Fraternal Order of Eagles Donates $5,000 to Issa Trust Foundation

From left are Larry Hanshaw, Iowa State Secretary and Past Grand Worthy President, Alice Ruggles, Past Madam President, Frank Ruggles, Past Worthy President, Diane Pollard, Vice President, Issa Trust Foundation, Pam Hanshaw, Past Madam President

The Fraternal Order of Eagles (FOE) presented approximately $400,000 to organizations throughout the State during the 2008-2009 State Convention / Issa Trust Foundation is humbled by the support that we continue to receive from the Fraternal Order of Eagles. These contributions are the backbone of our organization and truly come from the heart.

The Issa Trust Foundation was established in 2005 by Couples Resorts as a nonprofit organization. The mission of the Foundation is to provide a system of prevention, health promotion and education, community health improvement and other services to promote well-being and development for the people of Jamaica.

A team of health professionals, from the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital in Iowa City, Iowa, and Blank Children’s Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa, will provide a series of free medical clinics targeting underprivileged children in the Ocho Rios area of Jamaica September 14-19, 2009. In addition, health professionals from Philadelphia and Maryland will offer similar clinics in the Negril area of Jamaica September 22-26, 2009.

This diverse group of health professionals, who share a strong bond of caring, travel to Boys and Girls homes, and various medical health centers across Jamaica.

About the Fraternal Order of Eagles
The Fraternal Order of Eagles, an international nonprofit organization, unites fraternally in the spirit of liberty, truth, justice, and equality, to make human life more desirable by lessening its ills, and by promoting peace, prosperity, gladness and hope. Founded in 1898, the Fraternal Order of Eagles fund research in areas such as heart disease, kidney disease, diabetes and cancer, and raise money for neglected and abused children and the aged, as well as work for social and civic change. Learn more at www.foe.com.