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GLOBEMED AT UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
students and communities improving health
around the world
2011-2012 Annual Report
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GlobeMed is a network of university students that partner with grassroots organizations around the world to improve the health of people living in poverty
AMHERST COLLEGE Pastoral de La Salud
San Salvador, El Salvador
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY
ARM Orissa, India
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY Medical AIDS Outreach Montgomery, Alabama
UNC-CHAPEL HILL Health Alert Uganda
Gulu, Uganda
BETHEL UNIVERSITY Rural Economic
Development Association Svay Rieng, Cambodia
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
RVCP, Butare, Rwanda Community of Hope
Washington, D.C.
RHODES COLLEGE A Ministry of Sharing
Health and Hope Managua, Nicaragua
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME PEDA
Vientiane, Laos
BOSTON COLLEGE CCC-UNSCH
Ayacucho, Peru
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
Primeros Pasos Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY Cooperation for Social
Services and Development Phnom Penh, Cambodia
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
Kallpa Iquitos Iquitos, Peru
BROWN UNIVERSITY Ungano Tena
Nairobi, Kenya
INDIANA UNIVERSITY CEMOPLAF Cajabamba
Cajabamba, Ecuador
TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY
Maison de Naissance Torbeck, Haiti
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
CareNet Ghana Hohoe, Ghana
BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY KIHEFO
Kabale, Uganda
LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY Health Development
Initiative Kigali, Rwanda
TUFTS UNIVERSITY Nyaya Health
Achham, Nepal
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
Clinica Ana Manganaro Guarjila, El Salvador
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY GWED-G
Gulu, Uganda
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO
Jambi Huasi Otovalo, Ecuador
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO ASPAT
Lima, Peru
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA Build Your Future Today
Center Siem Reap, Cambodia
CORNELL UNIVERSITY CEPAIPA
Guayaquil, Ecuador
MIT Women Mobilizing for
Development Bokeo, Laos
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI
Social Action for Women Mae Sot, Thailand
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
WDA Phnom Penh, Cambodia
CU-BOULDER HHC, Jawalakhel, Nepal
Courage Is Change Denver, Colorado
MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE Gardens for Health
International Gasabo, Rwanda
UCLA Nwoya Youth Center
Anaka, Uganda
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON
COWS Kampong Thom, Cambodia
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE Kachin Women’s
Association Thailand Chiang Mai, Thailand
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
Kitovu Mobile AIDS Organization
Masaka, Uganda
UNIVERSITY OF DENVER Buddhism and Society
Development Association Kampong Cham, Cambodia
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY Dios es Amor
Lima, Peru
DEPAUL UNIVERSITY ASOSAP
Alta Verapaz, Guatemala
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY HOPE Center
Ho, Ghana
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Tiyatien Health Zwedru, Liberia Joy-Southfield
Detroit, Michigan
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS
UDHA Iganga, Uganda
DUKE UNIVERSITY Salud Sin Límites Siuna, Nicaragua
OBERLIN COLLEGE Center for Community
Health Promotion Hanoi, Vietnam
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY
KCRC Bushenyi District, Uganda
WHITMAN COLLEGE Burmese Women’s Union
Chiang Mai, Thailand
EMORY UNIVERSITY MAP Foundation
Chiang Mai, Thailand
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY ACUDESBAL
Chiapas, Mexico
GlobeMed aims to strengthen the movement for global health equity by empowering students and communities to
work together to improve the health of people living in poverty around the world.
We believe every human life has equal worth and every person deserves the chance to thrive. This
belief has drawn together our network of students, communities, and supporters from all walks of life and from every corner of the world. Health for all is within our grasp, but we can only
achieve it by working together.
