Integrative Clinics International

“Spring at the Beach”

 04.04.09

5pm - 12 midnight

*Good Music* Good Food* Good Wine* Good Company*

and a Good Cause!!!

 

Join us for an exclusive event held at a Malibu beachouse steps from the ocean.

 

Organic and Biodynamic Wine Tasting provided by:

Frey Wineries & Magnanimus Wine Group~ Mendocino, Ca

 

 

Jamaican Food by Derricks

 

Vegetarian Ethiopian Food also available

 

 

Acoustic Musicians

Alex Painter

Suzie Suh

Shakespeare

Colleen Lovejoy

 

DJ’s

Al Jackson (Soul Children)

Loslito (Rootdown)

Anthony Psalms

 

 

 

ICI will be sending a team of medical professionals to Falmouth, Jamaica April 16 – 26^th to serve communities badly in need of health care. For 9 years, we have been sending Doctors, Dentists, Nurses, Medical Students, Chiropractors, Acupuncturists and community advocates to areas of need.

 

This fundraiser will generate funds for necessary supplies including medicine and items to sustain care between visits.

 

We are asking that you donate $20 or more per person to ICI (a registered Non-profit 501(c)3 ).  Please e-mail contactici@yahoo.com to reserve your spot.  You can pay when you arrive at the event.  Please write Malibu Beach Party in the subject.

 

 Due to the private nature of this event, space is limited. Invite your friends and family and secure your spots now. Kids are welcome and free!

 

We will send you the address upon receipt of your donation.  Hope to see you there!

 

It is that time again. We will be back in Jamaica April 16th - 26th, 2009 providing medical care in Falmouth, Jamaica, and Nine Miles, Jamaica. We have 14 providers attending including 7 doctors, 1 dentist and 6 medical students. In addition to the medicines that we have purchased, we have received a generous donation of medicines from Americares (www.americares.org). This included many of the important medicines we use to treat high blood pressure, arthritis and allergies to name just a few conditions. We anticipate treating about 300 patients at the clinic in Falmouth in addition to another 200-300 patients in Nine Miles. One of the most exciting parts of this trip will be the additional time we are spending in the rural Nine Miles area as we are slowly transitioning from a one day health fair there to providing more frequent care. We have been partnering with the Bob Marley Group of Companies (  http://www.bobmarley-foundation.com/) and U.R.G.E. (http://www.ziggymarley.com/urge-bulletins.php) to expand the holistic medical services available to that community. Are you a health care professional interested in a future trip? Contact us at www.icihealth.org.

On Wednesday November 27th Legendary Bingo at Hamburger Mary’s hosted Integrative Clinics International. Many thanks to those who came out looking for a good time the night before Thanksgiving. For those of you who did not make it, you have never seen bingo like this before. For almost 10 years Legendary Bingo has been opening its doors to help non-profits raise money for their work and we were thrilled to be there. Actor Romany Malco (”Weeds”, “The 40 Year Old Virgin”, “Love Guru”, “Blades of Glory” to name a few) co-hosted the night and kept everybody laughing. In the end we raised almost $1500 towards the medicines we will be purchasing for the next Jamaica Medical Mission Trip in April 2009. Thank you to Romany for his great MC ing and to Jeffrey Bowman for all his work at Legendary Bingo and generosity in hosting ICI.

What a successful trip!

Not only did we continue with the busy clinic in Falmouth, Jamaica, but we also expanded our work in Nine Miles, the birthplace of Bob Marley, and are one step closer to establishing ongoing medical services in that rural community. The clinic in Falmouth saw us treating over 300 patients for a wide variety of medical conditions (diabetes, high blood pressure, arthritis, skin infections and minor surgeries to name a few) as well as providing comprehensive dental services (cleanings, fillings, extractions and even root canals) to over 40 patients.

At our rural health fair in Nine Miles we partnered with the Bob Marley Group of Companies, the Ministry of Health and Peace Corps volunteers to perform blood pressure & blood sugar screening, adult & pediatric doctor visits, health education, dental services, home visits and rapid HIV tests. We now have a dedicated doctor’s office, treatment rooms, storage facilities and running water on site to help further our goal of ongoing medical care to this community.

In addition to our partners we would like to thank Americares, The Medical Terrace Pharmacy, the family & friends of Ethel Green, the French family & friends and all those who attended our last fundraiser. Without your support we would not have been able to purchase, acquire and distribute the medicines to run our clinic.  We would also like to thank Sonosite for helping us purchase a beautiful portable ultrasound unit so that we can help diagnose and treat more complicated cases.

The photos on the side of the blog are courtesy of Andrew Pachon and show both our medical work and the beauty of Jamaica itself. Our next medical mission to Jamaica is April 17th-27th, 2009. If you would like to see how you can be a part of the work we do please contact us through the contact page of the website or the comments section of this blog.

The Colorado Wine Bar Networking event held on September 25th in Los Angeles was a great success. We were able to raise $2000 as a result of this event, both in attendees and contributions from those who could not attend. This is enough to cover the medicines and supplies for our October trip to Jamaica which leaves this Friday! Thank you for helping us meet our goal. Stay tuned for updates about this trip and other ICI projects.

Our next medical mission trip to Jamaica will be October 10th-19th, 2008. We will now be going to Jamaica twice a year and expanding our outreach in Nine Miles, Jamaica, the birthplace of Bob Marley. We have been working in Nine Miles for the last 6 years conducting a health fair. This rural area does not have a permanent clinical facility. We recently have taken the steps towards the creation of a full time clinic in partnership with the non-profit U.R.G.E. (Bob Marley Group of Companies). There have been several permanent rooms built specifically for the clinic at the Cedella Marley Booker Basic School where the health fair is held every year. Please check back for further updates on our progress in building this clinic.

Please come to the the wine tasting event this Thursday, Sept. 25th (see post below for details) at the Colorado Wine Company in Eagle Rock to help raise money for the necessary medicines and supplies.

Join us at the Colorado Wine Bar in Eagle Rock for a night of wine tasting and networking.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
6-10 pm at the
Colorado Wine Bar
2114 Colorado Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90041
(323) 478-1985
www.cowineco.com

Please reserve your place at this event by placing a donation in the amount of $45 to ICI by clicking here OR by visiting our website www.icihealth.org and clicking on the Contribute tab.

*Please fill in Colorado Wine Bar event in the Purpose Field for your PayPal payment.

Space is limited so please RSVP soon! You will receive an e-mail back from us confirming your donation and reservation at the event. This benefit will help pay for medicines and supplies for our newly expanded fall clinical trip to Jamaica. For more information about ICI’s activities in Jamaica and Ghana please click on the “About Us” link to the right.

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