5 www.east.org Are Your Dues Up-To-Date? Dues renewal is right around the corner-please make sure to meet the June 30th deadline. You won’t want to miss a moment of the education, leadership opportunities and career development happening daily at EAST. More than 2,000 members now, many participate in EAST’s unique leadership and education programs. EAST not only nurtures the young trauma surgeons, but helps those at all stages in their career. There are an abundance of opportunities to network, mentor, collaborate within EAST’s meeting, committees and online. THANK YOU! “Pay It Forward” Day Inspired by the book and movie, ‘Pay it Forward,’ international Pay it Forward Day, held annually in April, involves people performing acts of kindness for others without expecting anything in return. Instead, recipients are asked to pay the kindness forward to others in need, creating a ripple effect of giving. On Friday, April 28, 2017, the members of EAST epitomized the spirit of Pay it Forward Day by raising more than $7,000 for the EAST Development Fund to support initiatives designed to reduce the incidence of trauma and improve the care of the injured patient. The initiatives supported by the Fund are in the areas of research, injury control and violence prevention, education and leadership development. Thanks to everyone’s generous contributions, we can continue to offer valuable initiatives in research such as the Trauma Research Scholarship and the Multicenter Trials Junior Investigator Award, while developing tomorrow’s leaders in trauma and acute care surgery through programs such as the Leadership Development Workshop series. Thank you for your support. Together we can continue making a difference in advancing the care and rehabilitation of the injured patient. By Robert D. Barraco, MD, MPH, FACS, EAST Development Committee Chair