The American Academy of Osteopathy Celebrates GivingTuesday, joining millions around the world participating in the global generosity movement on November 28, 2023
Jasmine Eisinger, Communications
American Academy of Osteopathy
Phone: 317-879-1881
Email: [email protected]
Indianapolis, IN, November 13, 2023 – This GivingTuesday, The American Academy of Osteopathy (AAO) will inspire generosity by raising funds for osteopathic medical students to attend the premier hands-on osteopathic medical conference, Convocation. Convocation is scheduled for March 2024 and is the largest hands-on neuromusculoskeletal specialty college conference in the country, boasting over 1,000 physician, resident, and student attendees.
GivingTuesday is a global generosity movement, unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and their world. GivingTuesday will kick off the generosity season this year by inspiring people to give back on November 28, 2023, and throughout the year.
All funds raised during GivingTuesday for the Nicholas S. Nicholas student scholarship fund assists osteopathic medical students (OMS)—over one quarter of all medical students in the US—to attend Convocation.
“A deep, heartfelt thank you for awarding me with financial assistance from the Nicholas S. Nicholas fund for Convocation! This helps me tremendously and I am very excited to attend,” said Hannah, a second-year OMS.
Other recipients of scholarship funds last year reflected on their Convocation 2023 experience.
“I thoroughly enjoyed convocation and deepening my [osteopathic manipulative medicine] knowledge,” said Kimberly. “There were so many great sessions, and I learned so many new avenues of treatment I can explore in the future. The knowledge available at Convocation far exceeded what I had learned thus far in the classroom and made me feel far more confident in my intrinsic diagnostic skills. Thank you again for the opportunity!”
Other funds accepting donations include the annual Golden Ram Society campaign, the AAO Journal fund for osteopathic medicine research, or the Anne L. Kempf Memorial Fund for CME post-graduate education.
GivingTuesday was launched in 2012 as a simple idea: to create a day that encourages people to do good. Over the past 11 years, this idea has grown into a global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity.
People demonstrate generosity in many ways on GivingTuesday. Whether it’s helping a neighbor or stranger out, showing up for an issue or people we care about, or giving to causes we care about, every act of generosity counts. GivingTuesday has raised billions of dollars for critical causes around the world and gets billions of impressions on social media from people and organizations speaking up for the causes that matter to them and encouraging others to get involved in their communities.
“GivingTuesday inspires people all around the world to embrace their power to drive progress around the causes they care about, not just on one day but throughout the year,” said Asha Curran, GivingTuesday’s CEO, and co-founder. “With country and community leaders, millions of organizations, and countless givers of all kinds, GivingTuesday is creating a shared space where we can see the radical implications of a more generous world.”
If you are interested in joining AAO’s GivingTuesday initiative, visit the AAO donation page, visit the AAO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/American.Academy.Osteopathy or the AAO X (formerly Twitter) page https://twitter.com/AmAcadOsteo
For more details about the GivingTuesday movement, visit the GivingTuesday website www.givingtuesday.org, Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/GivingTuesday or follow @GivingTuesday and #GivingTuesday on Instagram
About The American Academy of Osteopathy
The United States currently has more than 120,000 osteopathic physicians. Also known as DOs, osteopathic physicians are fully licensed physicians, as are MDs. The profession has grown 63% in the past decade and nearly 300% over the past three decades. Osteopathic physicians prescribe medicine and practice in all specialties, including osteopathic manipulative medicine, family medicine, psychiatry, obstetrics and gynecology, and surgery. They are trained to consider the health of the whole person and to use their hands to help diagnose and treat patients.
The mission of the American Academy of Osteopathy is to teach, promote, and research the science, art and philosophy of osteopathic medicine, emphasizing the integration of osteopathic principles and practice in patient care. Founded in 1937, the Academy is a specialty college of the American Osteopathic Association.
About GivingTuesday
GivingTuesday is a global generosity movement unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the world. GivingTuesday was created in 2012 as a simple idea: a day that encourages people to do good. Over the past eleven years, it has grown into a global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity.
Whether it’s making someone smile, helping a neighbor or stranger out, showing up for an issue or people we care about, or giving some of what we have to those who need our help, every act of generosity counts and everyone has something to give. GivingTuesday strives to build a world in which the catalytic power of generosity is at the heart of the society we build together, unlocking dignity, opportunity, and equity around the globe.
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