gave us greater reach. With direction from Mayan Families, in Panajachel, we lead remote clinics in four villages adjacent to Lake Atitlan. In July we ven-tured deep into Guatemala City to run a clinic for refugees of the mud slides and the volcanic eruption. It was rewarding to bring medical care to such over-looked communities. Stonecoast will be joining us again this Feb-ruary. Shared Beat is eager to see how we can expand on the experiences of last year. Shared Beat's board of directors continues to be an amazing group. I am fortunate to work with such talented individuals. We’re making the transition from a start up organization, establishing policies for govern-ance and sustainable projects. During a board retreat in May, we renewed our commitment, set long term goals, and clarified our mission. We are dedicated to strengthening our alliances, improving governance and

Shared Beat's fifth year was amazing. It has been incredible to watch our existing programs progress with success and to have the opportunity, through the dedication of our supporters, to expand each program. We continued our work at Safe Passage , offering vision & health clinics and health education. The Vitamin Program provided vitamins to 550 students in Safe Passage and 4800 additional students, elderly adults and pregnant women in a wide range of educational reinforcement centers. The expansion of our scholarship program allowed us to accept applications from throughout Guatemala. This year we are excited to have our first nursing graduates. Shared Beat medical teams offered clinics in remote areas of Guatemala. Last February we were joined by the Stonecoast Medical Teams from Maine. Their participation, along with many dedicated volunteers,

December 2010

Inside this issue:

Scholarship Program 2

Medication Update 2

Red Ribbon Week 3

Crawfish Boil 3

A Day in the Shelter 4

A Personal View 4

Financial Data 5

How You Can Help 6

Clinic Data 7

Prevention & Treatment 7

Volunteer of the Year 8

Our Treasures 8

Volunteers 9

Donors 10

Special points of interest:

Methodist Healthcare Ministries donates $5000 to purchase medication!

2010 Vitamin Program serving 5300 children, pregnant mothers and senior adults.

Two graduates, six new scholarship recipients, four students continuing!

Save-the-date Crawfish Boil 2011 April 9th!

Volunteers donate 7300 hours in 2010!

Can’t find a gift for the person who has every-thing? Make a donation in their honor. See page 6 for details.

I have a wonderful volunteer job. Aside from spending several months a year in Guatemala, my job touches every aspect of Shared Beat- volunteers, donors, students, teachers, parents, board members and partners. My position allows me to see the best of what we do. Here are three of my “Thumbs Up” events for 2010. One highlight this fall was pre-senting a healthcare scholarship on behalf of Shared Beat during the Adult Literacy Graduation at Safe Passage. Watching the four men and six women receive their 6th grade diplomas, the pride in their faces and in those of their family was truly inspirational.

Thumbs Up by Jenny Hartsell

Number three Thumbs Up is the new Shared Beat Blog. Board member Torri Wilson and her daughter Linden teamed up this summer to start the Blog. Visit the link on our website to read daily accounts of our medical outreach in July. Thanks Torri & Linden for this wonderful gift! There are many other Thumbs Up events throughout the news-letter. Read on and enjoy!

My second Thumbs Up involved the Shared Beat Emergency Fund for Safe Passage. The fund was depleted mid-year after two serious accidents involving a student and an adult student. Jessica , a mother in the adult literacy program suffered severe burns over 60% of her body when hot oil spilled. Carol, a 14 year old student, was run-over by a fork lift while in the dump. Both required extensive hospi-talization and wound care. So here’s the good news, both Jessica & Carol are doing great! Because of the revenue from the Crawfish Boil, Shared Beat was able to replenish the fund to help with other emergencies.

bringing expanded care to the families of Guatemala. We look back at the past five years with pride and look forward to the next five years with enthusiasm. Shared Beat is grateful to all who support our endeavors. We are blessed to be able to reach so many families. Everyday we strive to empower children and their families through health & wellness care and education so they can achieve self reliance and a positive future. Each supporter, volunteer and collaborator has made this year another resounding success. Thank you each and everyone for your kindness, energy, time and financial support.

Publication printed thanks to Methodist Healthcare Print Shop!

A Year in Review: by Marie Berkenkamp

The Shared Beat Scholarship Program provides scholarships to adults and teens living in Guatemala who are interested in pursuing healthcare careers. Now in the third year of the pro-gram, we are thrilled to be able to award ten scholarships in 2011! Last year scholarships were awarded to Flor Cifuentes, Aide Perez & Carolina Hernandez, women in the Safe Passage Adult Literacy Program. These women have been such a huge inspira-tion to others that 2011 scholar-ship applications have increased significantly.