“ ”OUR MISSION
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PRESIDENTS’ MESSAGE
IN THIS REPORT: !1 MISSION STATEMENT
2 2011 – 2012 AT A GLANCE
3 ABOUT US
4 OUR PARTNER
5 OUR PROJECT
6 CAMPAIGNS
7 GLOBALHEALTHU
8 COMMUNITY BUILDING 9 GRASSROOTS ON-SITE
WORK INTERNSHIP
10 WORLD DAY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE
11 GLOBEMED GLOBAL HEALTH SUMMIT
12 OUR FUTURE
13 FINANCES
14 STAY CONNECTED
15 THANK YOU
Dear Friends and Supporters, GlobeMed at the University of Washington began as six students with a shared interest in global health, looking for a platform for students to get involved interactively with international grassroots organizations in a way that was sensitive to cultural differences and allowed tangible work and progress to be made. This is when GlobeMed entered our lives, warmly welcoming us into the global health student-based network, as a 2011 GlobeMed Founding Chapter. This past year has been a year of growth, critical thinking and the making of lasting friendships. We have learned about the culture and history of Cambodia, experienced the work of our partner, the Women Development Association, and listened to the stories of the people involved. We have spent countless hours fundraising and have gained insight to the tumultuous experience of the failures and successes within non-profit work. As a chapter, we have challenged each other to continuously move beyond good intentions, critically analyzing our role in global health. Following the partnership model of GlobeMed, we have found that by first establishing a foundational human relationship with the people of our partner organization, we can move beyond the limitations of a business and donor interaction, enhancing both the established goals of the grassroots organization, as well as student awareness of health related issues. We entrust in organic simplicity, in the fact that our approach is utilizing the energy, passions and resources of students in the United States to partner with the real change-makers – the grassroots health organizers and leaders around the world. We share the belief of William Easterly, and acknowledge that as college students we do not “know the answers in advance ...that poverty is a complicated triangle of political, social, historical, institutional, and technological factors” but through effective collaboration with our partner, we believe we can address the root causes that perpetuate the cycle of poverty and health related issues. Through your support, encouragement and partnership with our chapter this past year, you have enabled us to live into our belief that students and communities may come together to combat poverty and improve the health of the world today while shaping tomorrow’s leaders across all professions who will share a deep commitment to health equity and social justice. In Solidarity, Marina Fitzpatrick and Julia Olson 2011-2012 Co-Presidents
GlobeMed at University of Washington
2011-2012 AT A GLANCE
February 11, 2012 Party with a Purpose Community building and fundraising event involving dancing, music, food and good conversation. All for a five dollar entry.
March 10, 2012 Pub Crawl Partnered with the Jackson School of International Studies Annual Task Force Dinner and local bars on University Avenue, charging eight dollars per wrist band to participate in the first official GlobeMed and JSSA Pub Crawl.
April 28, 2012 GlobeMed at the University of Washington's 5K: Run for a Cause! Hosted a 5K on a beautiful spring day on the University of Washington's campus, with an admission fee that included a t-shirt and raffle ticket.
May 18, 2012 Benefit Concert
Local musicians donated their time and talent to play well into the evening, allowing all proceeds to go towards the WDA. A great opportunity to build community relations and spread the word about WDA's efforts.
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GlobeMed at University of Washington
september 2011
GlobeMed at the University of Washington was founded in the spring of 2011 and recognized as an official organization on campus in the fall of 2011, around the same time we were partnered with the WDA. Over the course of the year we grew from 6 members to a chapter of 18 fully committed and hardworking members, we raised a total of $7,133.33, began a five year health strengthening program, received $7,800 in grant money, and sent four students to intern with WDA over the 2012 summer.
ABOUT US
OUR PARTNER Women Development Association (WDA)
KEY FACT: Infant mortality rate: 88 deaths per 1,000 live births
ABOUT WDA FOUNDED IN 1994
The Women Development Association (WDA) was founded in Phnom Penh, Cambodia in 1994 by three Cambodian women in a Thai refugee camp for the sole purpose of restoring the human rights that had been denied to them during the Khmer Rouge. Over time their mission has evolved to include vocational training, health education and helping women and children escape the rampant sex trafficking plaguing the country. WDA wants to see poor and vulnerable people able to solve their own problems, to seek proper health services by themselves, and to apply prevention techniques to improve the health of their family. GlobeMed at the University of Washington partnered with WDA in the fall of 2011.
WORKS IN PREY VENG PROVINCE, CAMBODIA POPULATION: 947,357
The human right to health is particularly lacking in Cambodia, as the Khmer Rouge genocide effectively eliminated both the health infrastructure and the social mechanisms that previously helped rural people share and use health information. CARE estimates that only 36% of people have access to safe and clean drinking water, and the CIA states that 71% of people do not have adequate sanitation facilities.
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A MESSAGE FROM OUR PARTNER
The Women Development Association "WDA" in Cambodia is pleased to work with the members of GlobeMed as a GlobeMed’s partner in order to build capacity of WDA’s staff on the health sector, fund raising, practicing English, and doing outreach activities to improve the community health status of the target groups of WDA at the grass-root level towards the contribution of poverty reduction in Cambodia. WDA goal is to contribute to the poverty reduction through integrated community development with disadvantage and vulnerable groups in slum and rural areas to be better with peace, security and prosperity towards poverty reduction and sustainable community-development in Cambodia. We are grateful for your participation and contribution for the best future of health status of Cambodian people. Best Regards, Ms. Soreach Sereithida
Women’s Development Association
&OUR PROJECT GlobeMed at University of Washington
Why capacity building? Our project will bring the WDA’s model to the rural province, by training peer-educators to teach their community about the value of traditional preventative care and trained allopathic diagnoses. This is very much within the core-values of the WDA: to bring knowledge to the community while simultaneously stitching the community together, so that the message and the mechanism are mutually reinforcing. In this way we will work with the WDA to bring the human right to health to a wider population that has thus far been unable to meet this basic precondition for a healthy and productive life. By enacting this project through peer-educators, we will also be working to strengthen communities, thus connecting them so that they can advocate for their rights in other ways as well.
