Since 1998, U.S. nonprofit Total Health has been providing medical care to the people of La Ceiba, Honduras. Total Health raises money for the La Ceiba clinic and recruits medical personnel to work in the clinic and surrounding communities. Fairview Medical Missions and Total Health have established a partnership, planning a number of medical missions trips to assist Salud Total Clinic—the first in February 2007. Fairview now sponsors a number of trips to La Ceiba each year and an occasional trip to Total Health's clinic in Managua, Nicaragua.

Serving the poor can be a life changing experience and will produce memories and friendships that will last a lifetime. We are excited to work with you to change people's lives.

Current trip information

• Tentative 2009 trip dates:

• Total cost for 2009 trips is $1,500 per person. (Includes airfare, food and lodging, in-country travel and medical insurance). Does not include required vaccinations or passport expenses.
• Each trip is limited to 10-12 people. Team members are chosen by the Fairview Medical Missions review committee.
• Download the 2009 Honduras medical mission fact sheet.

How to apply

• Fill out the Total Health Honduras medical mission application and submit to Walter Argueta at the Fairview Foundation by mail, fax or e-mail:
  Fairview Foundation
  Attn: Walter Argueta
  2200 Riverside Ave.
  Minneapolis, MN 55454
  Fax: 612-672-7799
  Email: warguet1@fairview.org
•  Apply at least two months in advance of trip date. Team members are chosen by a review committee.
• Trip dates are subject to change until confirmed.

Grant funding

• Fairview may be able to provide a grant to help cover your expenses (up to $1,000), depending upon available funding.
• To be elible for funding, applicants must be a current Fairview employee with one year of employment and at least 20 hours per week, a
  Fairview volunteer with a minimum of 50 hours per year, a Fairview retiree or a Fairview Physician
  Associates (FPA) member.
• If you'd like to apply for a grant from the Fairview Foundation, please fill out the Fairview Foundation grant application and return to Walter Argueta.
• One grant per applicant per calendar year.
• All grantees must complete a trip evaluation within 30 days of return.

Payments

• Make checks out to: Fairview Foundation. Write your name and trip date on the memo line.
• First payment of $400 is due when you submit the application. Second payment of $600 is due one month before your trip.
• Any balance is due two weeks before your trip.
• All contributions to Fairview Foundation are tax-deductible.