Flor Pineda Son, Shared Beat’s first traditional (teen) student, became the first Bisett Scholar in early February. The scholar-ship is in honor of the Bisett family- Don, Billie, David, Terri, Mark, Donette, Kenard & Seth Bisett, Marie, Erin & Bryan Berkenkamp. Flor is currently studying to become a nurse and is making excellent grades. The highlight of the year was having our first scholarship nursing graduates: Sara Lopez, from Vamos Adelante, and Lidia Plato, from Planting Seeds. We are proud to share this message, from Nina Jorgensen, Director of

Vamos Adelante: “With great pleasure we send this report of Sara Lopez‘ graduation, August 28th 2010, which you made possible. Sara, 52 years old, was a student of honor and re-ceived special applause from the audience. Sara, a few years back, could barely calculate basic math. Congratulations to all of you and to her!!…Sara has become an example for women in her village and gained much respect. Thank you for making this possible…

We are enormously proud of Sara and her incredible determi-nation to do what it takes to give back to her community as a healthcare provider, in the face of all sorts of adversity. Way to go, Sara, you are an inspiration to us all!! We anxiously await news and photos from Lidia’s graduation. Watch our website for updates. On page 4 you’ll read an article about the shelter where July volunteers held clinic. While there, the group met Astrid, a shelter volunteer. Astrid has a 6th grade diploma and dreams of being a nurse. Astrid received a scholarship in November!

Scholarship Program by Sara Berry

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Photographs in this Report were contributed by volunteers Don & Warren Bisett, Mark Curry , Torri Wilson…

Many thanks to Lupita Martinez & Jim Rogers for their sterling help this year on the scholarship committee.

Our 2011 scholars: Continuing Scholars: Flor Cifuentes Carolina Hernandez Aide Perez Flor Pineda Son New Scholars: Rosa Cristina Aguirre Marroquin Claudia Maribel Jom Ical Anderson Anibal Valenzuela Ajanel Ana Lucia Chuc Tzalam Astrid Hernandez Pop de Cruz MarielosMorales

Aside from keeping up their grades, these students will be required to give volunteer hours back to their sponsoring pro-gram and to Shared Beat medical clinics in February and July. We are proud to have our first nurs-ing graduates and to have younger students inspired to follow in their footsteps. Through the Scholarship Pro-gram, Shared Beat is truly providing sustainable healthcare in Guatemala in a very real and tangible way. Thank you for eve-rything you do to make this dream of Guatemalans tending with skill to their own healthcare needs a reality!

Methodist Healthcare Ministries assisted for the past 2 years with 500 flu vaccinations. This fall they donated $5000 to help cover medication costs. Save Direct Rx & Greg Webb, Blessings International and Equipping the Saints are all active contributors by providing medication at reduced cost. While Vine International is our

pipeline to Guatemala, assisting with medication transportation. Our ability to prevent and treat illness is a direct result of our donors and these caring groups.

Thank you! Methodist Healthcare Ministries Save Direct Rx & Greg Webb Blessings International Equipping the Saints Vine International

Imagine trying to pay for prenatal vitamins , antibiotics or diabetic medications earning $3 a day.

Medication Cost Reduced by Shared Beat Friends

Part of Shared Beat’s focus in Guatemala is prevention, the other part is management of current health problems. One thing we’ve found, medications are expensive! We are fortunate to have loyal individual donors who provide support for these medications but there are also groups who’ve been instrumen-tal in drastically reducing costs.

Carolina, left, pictured with Adult Literacy Director, Liz Love

Flor Cifuentes helping with eye exams during the February clinic

Rosa Cristina receiving scholarship During Adult Literacy Graduation

Asrid pictured with Shared Beat volunteer, Jared Winikor & fellow

shelter worker

Congratulations Claudia, Anderson & Ana

Event Volunteers Jordan Ames , Grace , James & Luke Atkins, Bryan & Erin Berkenkamp, Brandon & Audrey Bearden, Don, Kennard, Mark, Donette, David & Terri Bisett, Bisett, Tasha Berry, Kris-ta Collier , Denise, Jacob & Josh Dominguez, Maegan, Shawn & Desiree Drummond, Eric & Sondie Epley, Jeannie Flores, Alex & Dale Fastle, Alex Frost, Katy & Ted Goles, Hayley Granstaff , Vianca Gutierrez, Kip Kiphart, Emily & Jeremy Hartsell , Alisa & Chad Hirchak, Peggy Keasler, Dillon Lawler, Vickie Martin , Dillon Peterson, Manny Munoz, Diana & Matt Montez, Erica Perry, Courtney Stahla, Thomas Silence, Jessica Stockton, Ethan & Hannah Wilson & Shared Beat Board of Directors.

