b'www.east.org 7EAST Development Fund Donor StoryDonna A. Nayduch,RN, MSN, ACNP,Dear Fellow EAST Members: TCRN, CAISSI would like to sincerely thank you for donating to the EAST Development Fund. Last year, we raised more than $96,000 to fund life-saving research in the fields of trauma, injury control, andIt was 1997 when I was violence prevention. This year, were hoping to raise $100,000offered the opportunity to continue to support awards such as the EAST Multicenterto be the first nurse Trials Junior Investigator Award and the EAST Trauma Researchofficially inducted into Scholarship among many others. EAST as an Associate EAST holds a special place in the trauma community by giving youngmember in 1998. I jumped researchers a platform to advance science and educate others. Dr.at the chance and was Michael Cripps, MD, an EAST donor and the 2015 EAST Traumaimmediately involved in Research Scholarship recipient, said it best:writing EAST Practice Management Guidelines As an assistant professor with a desire to discover newand put on the EASTmethods of caring for the injured, Ive found that in this era ofMembership Committee.limited resources, startup funding for novel investigators andIm still on the Membership projects is scarce. The EAST Research Scholarship has givenCommittee 20 years later me the phenomenal opportunity both to create a new projectand dedicated to this from the ground up and to build the foundation to become aorganization, which grows funded, independent investigator in the future. our young surgeons as well as provides a place I contribute on an automatic basis. You can too. Even $20 afor us elders who can month can make a difference in the long run. Visit www.east.org/ oversee where we are development/donate and opt in for recurring donations on a monthly,going with our patients. quarterly, or annual basis. Opt out at any time. Gifts to EAST, a 501(c) I am grateful for the (3) organization, are tax deductibleopportunity, and thats (consult your tax advisor) andwhy I support EAST!help fuel the innovation and life-learning critical to your profession while helping to change the lives of patients.Thank you for your support!Sincerely,Babak Sarani, MD, FACS, FCCM Chair of the EAST Development CommitteeInterested in sharing your EAST donor story with our community? Please submit the following form online. If you have any questions, please contact us.'