HAYDEN

Hayden is a awesome little kid who helped get our project on its feet. A little boy who has been battling cancer since the age of 16 months. Because of Hayden I was contacted by at least 4 other families in Cedar City and Enoch who have been affected by this condition. He is the reason the donor regeterity has 68+ candidates added. An inspiration to us all.

Austin Andrews

Layton, Utah

Bachelor of Fine Arts: Technical Theatre & Design

Leadership Engagement

Bone Marrow Donor Drive

In a two-day live event, I with the help of my coworker sand collogues held a bone marrow drive to find viable candidates for bone marrow donation. We are doing this in partnership with Be the Match, the national bone marrow donor registry for the US and the world. In each live event we swab the potential candidates and send the results to the registry. Then they wait until they are matched with a person in need of a transplant.  

My project came actually came to me through a coworkers history. Our “poster Child” Hayden. He is the son of my coworker who was diagnosed with Leukemia at age of 16 months, and recently another coworker had a family member diagnosed with leukemia at the age of 16 yr. I took it on for them.

Some of the challenge I found were people. People have sever misconceptions about bone marrow donation. They believe they it is painful and that is a durance to donate. Also the time constraint. People lead busy lives. Its hard to find people who say they will find the time to donate if ever called to.

It’s a bone marrow drive, to help rid cancer.

My project not only bring me joy to see others help and step up to donate, but it also shows other people that we all aren’t heartless. It makes everyone human. It brings me joy to see others get excited to save lives.

“Its incredible how something as simple as a check swap can be a stepping stone to saving a life.”

                                                -Percy Talbot

Collaborative Leadership

Viable Bone Marrow Donor

Abstract

I will be serving as the Vice President of a student chapter of USITT; a National recognized organization that allows young technicians and designers to network and gain experience. My goal will be to provide fundraisers and leadership on how to get our chapter to the conference to find employment for our club members.

Be the Match is a national organization whose main goal is to find donors for patients who suffer from various forms of Leukemia and other life threating diseases.  I propose a project that allows testing by a simple swab of both cheek, for employees of premier pediatrics, and myself and for the duration of a month, parents with their children’s well child check; along with a dedicated day for just testing. With this project we want to expand the search for viable bone marrow donors to save lives of those nationwide

I changed it because a new and more relevant opportunity was given to me. A chance to save lives with my edge project.

Goals

Get SUU USITT Chapter to the conference this year. It will be held in SLC 2. Train underclassmen of the professionally of the theatre world 3. Show other students how to network and market themselves in the professional industry.

The goal was to train and get volunteers to run and work with Be the Match in finding viable candidates for bone marrow donation.

My goal changed when I changed my project

Objectives 

To obtain a higher knowledge on how to train other people as a group. 2. How to work cohesively with other board members.

The new objective was to spread awareness about bone marrow donation and how it affect anyone anywhere.

They were met, because I had a wide range of volunteers who heard about what I was doing and wanted to help out with the donor drive.

Deliverables 

A new set of Constitution and Bylaws regarding policy on new members and the expectations of the board members training.

Over 200 donor check swabs for viable candidates to be put on the donor registry.

My Objectives:

1: Educate about bone marrow donation
2: Find bone marrow donors for the national registry
3: Help find matches to save lives across the nation and world

My Project is one to educate people about bone marrow donation as well as finding viable candidates for the Bone Marrow donation registry. This is don't in compliance with Be the Match. The national bone marrow registry.

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My Edge Project

Premier Pediatrics
09/12/16

                                                 

PROJECT PROPOSAL

“Be the Match”

Austin Andrews

801.540.5579 andrewsaustin1@gmail.com

I.     Summary.. 2

II.    Introduction.. 2

III.   Needs/Problems. 2

IV.   Goals/Objectives. 2

V.    Procedures/Scope of Work.. 2

VI.   Timetable. 2

VII.  Budget. 2

VIII. Key Personnel. 2

IX.   Evaluation.. 2

X.    Endorsements. 2

XI.   Next Steps. 2

XII.  Appendix.. 2

1.        Summary

Be the Match is a national organization whose main goal is to find donors for patients who suffer from various forms of Leukemia and other life threating diseases.  I propose a project that allows testing by a simple swab of both cheek, for employees of premier pediatrics, and myself and for the duration of a month, parents with their children’s well child check; along with a dedicated day for just testing. With this project we want to expand the search for viable bone marrow donors to save lives of those nationwide

            Be the Match project would count towards my Southern Utah University Edge Project. The Edge Project is a experiential learning tool that every SUU student is required to do. The goal is to get students involved in the community and to help better Cedar City as a whole. With this project I do not foresee any expenses. Should any arise, funds are available to students who apply for Edge Grants, the amounts differs between project caliber and amount of people involved.