Our Hands Are Free by Jenny Hartsell

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Throughout the week staff and students received red ribbons, bracelets and pencils with the logo: “I Believe in Me Drug Free!” The students participated in art, poster, essay and door decorat-ing contests. During the medical clinic, the physicians shared information one-on-one with each child and every adult on the effects of drugs and where to go for help. The classrooms also received a presentation on drug prevention and the effects of drugs on the body. On Friday, a parent and former drug abuser from Safe Passage and a volunteer from Shared Beat with a family member involved in drug abuse spoke to the parents about how drugs affected their lives. The personal trials of the speakers from 2 different places was powerful. The red ribbon is a symbol of support for efforts to reduce drugs through prevention and education programs.

Rick & Vickie White Dean & Audrey Bearden Bettie Burton & Ed Sypnewski Karen & Ernest Olguin

Live & Silent Auction Donors Charles Broderick, Dos Amigos Fishing Co.-Dominic Dominguez & Bryan Hoffman, Bob & Torri Wilson, Settlers Crossing, Posada del Angel, Methodist Hospital & Methodist AirCare, Discount Trees of Brenham, Bergheim Veterinary Hospital, Alamo Cafe , Aldo’s, Audrey Bearden , Sara Berry, Marie Berkenkamp, Dana Boyd/Arbonne, Donette Bisett, Boerne Theater, Luis Cabrera, Beverly Chambers, Black-eyed Pea, Carrabba’s, Blanco Cafe , Cheesecake Factory, Fralo’s, EZ’s, Cibolo Nature Center, Denise Dominguez, Free Birds, Gourmet Burger Grill, Home Accessory Co, Wright & Jenny Hartsell, IMAX Theaters, India Palace, Wendy Baker/Isabella’s, Kiva Coffee Roasters, Joe’s Crabshack, KP Gems, La Madeline, La Fonda, La Pena del Sol, Las Finezas, Life

Saturday, April 24th looked like rain but turned sunny for Shared Beat’s Hill Country Crawfish Boil. The 3rd annual event raised $39,000 to benefit underserved children and families. We are honored to have gener-ous friends, family, neighbors, and community who care and share in our mission.

We are grateful to: Table & Event Sponsors MPS Construction Michael Stratis Marie Berkenkamp Mary Kirkendall Denise & Dominic Dominguez Lori Enders/Edward Jones Co. Wright & Jenny Hartsell Methodist Healthcare Kendall Wood Dental Jim & Kathy Rogers Rule Construction/David Rule Save Direct Rx/Greg Webb Bruce & Linda Tingle Mary & Bur* Jackson Skip & Melinda Reeves Barr & Sally Baynton South Texas Pathology Assoc.

Spa, Janet Baker/Merle Norman, Milano’s, Vickie Martin, Natural Bridge Caverns, Oak Hills Lanes, Claudia Messner, Outback, Old World German Restaurant, PF Chang’s, Painted Lady Inn, Red Crest Pet Shop, Rene Skwara/Periwinkle Designs, Sabe Rico, Pottery Creations, Photography by Jena , Rogue Foto/John Karlis, Danell Ramirez/Princess House, Lynn Riddick/Silpada Jewelry, Jim & Kathy Rogers, Rudy’s, Thai Pikal, Scenic Loop Cafe , Melissa Stapleton/Scentsy, SA Children’s Museum, Tonie Staton, Toyota of Boerne, Stamp Management, Tx Folk Life, Stone Werks, Cindy Taylor, Wash Tub Car Wash, Jan Wrede, Ye Kendall Inn, Shared Beat Board, Vineyards: Becker, Bella Vista, Dry Comal Creek, Flat Creek, Driftwood , Pleasant Hill, Rosewood & Texas Hills. Join The Fun!

Save The Date! April 9, 2011

4th Annual Crawfish Boil

Our goals

●Use an integrated approach to drug prevention education. ●Motivate youth and adults to reject illegal drugs and substance abuse. ●Encourage family and peer discussions about drug abuse. Activities Monday morning, the day began for the staff with a pep rally. The Shared Beat cheer squad and all twenty Shared Beat volunteers helped to motivate the crowd. Everyone made a pledge to be drug free by adding their hand cut from red paper to a banner to hang in the cafeteria saying: Our Hands Are Free of Drugs! During the week, each student also made the same promise by adding their red paper hands.