The Health Education and Public Strengthening project in the Prey Veng province aims to change
health related behavior by increasing access to health education."
The Health Education and Public Health Strengthening project is a five year project aiming to enable villagers in the Prey Veng
province to have positive behavior change and health conscious lifestyle through health education on sanitation, hygiene and
prevention of common diseases, and to contribute to the reduction of poverty of the rural communities in Cambodia
through promotion of healthy practices amongst the families in the Prey Veng province. The project was launched in the 2011 –
2012 school year, focusing initially on capacity building. Peer educators from 15 villages were selected and trained, and two
motorbikes were purchased to allow effective, cheap transportation between Phnom Penh and all districts in the Prey
Veng province. With this new mobility, WDA can build relationships with the people of Prey Veng and begin necessary
steps for behavior change communication and health education.
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VILLAGES WILL BENEFIT, WITH
AROUND 12,000 PEOPLE.
$7,133 TO PURCHASE TWO MOTORBIKES, GAS,
EDUCATION MATERIALS,
INCENTIVES FOR PEER EDUCATORS.
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Women’s Development Association
CAMPAIGNS
EVENT TITLE
EVENT DESCRIPTION
MONEY RAISED
Individual Giving Sought out family and friends for donations, introducing the WDA to them as well as our first project to raise money for motorbikes.
$3020
Party with a Purpose GlobeMed awareness event, charged admission fee that included beverage. $2122.98
Pub Crawl Partnered with JSSA, charged for wristbands that allowed for drink specials at local bars. $425.97
Run for a Cause! Invited family and friends, charged admission fee incorporated with tickets for a drawing for prizes. Sold t-shirts as well
$373.32
Benefit Concert Invited local band/DJ to perform and charged admission fee that includes beverage. $957.67
Campaigns are on-campus events and initiatives that raise funds for GlobeMed partner organizations' grassroots projects abroad.
Since September 2012, GlobeMed at the University of Washington has raised a total of over $7399.94 to support the Women's Development Association in Phnom Penh, Cambodia to promote health education
programs into the rural provinces.
$7,399.94
Total funds raised for WDA in 2011-2012:
CAMPAIGNS GlobeMed at the University of Washington's 5K: Run for a Cause! April 28, 2012 We hosted an inaugural 5k run or walk for fans, family, and friends that stretched through our beautiful campus. At the event we had a DJ playing music, fuel for the runners, and we had a prize drawing from a variety of fabulous donations for all attendees at the end of the race. Also, we sold T-shirts and spoke briefly about the work our chapter does as well who our partner organization and the projects that their proceeds benefited.
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE YEAR
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GlobalhealthU this year in our first year as a chapter was very important, as we managed to organize other campaigns and fundraising, it was always good to have ghU to fall back on. At times the lessons could be a bit boring and I know that we struggled to keep everyone involved, especially through the first two tracks, but in the end I think that the knowledge that everyone gained is very applicable to the issues that we are trying to tackle. Now as a GROW intern I was brought back to the economist debate when I found myself looking for microfinance information in a piece written by Esther Duflo. Next year we hope to improve on the involvement aspects of ghU, but for a first effort I think the UW team did a decent job.
globalhealthU globalhealthU is GlobeMed’s signature
year-long global health curriculum. This student-designed and driven program equips students with the
critical thinking skills that will inform a life of leadership for global health.
2011-2012 CURRICULUM
ORIENTATION Chapter members were
equipped with a thorough understanding of the values of
GlobeMed and explored their personal values.
POVERTY AND HEALTH Chapters conceptualized
poverty and sought to explore the connections between
global health and poverty.
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS
We considered the views of six developmental economists
to explored the root causes and paths out of poverty.
INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION
Chapters conducted an in-depth investigation on a topic
of interest.
STUDENTS’ ROLE Following a critical discussion
of our role in perpetuating poverty, we sought to
understand how we can be effective advocates.
REFLECTION Chapters reflected on the year
behind them both as individuals and in the context
of their chapter.
