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- PathPAC Raised Almost $52,000 at Leadership Summit
This year’s Pathologists Leadership Summit generated record-breaking fundraising for PathPAC, with nearly $52,000. The House of Delegates (HOD) Back the PAC competition raised over $37,000. Additionally, PathPAC collected another $15,000 in support from CAP advocates participating in Virtual Hill Day and the hybrid events of the week.
The HOD’s Frontier Team made up of Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and Utah state delegations, took first place in both the total funds raised ($11,863) and highest participation rate (23.7%) categories. The Coastal Team came in second and closed in on Frontier’s participation lead in the final weeks of the competition, finishing with a 21.2% participation rate.
The HOD chairs’ encouragement of their state delegations carried tremendous weight. For example, Marilyn Bui, MD, PhD, FCAP, the Florida Delegation chair, reminded her fellow delegates of the importance of a strong and influential PAC representing pathologists on the Hill. Her peer-to-peer fundraising efforts positioned Florida as the delegation with the most individual PathPAC donors and the highest state-wide participation rate. Megha Joshi, MD, FCAP, and William Yong, MD, FCAP, delegation Chairs for Massachusetts and California, respectively, also achieved impressive participation numbers thanks to their positive reinforcement of PathPAC’s important role.
The eight-week competition, which will continue on an annual basis, attracted 12 first-time PathPAC donors. Several delegates even commented that they had supported PathPAC in previous years, but never at as high a level as during this year’s Back the PAC. These positive competition outcomes will only add to the sustainability and long-term growth of PathPAC.