LSMS ALLIANCE SEPTEMBER 26, 2022
ALLIANCE
UPDATE ON STATE ALLIANCE ACTIVITIES The LSMS Alliance members have advanced to a new year, 2022-23, with President Rose Kuplesky. Now that the worst of Covid seems to be behind us, we look forward to resuming our normal Alliance activities.
Not only for 2020-2021 was Covid ravaging our state and country, but also hurricanes damaged much of our southern part of the state, especially the Lake Charles and the New Orleans areas. Many citizens in the south Louisiana did not have homes or work places for many months due to hurricane damage. We also extend condolences for all of the family members who were lost due to Covid 19 illnesses. Through the two years of Covid, your state Alliance has continued to support our local Alliances and our communities. We especially thank the local Alliances that continued to meet and collect dues and encourage the other Alliances to regroup and plan for the future. During 2020 and 2021, the state Alliance provided grants for all of the local Alliances in the form $600 each. With Covid causing many of our citizens to not be able to work and needing assistance with food cost, your state Alliance made donations of $1,000 each to five Louisiana Food Banks. Your State Alliance and local Alliances, Avoyelles, Capital Area, Orleans, and Shreveport, held fundraisers to donate $10,000 to the Louisiana “Toys for Tots”.
The State Alliance Annual Meeting was held at the Baton Rouge Hilton Capital Center on August 6, 2022 and it was a welcome event to be able to visit in person again. Our special guest was an AMA Alliance past President Sue Ann Greco. In 2020 and 2021, your State Alliance met on computer Zoom and conference calls to continue to support and encourage local Alliances to continue as much as possible. Your State Alliance delegation of Cindy Leopard, Rose Kuplesky, Marci Freeman, and Emma Borders again attended, since 2019, an in-person Annual Meeting in Chicago of the AMA Alliance on June 12-14, 2022. With William Freeman, LSMS President, we all attended the beautiful and outstanding AMA Alliance 100th Anniversary Celebration. Our state Alliance President, Rose Kuplesky, will be attending the Southern Medical Association and Alliance Annual Meeting, Pigeon Forge, TN, October 28-29, 2022. Our longtime LSMS Alliance and Society member, Donna Breen, MD, Avoyelles Parish, has had the honor of serving this year as Southern Medical Association President.
With much enthusiasm we are looking forward to returning to our Alliance activities. ■
2022-23 OFFICERS President
Second Vice-President Anita White Third Vice-President Betty DeMars
Secretary/Treasurer Emma Borders Past President Cindy Leopard
Rose Kuplesky First Vice-President Connie Boyer
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