They Go To Die: Film Screening November 16, 2011
We partnered with the Global Health Resource Center and hosted a multimedia presentation on human rights and access to medicines with Jonathan Smith, Director of the Visual Ethnography Project at Yale University. The event included an exclusive preview of the in-progress documentary, "They Go to Die," which highlights families caught up in the southern African HIV/TB epidemic, and an open discussion on global health innovation. It was a great way to bring the campus together for an awareness event.
globalhealthU ON-CAMPUS EVENTS
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TOTAL # OF CHAPTER MEMBERS: # OF COMMUNITY BUILDING EVENTS: We believe that any mission to improve health equity should not be done in isolation or in competition. To live into this belief, over the past year we partnered with other student organizations to promote healthy lifestyles and nutrition, engaged in critical dialog surrounding global health issues, attended panel discussions, hosted multiple film screenings, camped during the winter to test the bounds of our team moral, and learned from each other why it is that we are committed to global health over delicious Khmer dinners. It is because of events like these that we are able to grow as a strong and committed chapter, and participate in global health locally as well as internationally.
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Through service and team-building events, community and camaraderie is fostered around global health and social justice within GlobeMed chapters, the
GlobeMed network and surrounding communities.
COMMUNITY BUILDING
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GROW
Through Grassroots On-site Work (GROW)
internships, students build capacity of their partner organization, engage in
mutual learning, and ensure long-term stability
of their partnership.
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# OF GROW INTERNS: LENGTH OF STAY: WORK DESCRIPTION: We are working with the Women Development Association in Phnom Penh, Cambodia to help them set up a rural health education network in the Prey Veng province. This health network uses peer-to-peer educators to disseminate health information on preventative care and the importance of visiting qualified health professionals when needed. We will help the WDA come up with creative and innovative methods to communicate this information, as well as helping them apply for larger grants to keep the project sustainable and expanding into the future.
"I'll consider my life a success if I end up half as cool as Thida [WDA's
executive director].” -- Tyler Brenton, c/o 2013
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INTERNSHIP
04 08 weeks
WORLD DAY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE
GLOBEMED AT UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON joined 45 other GlobeMed chapters across the nation in a network-wide commemoration of the 4th Annual World Day of Social Justice during the week of February 20, 2012, by asking professors to dedicate five minutes of class time to a discussion on how poverty and social justice relates to their field of study. GLOBEMED TEACH-IN HIGHLIGHTS: Each of the professors had a different approach to social justice due to their fields of study. The highlight to me was how a scientist, a business teacher, and a global health expert could all come together over such an important issue. I felt Professor Christie from the College of Marine Environments had the most interesting take on social justice. Christie has devoted his life in part to the preservation of biodiversity in the oceans, especially in coral reefs. Most of the world's reefs are located in developing areas of the world in areas that are not as conscious about conservationism. Professor Christie preaches the necessity to work alongside these communities to combat the issues of overfishing and reef bleaching. He lectured about the rights of these people to their lands, and how cooperation with these groups must be part of the solution.
“INJUSTICE anywhere is a THREAT to JUSTICE everywhere.”
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed February 20th as World Day of Social Justice in 2007. Observation of WDSJ supports efforts of the
international community in poverty eradication, the promotion of full employment and decent work, gender equity and access to social well-
being and justice for all.
Number of professors who participated in the WDSJ Teach-In: 06 Participating Departments:
Business
American Ethnic Studies
International Studies
Political Science
College of Marine Environments
"Coming to the summit reminded me that everyone in the national network can serve as a resource and support for one another, and that the better we utilize this support system, the stronger we will become. GlobeMed is only five years old. What will we accomplish in the next five years?"
-- Mollie Holmberg, c/o 2014
2012 DELEGATES: Cole Bazemor, Mollie Holmberg, Marina Fitzpatrick, Julia Olson
The annual GlobeMed Global Health Summit brings together university students from across the nation for three days of intensive lectures and
workshops with representatives from grassroots global health organizations and a range of experts.
2012 GLOBAL HEALTH SUMMIT
OUR FUTURE
Over 2012 summer, four of our members participated in the Grass Roots On Site Work as interns with WDA for 2 months. With this new, invaluable insight to the operations of WDA and their projects, and with the strengthened relationships between members of GlobeMed and of WDA, we have high hopes for the years to follow. We have set a fundraising goal of $10,000 for the 2012 - 2013 school year, aiming for 2 fundraising events per quarter to support our health education program. Stay tuned for our newsletters on events to come! If you cannot make an event, donations can be make online at www.razoo.com/story/globemedatuwash
“What makes GlobeMed really special is that the people who are in
it are extremely passionate about what they are doing; it gives us the
opportunity to do something concrete and allows us to come
together to work as students for a social movement towards health equity.” – Veronica Hoy, c/o 2012
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CAMPAIGN DONATIONS! OPERATIONS! TOTAL REVENUE!
