Inquiry to help Guatemalan girl

Inquiry to help Guatemalan girl

Anthony T. Barr

7/15/2002

Tamara , Penny

In response to Airline Ambassador International request and for information
to the O&P subscribers, our organization has a prosthetist contact in
Guatemala thru The Barr Foundation's Central and South American Project
Coordinator Eddy Fuentes CPO at Shriners Hospital in St.Louis or his brother
and prosthetist Julio Fuentes in Guatemala, at the above cc e-mail address.

The Barr Foundation would be pleased to work with Airline Ambassador
International in this and other third world efforts.
However,a child at 9 years old will require multiple fittings until she is
full grown, perhaps as often as every 6 months.
If accepted by Shriners Children's Hospital, she could receive all
prosthetic care free of charge until she is 18 years of age.
It is for this reason the Barr Foundation normally recommends that
enrollment for full prosthetic care at a Shriner's Children Hospital's O&P
facility be pursued.

Perhaps AAI can help the Barr Foundation in donating the transportation of
the little girl to Shriners to receive treatment or help the Barr Foundation
and the OPAF sponsor her treatment.

Shriners Children Hospital O&P Clinic in Tampa Florida is 813-975-7139

Anthony T. Barr
President
Barr Foundation
www.oandp.com/barr

----- Original Message -----
From: Tamara Bibby < <Email Address Redacted> >
To: < <Email Address Redacted> >
Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 11:17 AM
Subject: [OANDP-L] FYI - FW: Inquiry to help Guatemalan girl


> Members of the O&P Community,
>
> The below correspondence from Ms. Penny Rambacher was received by OPAF
this
> morning. In efforts to assist Ms. Rambacher, OPAF is pleased to pass this
> along to the O&P community.
>
> If you or someone you know is interested in assisting Ms. Rambacher,
please
> contact her via email at <Email Address Redacted>
>
> Thank you.
>
> Tamara Bibby
>
> --------------------------------------------------------
> Tamara N. Bibby
> Program Coordinator
> Orthotic & Prosthetic Assistance Fund, Inc. (OPAF)
> 330 John Carlyle Street, Suite 200
> Alexandria, Virginia 22314
> Tel 571.431.0831
> eFax 415.534.1857
> Email tnb @opfund.org <mailto:<Email Address Redacted>>
> Web www.opfund.org
>
> Support OPAF through our web site www.opfund.org/support/
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: P R [mailto:<Email Address Redacted>]
> Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 9:57 AM
> To: <Email Address Redacted>
> Subject: Inquiry to help Guatemalan girl
>
>
> I am a volunteer for Airline Ambassadors - a charity that hand delivers
aid
> to poor children in 3rd world countries. I came across a 9 year old girl
at
> an orphanage in Puerto Barrios, Guatemala who is missing a hand and foot.
I
> would like to find a prosthetic charity that helps children in 3rd world
> countries, to make little Gloria a prosthetic. Does your organization do
> this? Or do you know of an organization that does?
> Thank you,
> Penny Rambacher
> Miami Regional Director
> Airline Ambassadors International
> www.AirlineAmb.org
>
>
>