URIEL MEDICAL FOUNDATION

Morningstar Quilts: Designed created and distributed quilts to new mothers at Morningstar public nonprofit. Approximately 300 hours of time for this initiative.

High School Research Program. This program was developed to provide rural high school students an opportunity to have access to mentorship from physicians and top tier college students through research collaboration. Students from rural settings often have limited access to educational advancement mentorship resulting in lost opportunities for the student and the community. The goal of this project is provide rural high school students insight to educational and research opportunities around the world aimed at developing youth who may return to their rural communities following their advanced education infusing new expertise and innovation into the rural setting. Two volunteers worked on this program. Five high school students from around the country participated in this program and the previous years' participants were accepted to various colleges around the country. 12 group meetings per year; 12 additional smaller group meetings; 2 publications.

Rural Medical Outreach. Barriers to medical care are particularly acute in rural areas with limited resources. These barriers can be due to lack of care available within short distances education levels of the population among several other factors. The UMF is evaluating these barriers to care and strategizing approaches to address the barriers through coordinating relationships between rural hospitals medical providers and researchers. This is a multi-year ongoing project. Coordination continues with two UMF volunteers three rural hospitals a private practice clinic and a large research organization. Approximately 300 hours of UMF volunteer time.