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ARIZONA
AMPUTEE FOUNDATION
MISSION
STATEMENT
Our mission is to lend assistance to the Amputee's of
Arizona and beyond by any available means which are
reasonable and forthright. The areas of assistance,
when funds are available, will be in the form of:
Financial
assistance for prosthesis procurement and repair;
Tax
deductible receipts to amputees or their families
for prostheses that are donated to the AAF Limb Bank;
Education
for all parties associated with the prosthetic treatment
of amputees; Athletic
Amputee Sports sponsorships.
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
As funds are available, selected amputees will receive
prosthetic care that is paid partially or in full by
the AAF. The AAF is a new philanthropic entity and will
require that a whole host of other larger resources
be exhausted first, ie, Easter Seals, MDA, local churches,
etc. The AAF will subrogate to any third party payer
without question. This prosthetic care can be in the
following forms;
- Funds
will be dispersed to a Prosthetic lab on the behalf
of the amputee in question, after approval.
- A
prosthetist may be contracted to build each prosthesis,
which ever is less expensive to AAF. This will be
the case more often when parts from the Limb Bank
are used.
TAX
DEDUCTABLE RECEIPTS
One of the greatest resources that AAF offers is to
allow amputees and their families a means of recouping
some of the value of a donated prosthesis. These donations
occur generally because of death or physiological change.
Any donations valued at more than $500 must be appraised
by a third party in the field of prosthetics or orthotics.
EDUCATION
Education is of paramount importance in the prosthetic
field. It plays a greater role in the prosthetic field
over other medical fields because it is such a small
and obscure industry. Education of the amputee is our
main focus, but almost as important is the education
of prosthetic personnel.
The AAF will supply local support groups and prosthetic
facilities with educational material in printed form.
The general public may also be better informed by public
service announcements.
The AAF will subsidize the continuing education cost
of the prosthetist or prosthetic facility that it chooses
to use. This assures that the amputees treated by the
AAF will get the best of care with state-of-the-art
technology.
As a future goal, the AAF will establish a scholarship
fund to sponsor a student through college to become
a Prosthetist. The prerequisites are that they be under
the age of twenty, live in Maricopa County, Arizona,
USA and have over 4 years experience as an orthotic
and prosthetic tech. A further prerequisite is that
the recipient of this scholarship sign a contract and
agree to five hours of community service to the AAF
every month for four years.
AMPUTEE SPORTS
As a lower but still very important goal, the AAF will
sponsor amputees in different sporting events. This
sponsorship may come in the form of entry fees, travel
or equipment. The AAF may also host a sporting event
such as a golf tournament as a ways-and-means project
for the general fund.
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