When Safe Passage parents in Guatemala were asked, “What do you fear most for your children?” The overwhelming answer was Drug Abuse. After hearing this, I recalled my daughter Emily’s first visit to the neighborhood surrounding the Guatemala City dump in 2006. We walked through the streets with a guide trying be respectful and at the same time kept our distance from the children and adults breathing glue & paint, and peo-ple passed out on the sidewalks. I remember seeing young chil-dren walking on the same streets alone and wondering how they survived living in this world. In light of parental fears and drug abuse statistics within the community, Shared Beat spon-sored a drug prevention pro-gram modeled after a program used in US schools, Red Ribbon Week, at Safe Passage during the July medical clinic. The staff participated with enthusiasm!

Hill Country Crawfish Boil

Shared Beat Red Ribbon Cheer Team: MiChel, Luis,

Jason & Vianca

Winning Classroom Door says: I live happy because I live free of drugs

Rick Baker enjoys visiting with the children in the clinic

tion to kids aimed at raising their families’ living standard, and help to Mom’s and Dad’s as they struggle to maintain their families. As one of the many medical per-sonnel (yes, even in my role as “non-medico”!), one is surround-ed by the experience of Safe Pas-sage and the many success sto-ries, as well as the desperate need, and the realization of the synergy that arises when we all pull together aiming for some-thing bigger than us.

That’s why I like serving in this way!

Mark Curry is a finance manager & lives with wife Beverly in

Freeport, Maine.

cane fields, and first experi-enced the emotions of “giving back”, we were hooked. A part of that mission supports self-sufficiency to your partners in need, perhaps even to the point of not being needed, or to the point where they are trained to carry on independently. Exam-ples of this abound at Safe Pas-sage such as Flor Pineda from Guatemala City who received a Shared Beat scholarship to nurs-ing school so she can provide back the medical care the kids and families so desperately need! Discovering the mobile vision kit on our Safe Passage visit, and having a bit of the Engineer in me, Don Bisett and I started making eyeglasses for some who have never had them. Each reac-tion to the prospect of better eyesight was heart-warming. helping to answer that question raised above! Our team, working with Shared Beat and Safe Passage, contrib-ute to an ongoing effort to pro-vide basic medical care, educa-

As a “non-medico” traveler in company of a team of medical professionals, I am often asked what I do “down there”? I’m a founding board member of Stonecoast Medical Teams from Maine. I work with an incredibly talented group of largely emer-gency medicine professionals, most of whom have visited coun-tries around South and Central America and the Caribbean for more than ten years. We all con-stantly ask ourselves the same question: Why do we do this? We were excited to have the opportunity to travel to Safe Passage with Shared Beat in February 2010, and are return-ing in 2011. Being Maine-based, Safe Passage has special mean-ing to us! As Americans, we have all lived the good life and become com-fortable in that role. When our earliest team members were called to travel to La Romana in the Dominican Republic to help build a hospital entirely from volunteer service serving Hai-tians, travel to “Bateys” in the

A Personal View of Service in Guatemala by Mark Curry

It’s 7:30pm and we have just filled our stomachs at the hotel. We are recalling today’s success-ful trip to a shelter in one of the poorest areas in Guatemala City. Today’s group of 6 Shared Beat and Safe Passage volunteers was dropped at the top of a steep hill. Following 3 local shelter volun-teers, we trekked over 300 feet straight down a narrow footpath. The structures we passed were bare, made of found materials, with clothes hanging outside to dry. We were welcomed with smiles and shouts of “Buenos Dias” as we made our way down. We arrived at a tiny cement church where we quickly set up clinic and began our days work. Around lunch time, a shelter worker lead us to a table for a hot lunch of tripe in tomato sauce. At first, we were a little hesitant to try locally prepared food since sanitary conditions

(such as purified water, clean hands, etc.) are often questiona-ble. Nonetheless, we ate our food feeling honored to try it. After a short lunch we jumped back to work with renewed energy. Pa-tients of varying ages and condi-tions were seen throughout the day. Our youngest patient was 1 month old while our oldest was 102. At the end of the day, over a hundred patients had been seen. People were grateful that we had come. As the rain began to pour down, we quickly gathered our supplies and sloshed our way up the hillside back to the van in the afternoon downpour. Standing at the top of the hill, watching the rain gush down the path, we walked away with a sense of accomplishment for helping this small community.

