Pressing On Toward The Goal

As we approach the end of calendar year 2007 we're 'fine-tuning' our stride for 2008. As incredulous as it may seem, 2008 has been here for quite some time. MEDICO has been engaged in preparation for the next year of mission service; accepting applications for field teams, ordering medicines and supplies, actively dialoging with host organizations, strategizing for our special Adopt-A-Village sites, examining the prospects for special water projects, facilitating the administrative responsibilities of operating a non-profit organization, and most of all, setting our sights on our mission objective of providing the highest quality, most comprehensive field team healthcare response for the people that need this care the most ~ the indigenous populations of Central America.

In the process of preparation for the actual year 2008 we're also looking at new and dynamic ways to engage the heart of the organization, our volunteers. We're examining new opportunities for service, for philanthropic interests, and for partnerships that will move us well into the future with an even bigger footprint of humanitarian care.

Now is the time to join in this development process of expanding growth and opportunity. We want to journey with you in celebration of the success of caring for the needy. We want to partner with you in anticipation of the prospects of global care. It is a team effort and your passion is what guides us.

Please give us a call today to hear more about the excitement brewing for 2008. (512)930-1893 or email at medico@medico.org .

May you have an abundant Thanksgiving holiday and may the joy of family and friends fill your heart and home.

From your family at MEDICO.

MEDICO Thank You and Welcome

MEDICO wishes to thank Mr. James Wochner, our exiting Board of Directors President for the wonderful job he provided the board over the past 3 years. His leadership has been an exemplary model providing a hands-on approach to the efficient operational directions of our leadership. Jim and his wife Rene'e have been MEDICO icons for many years serving on field teams throughout Honduras both as lay volunteers and as team leaders. We are deeply grateful for all he has provided and are thankful that he will still maintain a position on our Board of Directors offering guidance for at least the next year.

Jim has handed over this leadership role to Dr. Gretchen Ehresmann, an exceptionally qualified and similarly involved board member and volunteer for many, many years. Gretchen and her husband John have traveled into Honduras numerous times facilitating on teams as medical and dental doctors alike. Gretchen's heart is for the MEDICO mission in our Adopt-A-Village Initiative. She similarly shares a strong response to the educational component of our field teams serving throughout Central America.

We welcome the leadership of Dr. Ehresmann and embrace all she brings to the strategic objectives of our humanitarian service organization.