PUEBLO, Colo. – Rocky Mountain Vein Institute (RMVI) Services, a medical management company that oversees a network of clinics that diagnose and treat people with venous disease, announces that RMVI, RMVI Services and Trinity Vein Institute donated approximately $30,000 to the American College of Phlebology Foundation (ACPF) for the ACPF World Conference. Hosted by the American College of Phlebology, the XVII International Union of Phlebology (UIP) World Meeting comes to the United States for the first time in its history on Sept. 8-13, 2013, at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, Mass…
PUEBLO, Colo. – Rocky Mountain Vein Institute (RMVI) Services, a medical management company that oversees a network of clinics that diagnose and treat people with venous disease, announces that RMVI, RMVI Services and Trinity Vein Institute donated approximately $30,000 to the American College of Phlebology Foundation (ACPF) for the ACPF World Conference. Hosted by the American College of Phlebology, the XVII International Union of Phlebology (UIP) World Meeting comes to the United States for the first time in its history on Sept. 8-13, 2013, at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, Mass.
RMVI Services CEO and co-founder Erin Reilly Gibbs is serving on the fundraising committee of more than 25 volunteer ACP members for the event. As co-chair of the 2013 Auction Committee, Gibbs helped manage the event’s 6th Annual Silent Auction, which last year raised $43,000 to support the mission of education, research and the advancement of vein care. At the Silent Auction, attendees will have an opportunity to bid on medical related products and services, sports items, designer jewelry, handbags, accessories, electronics, vacation getaways, and much more. According to Gibbs, the committee has secured more than 165 items to date, and documented more than $190,000 in total Fair Market Value (FMV).
“This is such an important event for every medical professional in the field of phlebology,” says Gibbs. “Innovative ideas and technologies come from the conference and influence the way doctors treat and diagnose venous disease moving forward. This is the first year the World Meeting conference will be held in the United States, so it was crucial that the fundraising committee prove its efforts could rise to the expectations this conference holds.”
More than 1,500 professionals from around the world and from more than 25 international societies in the area of venous disease are slated to contribute to this year’s flagship event. Demonstrations and hands-on simulations will be held to present technological advances in the medicine of venous and lymphatic diseases. Exhibiting companies will also have the opportunity to display their services and products to attendees.
“It has been an incredible experience to work with top echelon doctors and administrators to make this conference come to fruition, especially in this inaugural event,” says Gibbs. “Being involved with a conference of this magnitude in a fundraising capacity has been an invaluable experience and will help the continued efforts of medical staff at RMVI to serve our patient population in better ways.”
The ACPF has never conducted an Annual Appeal (renewable giving), so it has no history of performance. The 2013 ACPF Development Program is charged with raising $100,000 in appeal, with approximately $40,000 raised to date. The Casino Night, held during the UIP conference, has secured $55,000 in sponsorships, with the actual event to raise additional dollars.
The scientific and organizing committees have compiled the most comprehensive program and international faculty of any UIP meeting ever convened, addressing the full spectrum of deep and superficial vein care in didactic, interactive, debate and hands-on simulation sessions. For further information about the XVII World Meeting of the International Union of Phlebology, visit http://uip2013.org. For more information, including auction items and ways to donate, visit the ACPF Silent Auction website at www.acpfsilentauction.org.
