana, Susan Heinecke, Dr. Jessica Zeidman (another former EHHOP Clinic Co-Chair), Jessica Friedland and Richard Lau, Dr. Jill Kalman, Dr. Anne Ambrose, Dr. Joseph Ross, Dr. Luz Claudio, Dr. Alex Federman, Dr. Patricia Bloom, Dr. Christian Becker, and Lane Farm Markets (at 1391 Madison Avenue).

A special shoutout for our repeat donors:
Dr. David Muller, Dean of Medical Education (4X)
Dr. Suzanne Rose, Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs (3X)
Dr. Sara Bradley and Jeffrey Grieb (2X) + generous 3X matching from Select Equity Group, Inc.
Jimmy Huynh, MSTPII (2X)

Just one year ago, we were stoked when we got the donation that put us over $3000. But this year, we're aiming higher. With 5 days remaining until the Fastathon, we're redoubling our efforts to reach $7500 and hope we can make it.

We've surged past our 2007 goal!

In 5 days, we've received $2,245 in sponsorship (surpassing our 2007 goal of $2000). With 10 days remaining, can we reach our $7,500 goal?

A big THANK YOU to John and Georgia Bancroft for pledging the top amount so far for 2009!
Also big thank yous to Dr. Yasmin Meah and Dr. David Thomas, the faculty leaders of the EHHOP clinic, for their generous sponsorship.

(running out of ways to say "big thank you", there are so many people to thank!)

We also greatly appreciate the donations of Dr. Jarone Lee (former two-time EHHOP Clinic Chair), Dr. Karen Zier (now a two-time contributor to the Fastathon), Susan Price (also a two-time sponsor), and Sylvia Giamarino (also a 2X sponsor). And last but not least, thank you to first-time sponsor Alana Rush.

This Fastathon would not be possible without all of your support.

Thank You, Spa Olive!

We've picked up our third sponsor from the community. Thank you, Spa Olive, for your support!
You can find more about their services at www.spaolive.com. They're located on Madison Avenue (bet 95th and 96th street).

Also thank you to Neeraj Shah from Memphis and other anonymous donor for your sponsorship of our event.
- Andrew Chow

Thank You, Madison Avenue Pharmacy!

Many thanks to the folks at Madison Avenue Pharmacy, another two-time contributor to the Fast-A-Thon!

You can find them at 1407 Madison Avenue (bet 97th and 98th Streets).


Also, thank you to our faculty sponsors, Dr. Narla, Dr. Kerr, an Dr. Goldfarb (and to my dear friends Chandani and Coll) for their pledges.
- Andrew Chow

Thank You, Dashing Diva!

A big thank you to our first sponsor in the local community for 2009, Dashing Diva (now a two-year supporter of the Fast-A-Thon!)

http://www.dashingdivamadison.com/
You can find them at 1335 Madison Avenue (between 93rd and 94th Street).

Also, thank you, Dr. Wyatt, Dr. M. Klotman, Dr. Lerner, and Dr. Perez (and mom and dad!) for your donations.
- Andrew Chow