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MAFP Board

	Samuel Crosby, MD, Nominating Committee Chair

Now's your chance to serve on the MAFP Board of Directors.  Board members are expected to attend meetings, and to take part in the decision-making process.  They are also required to exercise a reasonable degree of knowledge, skill and care in bringing their best judgment to the performance of their responsibilities.  It is the duty of the Board members to stay informed on the issues of the Mississippi Academy; to study the materials that are distributed to them; and to exercise sound judgment in arriving at decisions. At a meeting of the Board, it is important that Board members ask questions, express their thoughts, and receive ideas from other Board members to weigh pros and cons before reaching a decision. Please contact MAFP Executive Director  Beth Embry  or Nominating Committee Chair Dr. Samuel Crosby if you are interested. The following positions on the board will be filled by the Nominating Committee this year:

• Vice President (1-year term)
• Secretary (1-year term)
• District 1 Director representing George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River and Stone counties (2-year term)
• District 3 Director representing Adams, Amite, Clarke, Copiah, Franklin, Jasper, Jefferson, Kemper, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Leake, Lincoln, Neshoba, Newton, Noxubee, Pike, Scott, Simpson, Smith, Walthall, Wilkinson and Winston counties (2-year term)
• District 5 Director representing Madison and Rankin counties (2-year term)
• District 7 Director representing Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, DeSoto, Lafayette, Lowndes, Marshall, Monroe, Oktibbeha, Panola, Tate, Union, Webster, Yalobusha (2-year term)
• Member at Large (2-year term)

Shining the Light on Mental Health in Mississippi

Can you be there? MAFP Foundation is partnering with Vicksburg Medical Foundation to bring the nationally-acclaimed FOODPLAY school assembly program  to eight elementary schools in the Vicksburg Warren School District, April 10-13. We need family physicians, medical students and residents at the 45-minute presentation to represent MAFP Foundation, introduce the program and answer questions from kids in the audience. FOODPLAY is a school-wide assembly performance featuring the power of live theatre, amazing feats of juggling, music, magic, and audience participation to empower kids with the skills to take charge of growing up healthy, fit and active.  The program promotes the importance of school breakfast and lunch, and motivates kids to eat the healthy foods offered. FOODPLAY Productions is the winner of 10 national nutrition awards plus an Emmy for Outstanding Children and Youth Special.

 

WE NEED YOU for the following FOODPLAY dates and times in Vicksburg:

Contact Kay-Lynn Meador, MAFP Foundation and Workforce Director, if you can attend to represent MAFP at these events.

Now's your chance! If you're a resident, you can apply for a scholarship to attend the MAFP Annual Scientific Assembly in July, and it will cover your room, registration and meals at the 5-day event. The MAFP Annual Meeting provides opportunities for family physicians from across the state to connect with each other, network with those in collaborative roles and earn continuing medical education credits. If you're chosen, you'll enjoy the meeting at no charge.

 

A financial endowment was given to the MAFP Foundation in Dr. Dewitt G. Crawford's memory by Mrs. Dewitt G. Crawford to fund this scholarship. How does a resident qualify? One Dewitt G. Crawford, MD Scholarship will be awarded each year to a deserving resident who best demonstrates the character qualities of:

• leadership gained through life experience in their job, education, and/or service or volunteer opportunities

All completed applications must be submitted to Kay-Lynn Meador  no later than May 1 to be considered. Click here for the scholarship application.