Revenue!
Events ! $3879.94! $3879.94!
Individual Giving! $3520! $3520!
GlobeMed National Office! $500! $500!
Foundations! $7800! $7800!
Miscellaneous (i.e. member dues)! $20! $20!
SUBTOTAL! $7399.94! $8320! $15,719.94!
CAMPAIGN DONATIONS!
OPERATIONS & GRANTS! TOTAL!
Current Finances!
Cash Reserves! $2000! $406! $2406!
EXISTING BALANCE! $2000! $406! $2406!
In 2011 – 2012, GlobeMed at University of Washington raised $7,399.94 for
Women’s Development Association to support projects in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
FINANCES
KEEP IN TOUCH
WANT TO REACH US IN 2012-2013?
CONTACT: Marina Fitzpatrick and Julia Olson E-MAIL: [email protected]
Find our chapter on www.razoo.com/story/Globemedatuwash and make a donation to support our partner and project today.
Check out our photos on globemed.smugmug.com/GlobeMedUWash
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Follow our blog and chime in on the discussion. globemeduw.wordpress.com
Follow us on twitter at twitter.com//UWGlobeMed
Read more about our partner and project, and the GlobeMed network. globemed.org/impact/university-of-washington
EXECUTIVE BOARD
A sincere thanks to the following advocates, mentors, donors, and colleagues for making our 2011 – 2012 year a great success:
CO-PRESIDENT Marina Fitzpatrick
globalhealthU COORDINATOR Tyler Brenton
globalhealthU COORDINATOR Kenzie Fruge
CAMPAIGN COORDINATOR Jessie Zou
GROW COORDINATOR Kate Fenimore
CO-PRESIDENT Julia Olsen
globalhealthU COORDINATOR Veronica Hoy
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS Kelly Bolander
CAMPAIGN COORDINATOR Lindsey Allais
DIRECTOR OF FINANCES Cole Bazemore
SUPPORTERS
THANK YOU
ORGANIZATIONS Global Health Resource Center, Jennifer Caldwell Endowment,
Center for Human Rights, Leslieane Shedd Memorial Fund, Mary Gates Endowment, Monroe Civic Fellowship, Jackson School
Student Association, Critical Development Forum, GH
Leadership, Student Activities Office, Feel Good, The Dip,
TouchBase, Yellow Haus
Harman, Patricia J Heaton,
Robbie Holmberg, Benjamin Horsman, Veronica Hoy, Karen Jones, David A Kositsky, Mary
LaMarche, Paul LaMarche, Brianna Larsen, Wolfram
Latsch, Rosanne Martinson, Somaly Neal, Eleanor Nelson, Ronald D Nelson, Kurt Olson, Lelia Olson, Adriana Potter,
Denise Ratti, Meredith Regal, Susan Ross, Kathy Schneider, Julie and Steve Seguin, Dale
Severance, Amy Simons, James Strieby, Karen L
Tobiason, G. Earl Trevathan, Jr., Wenda Trevathan, Martina
Unutzer, Cynthia E Victor, Adam M Wallas, Betty J White,
Katherine A Yasi, Nina J Yu
INDIVIDUALS Matt Sparke (Faculty Advisor),
Kevin J Allais, Robin Allais, Piper A Bazemore, James D
Bazemore, Leanne K Beidler, David B. Berger, Konni Black,
Juliana Borges, Nancy M Brenton MD, Thomas P.
Bridgman, Teresa A Burris, Christopher Collado, Jennifer Gore Dwyer, Kelly S Erickson, Debra S. Everson, A Katherine
Fenimore, Anna Fenimore, Alicia Fitzpatrick, Jennifer Fitzpatrick,
Joan Fitzpatrick, William Fitzpatrick, Jennifer Frank, Carol
Lynn Freise, Lily Fender, Angeline C. Fugere, Cindy
Fruge, Hiroko Fruge, Bernie D Galve, Gail Reid-Gurian, Jessica Hamke, MarneL. Hansen, Pamela
BUSINESSES Chow Foods, Columbia Athletic
Club, The Discovery Channel, Emerald City Charters, Lets Go Sailing, Fahlman, Olson & Little, Jimmy Johns, Starbucks, The
University of Washington Bookstore, water.com, Western Co Donuts, Woodland Park Zoo
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Evanston, IL 60201 847-467-2143
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