A Day At the Shelter by Sarah Scofield & Jared Winikor

Our youngest patient was 1 month old while

our oldest was 102.

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To see is divine!

Shelter Community This small church shelter in zone 3 of Guatemala City pro-vides a place to sleep and a meal a day for displaced families. The shelter is run and sustained by volunteers in the community. During the volcano eruption & mudslides this tiny structure held 14 families. The church continues to be open for nour-ishment and basic care. There is no shortage of need or illness in this community. One of the shelter volunteers, Astrid, worked with Shared Beat in the clinic at Safe Passage the entire week. She was a quick study, learning to take blood pressures, check blood sugar and do a physical assessment. At the end of the week, she went back to her community with new skills to help her neighbors. See Astrid’s future plans in nursing on page 2.

Excerpt from Shared Beat Blog entry Tuesday, July 27 by Sara & Jared

Cala Coleman keeps busy filling prescriptions in the shelter.

MiChel reviews the teaching experiences of

the day with Astrid

Stonecoast board member Bonnie Smith and good friend Gayle Hincks

Financial Data

Special Thanks Our Friends

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E X P E N D I T U R E S

Palmira Arellano

Blessings International*

Equipping The Saints*

Methodist Healthcare Ministries

Methodist Healthcare Systems

Methodist Print Shop

PracticeMax, Inc

Safe Passage*– Guatemala & US

SaveDirectRx.com- Greg Webb

Susan Sewell

Forrest Smith

Vine International*– US

Apple Specialty and Advertising

Common Hope*– US & Guatemala

Eye Deal Eyewear & InFocus*– US

Hotel Aurora- Guatemala

La Pina Del Sol- Guatemala

Mayan Families*– Guatemala

Oneness*– Guatemala

Posada del Angel– Guatemala

Sabe Rico, Restaurant- Guatemala

Stonecoast Medical*– US

UNC Chapel Hill Nursing School

Vamos Adelante*– Guatemala

I N C O M E

$80,000

$94,000

There are many ways you can help.

●Volunteer your time: -Filing, addressing or web-page management -Fundraising committee ●Donate: -Medical/Hygiene/School supplies -Medications -Reading Glasses ●Donate money for: -Healthcare Scholarships -Vitamins & Medication -Medical Outreach Translator Scholarships ●Participate in a Medical Outreach Trip -Safe Passage February 20-27, 2011 -Safe Passage July 25 –31 , 2011 ●Purchase tickets to the annual Crawfish Boil April 9th! We would love to hear from you!

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Visit Shared Beat on the web- www.sharedbeat.org

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Shared Beat is a 501(c)(3) volunteer organization. Our mission is to empower children and their families through health & wellness care and education so they can achieve self reliance and a positive future.

Marie Berkenkamp, President Sara Berry, Vice-President Torri Wilson, Secretary Rick White, Treasurer Jenny Hartsell, Executive Director Wright Hartsell Scott Lawler Lupita Martinez Kathy Rogers

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Medical Clinic Data 2010

Total Patients Seen 1946

Diagnosis Total

Well Child 450

Respiratory 205

Dermatology 259

Ear/Nose/Throat 90

Gastrointestinal 291

Musculoskeletal 254

Head & Neck 86

Gynecological (Female) 110

Eye 60

Kidney 32

Diabetes 55

High Blood Pressure 31

Other 127

Lab Test/ X-ray/ Prescriptions

Lab/ X-rays/Tests 229

Consults 91

Prescriptions 3985

Daily Vitamins– Children 3810

Daily Vitamins– Women 515

Daily Vitamin– Clinic 889

Daily Vitamin– Elderly 80

Bi-annual Parasite Prevention 4567

Visual Clinic

Screening 509

Glasses 34

Readers 66

Dr. Marie demonstrates how to use recyclables as medical equipment

Physician's Assistant, Melissa Wolfson

Prevention, Treatment and Health Trends by Wright Hartsell

going hygiene, first aide, and illness prevention programs. We detected and treated hundreds of cases of undiagnosed diabetes and hypertension. In each case, Shared Beat provided nutritional counseling, medications and follow-up instructions when indicated. Diabetes has become a major problem due to the in-creasing incidence of obesity. The outcome of the past 5 years has been a healthier population, particularly in the school age children and families living near the Guatemala City Dump. In the outlying areas we get the same reports that the children are healthier and performing better in school. In 2011 as we open our doors to those children not enrolled on an going basis, they too will be greatly advantaged considering growth, weight, and overall health, in dramatic ways.

