itida

ironically, this year my school's club sold krispy kreme donuts (since we wanted to raise money for our club and they are popular). everyone was joking about how the physicians wanted more patients by selling such fatty food :P

for suggestions--maybe sell fruit cups? or sliced watermelon really cheap (a quarter a slice) is a good idea (i've tried it before and it's an okay seller) especially if the day is going to be hot where you are located

itida

hi guys, actually I just had a great idea and I was wondering if anyone wanted to support me on this initiative.

NewDra24's comment and also seeing the popularity of the FDA or FPA clubs sparked me to think: I WANT TO START A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION!

pm me/email me (there's a function to do that) if you're interested and I can start drafting some stuff.

drsarah

wow, watermelon is a good idea...fruit cups are ok too..the problem is i have ZERO ideas that relate to my club, so ANY ideas are good right now, thanks...i really like my gum idea, though

BTW, I'm TOTALLY interested...this is me saying yes on this thread. count me in.(i didn't pm you btw, why is making it national important?

itida

haha thanks drsarah! well I know that there are hundreds of thousands of high schoolers that are interested in becoming doctors so I think there is a real need for some place/organization that could consolidate all the resources/etc for these students. plus it would totally create support for small clubs (which is important) and provide a place to go for activities/ideas

I'm just thinking a national org could provide conferences, speakers, networks of doctors in all areas (because doctors would be really excited to support a large organization vs. just a small 10 member club for example..), mentors (both college pre-med students, current med students, and doctors) among many other potential activities.

I really think the mentoring aspect could become big after a few years. Everyone passing through the FPA organization could sign up as a mentor and give advice to people all over the country and be paired up with high schoolers in their area/college students in their area/or even at their same college (e.g. juniors/seniors in college mentoring frosh/soph)

drsarah--what kind of role do you think you'd like to take in implementing this? at the moment I'm mass emailing all the FPA presidents I know/can find about this idea

drsarah

any role..i guess..not sure how you're going to make it 'national'... i already have speakers coming into my club...pretty exciting, just don't know how to recruit members.

tip #1 from Sarah==> mybrochuremaker.com is pretty sweet for flyers.

drsarah

BUMP:

Had first meeting Thursday...10 members showed up which was pretty exciting...I heard more people were talking about it, adn they just didn't show b/c they weren't sure of locations...I already have a publicist working on a website. this is pretty awesome.

drsarah

bump bump bump

Aspen D

had 50 ppl roughly at meeting excellent

T0N1CH1

i wannna start one at my community college. what's a nice name. Pre-Med Club? Future Doctors of America Club (FDA)?

either that or


Pre-Dental Club, Future Dentists of America Club (FDA)







...we are all soooo getting into either med school or dental school.

Aspen D

we did FPA..not FDA ...fda sounds like food and drug admin

md4me

pm me and i can get it started at my school if its going to be a national thing!

Aspen D

who's pmming whom

itida

I guess I am...since I'm trying to organize a national org...

p.s. Aspen D could you pm me your email or something so I can add your school to the contact list?

sangeeta93

how would you even start a future doctors of america club? do you go to lynbrook? that's the only school i know in east san jose . how would you organize the club? do you guys, as a group volunteer? give me details!!!!! tons of details .

choochootrain

hello. i am the new vice president of FPA, and its amazing to see these new ideas that can be added to the club this year.

im excited to plan out this year: just as much fun as you guys seem to be having with this club.

well, ill check back every now and then, and ill ask for advices when i come across something tough.

thank you!