EAST Foundation Mission: 
   To assure the future for the care, investigation and prevention of injury.

The Foundation was officially incorporated in 2002 for the purpose of providing the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST) the capability to fully achieve its objective of supporting and promoting the key missions of EAST, including the care, investigation, and prevention of injury, trauma education, and encouraging the development of the young trauma practitioner and investigator. This would be accomplished by raising funds and managing their growth through prudent investment, without the restrictions imposed upon EAST as a nonprofit corporation. EAST is the sole member of the EAST Foundation, Inc. and has the authority to appoint the Foundation Board of Trustees thus ensuring that its vision continues in the right direction; the Foundation is otherwise free of any direction or control by EAST over its activities.

The Foundation seeks your support as an EAST member to fulfill its mission: Assuring the future for the care, investigation, and prevention of injury. As our financial resources grow, we envision several projects to support this mission. Already, the EAST Foundation is managing the funds for the Scott B. Frame Memorial Lecture, the Raymond H. Alexander, MD Resident Paper Competition, the John M. Templeton, Jr., MD Injury Prevention Paper Competition, and the Wyeth Scholarship. Other plans for the future include such ideas as a conference for trauma nurses and fellows; funding of liaisons with other organizations involved in trauma care; expanding lectureships by major figures at the annual EAST meeting; and support of public advocacy and legislation on behalf of victims of injury. Fundraising has already been quite successful from the EAST membership. The Board of Trustees of both EAST and the EAST Foundation have pledged their full commitment by contributing to the Foundation, to demonstrate to you, the EAST members, the utmost importance they attach to this endeavor.

Please consider a yearly, tax-deductible contribution to this worthy cause. You, your colleagues, and your profession are the direct beneficiaries. The Board of Trustees of the EAST Foundation is available to you for any questions or suggestions you may have and is grateful for your generosity.

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For questions or information regarding the EAST Foundation,
please email eastfoundation@east.org.