The Ohio Academy of Family Physicians Foundation is back with a new online auction item!
Available for bids in November is the framed Tar Wars print “Happiness is Being Able to Breathe” by Treeya Brooks that received Special Recognition in the 2002 National Poster Contest. Thank you to Patricia Kellner, MD, for donating this print valued at $50!
To bid, please visit the online auction and place your bid in the comment section at the bottom of the page. The auction will close at Noon on Tuesday, November 30!
The minimum beginning bid is $25 and the minimum raise is $5.
To check the status of bidding, or to place additional bids, please revisit the online action page.
The frame containing the print measures approximately 17.5” wide by 20.5” high. All proceeds directly benefit Foundation family medicine pipeline programs that seek to identify and cultivate future family physicians to ensure a sufficient family medicine workforce for Ohio. Pick up of the print will need to be arranged at the OAFP offices in Columbus, or a future Academy event.
If you have any questions, please contact Coordinator of Events and Foundation Programs Caitlin Laudeman or call 800.742.7327.
About Tar Wars
Tar Wars is a community-based education program designed to teach kids to live tobacco-free. Presented to fourth- and fifth-grade students, the program teaches kids about the short-term health effects of tobacco use, the cost associated with using tobacco products, and the advertising techniques used by the tobacco industry to market their products to youth.
- Increase knowledge of short-term health effects and image-based consequences of tobacco use
- Illustrate cost/financial impact of using tobacco and ways money could be better spent
- Identify reasons why people use tobacco
- Explain how tobacco advertising, tobacco use in movies, and the tobacco industry markets their products to youth.
The Tar Wars program is implemented in classrooms by volunteers. By utilizing a community-based approach to mobilize family physicians, educators, and other health care professionals, Tar Wars can accomplish its goals. For additional information, visit the AAFP website.