Donate to 2ft Prosthetics When Buying on Amazon

Have 0.5% of your purchase on AmazonSmile go to 2ft Prosthetics this Christmas Season by clicking on the link below.

http://smile.amazon.com/ch/27-2391517

Merry Christmas!!

Your Support is Needed - Donate United MileagePlus Miles for Micronesia!!!

Donate Your United MileagePlus Miles Now to Help the People of Micronesia Walk Again

You Can Make a Difference

Micronesia is one of the most poverty-stricken nations in the developing world. Over 2,000 islands are scattered across an ocean area the size of the United States. Transportation between islands is limited and airfares are very expensive.  Healthcare is nearly nonexistent, and medical diagnoses are widespread and far-reaching. Diabetes in particular is one such prevalent condition, and many people are required to undergo painful and life-altering amputations.     

Fact: Diabetes strikes hundreds of people in Micronesia. Many are required to undergo painful, life-altering amputations, making diabetes the primary cause of amputations in Pacific island nations like Micronesia.

At 2ft Prosthetics (2ftprosthetics.org), we are working with the primary hospitals of Micronesia to establish their first prosthetics program. By partnering with the Ayuda Foundation, medical and engineering volunteers can travel to Micronesia using donated United MileagePlus Miles to train local medical staff to make and fit prosthetic legs and ultimately provide a better quality of life for these islanders.

Donate your United MileagePlus Miles now to help send volunteers to Micronesia. Don’t let your unused miles go to waste—your contribution will help better the lives of those in need of medical care.  Note that frequent flyer mileage with Star Alliance Members (e.g. US Airways, Luftsansa, Swiss Air, Continental, etc.) can be converted to United MileagePlus Miles.

Step 1: Declare.

Ensure your miles go toward setting up the first prosthetics clinic in Micronesia by declaring how many miles will be donated to 2ft Prosthetics in the form below. There is a minimum donation of 500 miles (but no maximum!)

If you have trouble viewing or submitting the form below, you can fill it out online (Link to Form - Click Here) or email your responses to info@2ftprosthetics.org.

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Fact: Micronesia is one of the world's poorest countries, ranking 187 out of 193 on the UN GDP list

Step 2: Donate.

Click on the link below to donate your United MileagePlus Miles through United Airlines. Be sure to donate your miles to the Ayuda Foundation. 

You will be asked to provide your United MileagePlus Miles number and PIN/Password.

United Charity Miles Website - Click Here

Step 3: Share.

Do you have any friends or colleagues who are frequent travelers?  Are there family members who has United MileagePlus Miles that are going to expire soon?  Please share this message with others!

“Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.”  -Desmond Tutu

Comments? Concerns? Questions?

Should you have any trouble donating your miles or have any further questions regarding our mission, contact 2ft Prosthetics at info@2ftprosthetics.org.  If you have trouble viewing the form in Step 1, please email us your responses to info@2ftprosthetics.org.

OneSize Foot Concept - OneWorld Prosthetics

Check out the OneSize prosthetic foot that 2ft Prosthetics is developing in conjunction with OneWorld Prosthetics!!

Mission: Micronesia 2014

Mission: Micronesia

2ft Prosthetics is excited to work with the Federated States of Micronesia to provide prosthetic legs to amputees in FSM!  There are currently no prosthetic services in FSM, so this is greatly needed.  We are working with the hospitals in Chuuk, Yap, Kosrae, and Pohnpei islands, and are planning to send an initial contingency of prosthetists in January 2014.

This is where we can use your help!  In order to start fitting amputees in Micronesia, we are going to need to get equipment, tools, and prosthetic components to send to Micronesia, as well as send prosthetists down for training local medical staff.  Any donations of equipment, tools, prosthetic components, airline "buddy passes" or Skymiles, or also monetary donations are greatly appreciated.

If you would like to donate or have questions, please contact us at

info@2ftprosthetics.org

or go to our website

www.2ftprosthetics.org

You Tube Video-Guatemala

KUTV :: News - Pay it Forward

Click link to watch featured story on KUTV news:

KUTV :: News - Pay it Forward

News Broadcast from Tonga

This broadcast aired while we were in Tonga in June, 2010.

New Group Picture- October 2011

Homecoming Parade

2ft. Prosthetics participated in the BYU Homecoming Parade

It was a little cold and rainy, but we brought in some generous donations and had a blast.

Thank you, Provo!

Good Things Utah

Julie Baker Bagley directs a team of students at Utah Valley University who do service. Their group is called International Service Abroad. When they heard about the project one of her previous students, Doug Wright, was working on with his friend Dave Williams, they jumped on board.

Doug, Julie and a dozen UVU students, traveled to Guatemala for two weeks in June to support a humanitarian project that will provide low-cost prosthetics to an area devastated by an earthquake in 2009. In support of the humanitarian efforts their team builds unique limbs made from polyvinyl chloride, more commonly known as PVC. The prosthetics can be attached for around 15 percent of the cost of an average prosthetic. The goal is to start self-sustaining clinics that can provide prosthetics for those who are not able to afford them. This humanitarian project is changing the lives of both the volunteers and the recipients.

The focus of 2Ft Prosthetics is to establish, step by step, similar clinics worldwide in underdeveloped countries and the US. The UVU club plans to participate in another 2Ft Prosthetics project in the future, possibly in New Zealand. One of UVU's students will produce a documentary on the trip for his senior project. The documentary will hopefully be ready the first part of November. These students plan and organize humanitarian projects worldwide. They have visited other countries where they have left a lasting impact. The aim is to restore hope and much needed relief.

For more information or to join in their cause visit:www.2ftprosthetics.org

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Updated: 6:33 am | Published: 9/21 3:03 pm