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ASHT has established several opportunities for therapists, doctors, patients, and the public to donate funds in support of important hand therapy-related initiatives.
Click on the fund names below to find out more about the fund's history, its purpose, and additional information including recent contributors. If you would like to contribute to one or more of the funds listed below, please send your donation to
ASHT
2692 PAYSPHERE CIRCLE
CHICAGO, IL 60674
Make the check payable to the fund to which you would like to contribute (i.e., ASHT Vision Fund; ASHT Judi Coulthard Fund). You can also donate online using your credit card.
Information on ASHT funds and where your contributions go:
Annual and Memorial Fund
Vision Fund
Information on funds established to provide annual awards:
Nathalie Barr Award Fund
R. L. Petzoldt Award Fund
Gift Acceptance Policy
Questions?
If you have any questions regarding donor opportunities that are not covered here, would like information on how to start a new fund, would like to make a pledge, or want information on planned giving, please contact us at info@asht.org.
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ASHT Annual and Memorial Fund (Unrestricted)
Gifts to ASHT's Annual and Memorial Fund help ASHT continue the types of programs that our members, patients, and the public need. From patient advocacy efforts to our extensive media and public relations program, you benefit directly from these contributions. We encourage contributors to make their donations in memory or in honor of a therapist, patient, or other person touched by the hand rehabilitation community. Online donations to this fund will be accepted very soon.
When contributing to this fund in honor or in memory of someone, please include a statement of who you would like recognized for the donation, and the name and address of anyone additional to whom you would like an acknowledgement of the gift sent.
Please click here for a list of donors and those honored by donations in their names.
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Vision Fund (Restricted)
"To be the recognized leader in education, publications, establishment of clinical standards and promotion of research in the hand therapy field."
Our simple Vision Statement encapsulates the role ASHT continually strives to fill in the hand therapy industry. Over the past 30 years, ASHT has evolved into the premier organization for hand therapists. In 2007 and beyond, ASHT plans to use its prestige to advocate for the recognition hand therapy and hand therapists deserve.
Click here for more information, including how to make an online donation
Click here to view a list of Vision Fund donors.
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ASHT Award Funds
Nathalie Barr Lectureship (Restricted)
Donations to this fund support the presentation of an annual lecture given by the Nathalie Barr award winner. The Nathalie Barr Lectureship honors a member of the American Society of Hand Therapists who has made significant original contributions to hand rehabilitation in one of the following ways:
- The development or refinement of professional theory and/or techniques
- Contributions to hand therapy development as a profession and to ASHT
- Outstanding research
Nathalie Barr Lectureship Recipients:
2008 • Susan Michlovitz, PT, PhD, CHT
2007 • Donna Breger Stanton, MA, OTR/L, CHT, FAOTA
2006 • Patricia Taylor, PT, CHT
2005 • Joy MacDermid, BScPT, PhD
2004 • Jim King, MA, OTR, CHT
2003 • Janet Waylett-Rendall, OTR, CHT
2002 • Lynnlee Fullenwider, OTR/L, CHT
2001 • Georgiann Laseter, OTR, FAOTA, CHT
2000 • Jean Casanova, OTR, CHT
1999 • Judith Colditz, OTR/L, CHT, FAOTA
1998 • Mark T. Walsh, PT, MS, CHT
1997 • Anne Callahan, MS, OTR/L, CHT
1996 • Roslyn B. Evans, OTR/L, CHT
1995 • Carolina S. deLeeuw, MA, OTR
1994 • Kenneth Flowers, PT, CHT
1993 • Nancy Cannon, OTR, CHT
1992 • Bonnie L. Olivett, OTR, CHT
1991 • Mary Kasch, OTR, CVE, CHT
1990 • Gloria DeVore, OTR
1989 • Elaine E. Fess, MS, OTR, FAOTA, CHT
1988 • Judith A. Bell-Krotoski, OTR, FAOTA, CHT
1987 • Maude Malick, OTR
1986 • Evelyn J. Mackin, LPT
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R. L. Petzoldt Award for Innovation in Hand Therapy (Restricted)
The R. L. Petzoldt Award recognizes creativity and innovations in hand therapy. This award is given to a scientific or clinical paper or poster presenter at the ASHT Annual Meeting.
R.L Petzoldt Award Recipients
2005 • William Buford, Jr., PhD; Caroline W. Stegink Jansen, PT, PhD; Rita M. Patterson, PhD; Lisa Gould, MD, PhD
2004 • Robinette J. Amaker, LTC, SP, PhD, OTR/L, CHT, FAOTA
2003 • Maureen Ashe, MSc, PT, CHT; Karim Khan, MD, PhD; Pierre Guy, MD, MBA; Ken Hughes, MD; Karen Kruse, MD; Heather McKay, PhD
2002 • Michael J. Lee, DPT; Paul LaStayo, PhD, PT, CHT; Ann vonKersburg, MPT, CHT
1996 • Lori DePauw, BMRPT, MSc; Dean Kriellaars
1994 • Michael Rooks, MD; Barbara Jo McIntosh; Cindy Dray Ensor, OTR/L, CHT
1993 • Kenneth Flowers, PT, CHT; Paul LaStayo, PhD, PT, CHT
1992 • Sigita Huys, RPT, CHT; Bing Sian Gan, MD, PhD, FRCSC, FACS; Christopher Scilley; M. Shevebrin
1991 • James Gyovai, PT, CHT; Julianne Howell, PT, MS, CHT
1990 • Laurie Schwarze, OTR, CHT; Diane Collins, MEd, PT, CHT
1989 • Roslyn Evans, OTR/L, CHT
1988 • Elaine Ewing Fess, MS, OTR, FAOTA, CHT
1987 • Roslyn Evans, OTR/L, CHT; William Burkhalter, MD; James Hunter, MD
1986 • Roslyn Evans, OTR/L, CHT; William Burkhalter, MD
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ASHT will annually recognize contributors to these funds.
ASHT is a 501(c)3 charitable organization.
Contributions to the ASHT may be eligible for federal tax deduction. Cash donations are only deductible for the year that they are paid. Cash gifts are deductible up to 50% of adjusted gross income for the taxable year, though excess can be deducted over the next five years.
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