tortillas. Twice yearly those same children are de-wormed as Ascariasis, an intestinal parasite common in most third world countries, if not treated, robs the ability to absorb nutrients. On the opposite end of the scale is obesity, now a worldwide problem. Obesity is prevalent because the “empty calories” of sodas are cheaper than clean water and processed foods are cheaper than fruits or fresh veg-etables. Providing the tools to address the educational piece regarding dietary avoidance of “empty calories” is a constant challenge. The water at your child’s school and in your home is free of con-taminant, lice are rare, and sca-bies is unthinkable. In poor hy-gienic communities like those surrounding the Guatemala City dump, clean water is limited and insects like lice and scabies are endemic- a fact of life. We treat the lice and scabies and filters to clean water are now being used in many homes thanks to Ecofil-tro & Safe Passage. Shared Beat provides, thru its mentoring and onsite visits, on-

On awakening, we rush to pro-vide breakfast for our children, send them to school with a box lunch and on return feed them their third meal of the day. By most study estimates, those meals provide adequate daily vitamin and caloric content. This assumption is wrong in the pop-ulation Shared Beat reaches out to serve. Guatemala has the highest child & maternal death rate in Central America- 6 times that of the US. Prenatal care does not exist in rural areas and, even where available, women aren’t educat-ed to the benefits of receiving such care. Countless times dur-ing clinics, women in the final months of pregnancy walk in to see a doctor for the first time. Shared Beat provides prenatal vitamins for pregnant and nurs-ing women, assuring improved growth of the fetus, preventing nutritional deprivation of the mother and newborn; and for breast-fed babies, improving their developmental milestones. Shared Beat also provides a daily vitamin for 4000 students with poor diets, many only consuming

Clinic Data

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Dr. Dan Britton & Safe Passage volunteer, Malte, provide one-on-one

education during annual exams.

Parasite prevention twice a year reduces the chance of parasites all for about 30 cents per person per year.

Dr. Hartsell examining a patient

Shared Beat Volunteer of the Year “An exceptional human-being who shares their time and hearts with others voluntarily only for the true pleasure of giving.”

Volunteers are the backbone of all nonprofit organizations. Their commitment to the hands-on activities as well as shared compassion for the mission lays the groundwork for successful and sustainable programs. Shared Beat is fortunate to have amazing, dedicated volunteers. In 2010, 94 volunteers traveled on Medical Outreach Trips, worked as Board of Directors, labored at the Crawfish Boil, filed, sorted, and gave support to the tune of 7300 hours. Each year the Board of Directors chooses a volunteer who goes

above and beyond. Someone who serves as an example of what service truly means. Shared Beat proudly announces the 2010 Volunteers of the Year- Don Bisett & Sarah Scofield Don is an amazing 81 year old renaissance man. He’s been an active supporter of Shared Beat from the beginning as donor, Crawfish Boil auctioneer and 4 time medical outreach volunteer. Don lives in Wimberley, Texas and his current “career” is as a Texas Landman.

Sarah is a Research Coordinator for Dana Faber Cancer Center in Boston. She has worked as a medical translator on 3 Shared Beat medical outreach trips, has recruited volunteers, is an amazing cheerleader for service and can Salsa with the best! Sarah & Don will join the Shared Beat medical team again in February 2011.

Congratulations and thank you Don & Sarah!

When was the last time you heard someone say something like this: The kids today have no respect! They are irresponsible, lazy and have you seen the way they dress!

What do I say to that?

Come to Shared Beat’s Crawfish Boil! Every year over 20 teens set-up, greet, serve, clean, tote, fold, ice, calculate & smile with-out being paid. It is a joy to watch these future adults serve as volunteers to benefit people most of them have never seen.

Volunteers of the Year– Don Bisett & Sarah Scofield

Meet Jessica Stockton. Jessica is a junior at Boerne High School. She has been a Crawfish Boil volunteer for the last 2 years and her favorite hobby is cooking. This fall, Jessica planned, cooked and served at 2 Shared Beat

donor events. The appetizers were fabulous, she was fabulous! Watch out Food Network! Here comes Jessica! Youth like Jessica, Eaven, Iris, Jason, Luis, Hannah & Alex are out there. They are treasures, our future leaders. I have great hope for the future in the hands of these amazing people!

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We’re Ready!

Join us on our July Outreach. Each July teens join their parents and relatives to be volunteers in a foreign country, helping others. The first night they pack medi-cation and they don’t stop work-ing until the end of the week.

