Louisville Medicine Volume 63, Issue 5 | Page 35

ALLIANCE NEWS Karin Sonnier Photos from KMA Alliance meeting T he GLMS Alliance has had a busy August and September. On August 28-30 many of our members attended the KMA Alliance 2015 Annual Meeting held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Louisville. The annual meeting was followed by the installation luncheon and McDowell House basket auction at Bourbon Barrel Foods. KMAA members in support of the McDowell House in Danville, Kentucky raised approximately $4,575. Ilene Bosscher (a GLMSA past president) was installed as KMA Alliance secretary for the 2015-2016 year. Our first wellness activity of the year was to participate in the “Walk to End Alzheimer’s” on September 12 at Waterfront Park. We had several walkers on our team and raised approximately $1,100. The Alliance’s Opening meeting/brunch was held at my home on Tuesday, September 15. Our board and committee chairs were introduced and plans for the year were presented. presented its Samantha McDonald Scholarship to a University of Louisville medical student and provided a basket for the silent auction. On October 20 Alliance members are invited to tour The Healing Place Women & Children’s facility. Members are encouraged to donate requested items to the facility in support of S.A.V.E. (Stop America’s Violence Everywhere) which is celebrating its 20th anniversary after being initiated in 1995 by the AMA Alliance. The meeting time is 10 a.m. at the facility, which is located at 1503 South 15th Street. Please feel free to contact me if you would like any further information about this event or future activities at [email protected]. Karin Sonnier is the 2015-2016 President of the GLMS Alliance and the wife of George Sonnier, MD. This year the GLMS Alliance collaborated with the GLMS Foundation at its annual golf outing on September 28th. The Alliance OCTOBER 2015 33