2010 Volunteers of the Year
Every year, we honor people who best
exemplify the values and ethic of Genesis World Mission and the work we
want to accomoplish. For the first time in our ten year history, we
decided it was most appropriate to select a volunteer from each of our
projects to demonstrate the variety of ways we're inspiring healthy
communities. We'd like to introduce you to them now.
Garden City Community Clinic - Gabe Garber, MD
As a hospitalist of St. Luke’s Internal Medicine, Dr. Gabe Garber is used to seeing really sick people, but only gets to know them really well over the course of a week. So, when he comes to treat lower-income, uninsured patients at the Garden City Community Clinic, he enjoys the more leisurely pace of learning about people over months and even years.
During 2010, Dr. Garber has proven to be a strong anchor for our Wednesday morning clinic, allowing us to treat patients with a host of disease incidence. His quiet and gentle demeanor is appreciated by patients and staff alike and he represents the kind-heartedness that the Clinic seeks to portray.
“We physicians have a good life and there’s a lot of people who need to have a lot of help. I’m just glad to have a place where I can volunteer the skills and gifts I have,” says Dr. Garber.
Volunteer Physicians Network - Idaho Urologic Institute
If you talk with the founding physicians of Idaho Urologic Institute, the word “ethos” comes up an awful lot. One of the core principles that brought together a handful of individual urology practices to form a group in 2005 was this common value of serving those in financial need.
When the Volunteer Physicians Network launched in 2006, IUI was in on the ground floor, ready to help provide a place for referrals to come to from the Ada County safety-net clinics: Terry Reilly, Family Medicine Health Center, and the Garden City Community Clinic. Since then, they have provided consultations and surgical services to patients who have little other recourse for treatment. With a state-of-the-art medical facility in Meridian as well as offices in Boise, Nampa and Caldwell, they serve as a shining and generous example that good business goes hand in hand with good works.
Genesis International - David Hall
A couple of years ago, Dave Hall had a casual breakfast with his neighbors, Dr. Karl and Teina Watts. Breakfast turned into lunch and lunch turned into dinner with a day-long discussion of faith, mission, and sacrifice. Facing retirement from a career in the armed services, he began to ask himself how he would replace that sense of purpose that had become so central to his existence.
Shortly thereafter, he accepted an invitation to join the Genesis World Mission board of directors and the international committee. Over the past 18 months, David has worked closely with Tracy Haworth, the international director, to define a clear process of project development and sustainability.
Taking five trips to Malindi, Kenya during this period, the same skills that made him a successful Army Colonel have been used to rapidly progress Genesis’ second long-term international project. This in spite of cancelled medical camps due to volcanic ash, budget uncertainties, and raging rivers to cross. Thank you David Hall for your dedication to the people of Kenya through Genesis World Mission.
Garden City Community Clinic - Gabe Garber, MD
As a hospitalist of St. Luke’s Internal Medicine, Dr. Gabe Garber is used to seeing really sick people, but only gets to know them really well over the course of a week. So, when he comes to treat lower-income, uninsured patients at the Garden City Community Clinic, he enjoys the more leisurely pace of learning about people over months and even years.
During 2010, Dr. Garber has proven to be a strong anchor for our Wednesday morning clinic, allowing us to treat patients with a host of disease incidence. His quiet and gentle demeanor is appreciated by patients and staff alike and he represents the kind-heartedness that the Clinic seeks to portray.
“We physicians have a good life and there’s a lot of people who need to have a lot of help. I’m just glad to have a place where I can volunteer the skills and gifts I have,” says Dr. Garber.
Volunteer Physicians Network - Idaho Urologic Institute
If you talk with the founding physicians of Idaho Urologic Institute, the word “ethos” comes up an awful lot. One of the core principles that brought together a handful of individual urology practices to form a group in 2005 was this common value of serving those in financial need.
When the Volunteer Physicians Network launched in 2006, IUI was in on the ground floor, ready to help provide a place for referrals to come to from the Ada County safety-net clinics: Terry Reilly, Family Medicine Health Center, and the Garden City Community Clinic. Since then, they have provided consultations and surgical services to patients who have little other recourse for treatment. With a state-of-the-art medical facility in Meridian as well as offices in Boise, Nampa and Caldwell, they serve as a shining and generous example that good business goes hand in hand with good works.
Genesis International - David Hall
A couple of years ago, Dave Hall had a casual breakfast with his neighbors, Dr. Karl and Teina Watts. Breakfast turned into lunch and lunch turned into dinner with a day-long discussion of faith, mission, and sacrifice. Facing retirement from a career in the armed services, he began to ask himself how he would replace that sense of purpose that had become so central to his existence.
Shortly thereafter, he accepted an invitation to join the Genesis World Mission board of directors and the international committee. Over the past 18 months, David has worked closely with Tracy Haworth, the international director, to define a clear process of project development and sustainability.
Taking five trips to Malindi, Kenya during this period, the same skills that made him a successful Army Colonel have been used to rapidly progress Genesis’ second long-term international project. This in spite of cancelled medical camps due to volcanic ash, budget uncertainties, and raging rivers to cross. Thank you David Hall for your dedication to the people of Kenya through Genesis World Mission.