They check-in, greet, take height & weights, chart, do eye exams... Whatever needs to be done, they have their hands raised, “Pick me! Pick me!” This July we had 4 exceptional teens: Eaven, Iris, Jason & Luis. Their work ethic, caring and creativity amazed even the most skeptical adults.

Hannah & Alex help out at the Crawfish Boil

No Secret What Our Volunteers Enjoy The Most…..

Our Treasures- Teen Volunteers by Jenny Hartsell

This could be you!

Shared Beat is an all-volunteer organization. There are no salaried administrative staff or board members. Medical trip volunteers cover their own travel and lodging expenses. Shared Beat depends upon the generosity, time and expertise of our volunteers. Thanks to all of our incredible volunteers for giving of their time, money and hearts! If you would like more information about becoming a volunteer, or sponsoring a volunteer give us a call, or send us an e-mail. We look forward to hearing from you!

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Volunteers

July Outreach Team

February Outreach Team

Carla exams a child

Mark Curry enjoys a little R & R with the girls

Daycare children thank Jack, James & Warren for fixing their playground.

Shared Beat Volunteers gave 7300 hours of service in 2010!

Ali, Karen, Woody, Dan & John hike Volcano Pacaya!

Nurse Practitioner Karen Saucier enjoys a visit with Etivina

Carolyn Revta shows off her talent

2010 Outreach Volunteers

Rick Baker– Rangeley, Maine Marie Berkenkamp– San Antonio, Texas Don Bisett– Wimberley, Texas Warren Bisett– Mason, Ohio Ali & Woody Brewer– Portland, Maine Dan Britton– Portland, Maine Sonia Bustamente– San Antonio, Texas Carla Campbell– Jenkintown, Pennsylvania Beverly Chambers– Wimberley, Texas Cala & Jack Coleman– Harrodsburg, Kentucky Mark Curry– Freeport, Maine Linda & James Dunn– Burgin, Kentucky Luis Garza– Dallas, Texas MiChel Garza– Dallas, Texas Vianca Gutierrez, New York, New York Jenny & Wright Hartsell– Boerne, Texas Elisa Hernandez– San Antonio, Texas Gayle Hincks– Bedford, New Hampshire Erin Hosterman– Hickory, North Carolina Iris Masaryk– Salt Lake City, Utah John Masaryk– Salt Lake City, Utah Claudia Messner– San Antonio, Texas Eavan Miller– Harrodsburg, Kentucky Carolyn Revta– Brookline, Massachusetts Kathy Rogers– San Antonio, Texas Diana Saenz– San Antonio, Texas John & Karen Saucier–Yarmouth, Maine Sarah Scofield– Brighton, Massachusetts Bonnie Smith– Portland, Maine Jessica Sohl– Brookline, Massachusetts Jason Trull– Mt Pleasant, North Carolina Jared Winikor– Burlington, Vermont Melissa Wolfson– Bozeman, Montana

Luis and the birthday girl– 89!

John & Iris enjoy father daughter time

Diana mixing meds

Nothing says fun like packing up medications that first night in Guatemala!

“Our hands don’t touch drugs!”