            We’ve asked Premier Pediatrics locations in Hurricane and Cedar City to participate publicly of our event as well as allowing us to use the facilities on day where there is not a regular clinic day scheduled. This would allow us to utilize an organized, and well known space to host our specimen collection. Once collected, the specimens will be sent for testing at the regional office in Salt Lake City. If a donor match is found they will be notified by the office in question on further steps of donation.

2.        Introduction

As stated in my summary, I am a student at Southern Utah University who wants to utilize this opportunity for my EDGE Project. It would further my experience with patient care in the healthcare field.

            Doing this project in the Clinic spaces would allow certain public attention  that our clinics do not normally receive. It would show to our community that we have multiple interest in support of those in need.  I have already received interest from Nursing students at Southern Utah University who want to join our cause and help us achieve our goals. With that resource available to us it allows a unique and board opportunity to get the cause out in the community in Cedar City and St. George. We have multiple patients as well as employees in our clinics who have been affected by this awful disease. With the support from those individuals I believe our reason and cause to be strong.

            Specifics of the drive are as follows; We would offer a simple cheek swap for any parent who meets certain criteria that allows them to be a viable candidate for donation. This portion would last an entire month. In that month we would host a special donation day where employees and other community members from the hospitals and other clinics can come to donate. This would be applicable to both clinic locations.

3.           Needs/Problems

Some issues that are being accounted for:

• People not volunteering hours to assist.
• It can be avoided by recruiting the rural health scholars at both universities for service hours. As well as premier pediatric employees.
• Cost Issues:
• Funds from the EDGE center could accommodate any cost that arises.
• The Time frame
• I believe that we have plenty of time to put together this drive. Especially with the amount of support at the clinic. The entire project, including pre planning, will span from the current date (9/12/16) to November 30^th.

4.        Goals/Objectives

•     To spread awareness of Leukemia and other diseases needing bone marrow transplants in everyday lives.  

•           To find viable donors for patients in need of bone marrow nationwide

•           To boast company morale with the hopes to continue this annually  

• Receive a minimum of 500 cheek swabs total.
  
  

5.        Procedures/Scope of Work

The test to see if someone is a viable candidate is a simple cheek swab on both sides . More details will come with the information provided by the national office.

6.        Timetable

	Description of Work	Start and End Dates
Phase One	Pre planning	Sept 15-Oct 15
Phase Two	Receiving kits and Volunteers	Oct 15-Oct 30
Phase Three	Month of Testing	NOVEMBER

You can also use a Gantt chart for more detailed project timetable:

ACTIVITY	IMPLEMENTATION TIME			RESPONSIBILITY
1. Design and implement training program for project management	Month 1	Month 2	Month 3
	Sept-Oct	Oct 15-30	Oct 29th	Program Manager (PM)
1.1. Conduct needs assessment	Sept 12
1.2. Conduct training			Oct 29th	Consultant
2. Improve procedure for project management	Oct 16			New Training methods
2.1. Conduct management audit of current procedures			Nov 15th	Check on quality of test

7.        Budget

State the proposed costs and budget of the project. Also include information on how you intend to manage the budget.

	Description of Work	Start and End Dates
Phase One	Pre planning	Sept 15-Oct 15	o.oo
Phase Two	Receiving kits and Volunteers	Oct 15-Oct 30	0.00
Phase Three	Month of Testing	NOVEMBER	0.00
		Total	$   0.00

8.        Key Personnel

List the key personnel who will be responsible for completion of the project, as well as other personnel involved in the project.

Leader	Austin Andrews
Leader	Sarah Tripp-Johnson
Leader	Ashley Werber
Premier Pediatrics	CLINC

9.        Evaluation

To evaluate the success of the project I will compare our goals of donation to the amount of donations revived. With this evaluation I will take the information to hopefully continue this project in future years with more success.

10.  Endorsements

Premier Pediatrics 1251 Northfield Rd Suite 301 Cedar City UT, 84721

Southern Utah University 351 West Center Street Cedar City UT, 84720

Be the Match National Bone Marrow Donation Center  

11.  Next Steps

Specify the actions required of the readers of this document.

•           Approval to continue with this project

•           Spread the word to other local companies.

•           Get additional funding (if applicable)

12.  Appendix

Provide supporting material for your proposal here. It may be:

·      Premier Pediatrics testimonies

·      Stats from “Be the Match”

·      SUU Nursing Department

·      SUU Edge Department

Austin Andrews                               Sarah Johnson                Ashley Werber

Project Manager		Project Manager		Project Manager