Bev enjoys a little classroom teaching time

Jim Adkins

Aldos

Alamo Cafe

Altria Group, Inc

Patricia Arzouhaljian

Janet Baker/Merle Norman

Wendy Baker/Isabella’s

Barr & Sally Baynton

Jim Beal

Benefit Alliance

Dean & Audrey Bearden

Carolyn Beaver

Bergheim Veterinary Hospital

Marie Berkenkamp

Sara & Lowell Berry

Bexar Pediatric Surgery Associates

Sara & Richard Bielecki

Don Bisett

Donette & Mark Bisett

Kennard Bisett

Black-eyed Pea

Dan & Sharon Blake

Blanco Cafe

Boerne Community Theater

Dana Boyd/Arbonne

MJ Brecunier

Charles Broderick

Beverly Burris

Bettie Burton & Ed Sypnewski

Sonia Busatmente

Luis Cabrera/Healing Hands

Carla Campbell

Carrabba’s

CDC Sales

Beverly Chambers

Cheesecake Factory

Cibilo Nature Center

Ginger & Margaret Clark

John & Kay Clifton

Jack & Cala Coleman

Coleman’s Home Center

Linda & Sean Cook

David Culprit

Jo D Cunningham

John & Melanie Deane

Discount Trees of Brenham

Denise & Dominic Dominguez

Dos Amigos Fishing Company

Randall Droddy

Shaun & Maegan Drummond

Walter Drury

Mike & Linda Duffy

James & Linda Dunn

Eagle Diabetes & Family Care

Edward Jones Co

Don & Lori Enders

Equissage Texas

Nancy & DM Ernsberger

Martha Eury

EZ’s

Tim & Rebecca Fastle

Fralo’s

Robert & Patsy Frederickson

Freebirds

Geri & David Fricke

Sergio & Erica Garcia

Larry & Billie Gardner

Jimmy & Katie Garrison

MiChel Garza

Jim & Marilyn Gladson

Jane & Tim Goles

Gourmet Burger Grill

Graham T. Hall, MD

MA Hannum

Carol Harris

Jef & Suzette Harris

Doris Hartsell

Emily Hartsell

Wright & Jenny Hartsell

Anna Heeney

Elisa Hernandez

Roy & Renee Hirchak

David & Cindy Hnatow

Melanie Hoffman

Home Accessory Company

Erin Hosterman

Alex & Gretchen Huddleston

IMAX Theaters

India Palace

Mary & Bur* Jackson

JMB Enterprises

Joe’s Crabshack

Peggy Keasler

Richard Keasler

Mike & Heather Kelly

Kendall Wood Dental/George Metz

Dan Kilgore & Susan Sewell

Jackie & Steve King

Kip Kiphart

Mary Kirkendall

Kiva Coffee Roasters

KP Gems

John & Mary Krouser

La Fonda

La Madeline

La Pena del Sol, Guatemala

Ann Lacasce

John & Verna Lammers

Las Finezas

Beth Leddin & John McElhaney

Billie & Angie Lemmons

Life Spa

Joe & Pat Maksyn

Shawnie & Mary Malone

Sheryl Maniscala

Buster & Vickie Martin

John & Polly Masaryk

Beverly McCormick

Susan McElreath

Tom & Yona McNish

Nancy & Floyd Meadows

Methodist Healthcare

Claudia Messner

Methodist Healtcare Ministries

Methodist Healthcare Systems

Diana Montez

Glenn & Joyce Moore

Barbara Moose

Cindy & Brad Morrison

MPS Construction/Michael Stratis

Natural Bridge Caverns

Mary Northern

Oak Hills Lanes

Old World German Restaurant

Outback Steakhouse

Karen & Ernest Olguin

Painted Lady Inn

Duane & Christine Penshorn

Periwinkle Designs/Rene Skwara

Montez & Dennis Peterson

Cathy Peterson

Photography by Jena

Posada del Angel, Guatemala

Billie & Richele Poston

Pottery Creations, Boerne

Boyok & Rebecca Rafie

Dawn Radkin

Danell Ramirez/Princess House

Red Crest Pet Shop

Skip & Melinda Reeves

Genie Redding

Carolyn Revta

Lynn Riddick/Silpada Jewelry

Kristine Rittichier &

Kathleen Bassett

Jim & Kathy Rogers

Rogue Foto/John Karlis

Kathy & Jim Row

Rudy’s BBQ

Rule Construction/David Rule

SA Children’s Museum

Diana Saenz

SA Pediatric Surgical Associates

Sabe Rico, Guatemala

Marcia Sanderson

Scenic Loop Cafe

Kristen Scheller & Chris Richards

Bill & Colleen Schnieders

Sarah Scofield

SaveDirectRx/ Greg Webb

Settlers Crossing

Shared Beat Board

Bonnie Smith

Forrest & Ingrid Smith

M Soechting

Jessica Sohl

South Texas Pathology Associates

Dr Ray Sprayberry

Linda & James Stafford

Courtney Stahla

Stamp Management

Melissa Stapleton/Scentsy

Anne & Dick Stephens

Stonecoast Medical Teams

Stone Works

Michael Stratis

Kevin Sullivan

Richard & Yolanda Swope

Cindy & Larry Taylor

Texas Folklife Festival

Thai Pikal

Bruce & Linda Tingle

Kathleen Tong

Toyota of Boerne

Robert & Regi Vriesenga

Joyce Walker

Wash Tub Carwash

John & Lianne Watson

Greg & Susan Webb

Darcie Weilbacher

Warren & Margaret Wells

Rick & Vickie White

Angie Williams & Royce Calhoun

Bob & Torri Wilson

Karen Wilson

Kathy Wilson

Jared Winikor

Bruce & Nancy Wood

Jan Wrede

Ye Kendall Inn

Wineries: Becker, Bella Vista, Texas

Hills, Dry Comal Creek, Driftwood,

Flat Creek, Rosewood, Pleasant Hill

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