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Florida O&P Outreach Team



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Dino Scanio
6215 Spring Oak Court
Tampa, Florida 33625
United States

813-477-1219 (Phone)

Dino M. Scanio, CO, LO, Director
6215 Spring Oak Court
Tampa, Florida 33625
United States

813-477-1219 (Phone)

Type of Organization

For Profit
Foundation


Service Areas

Regions: North America, Central America, Europe, Asia, South America
Age Group: Adults, Children
Fees Charged: Yes


Services Provided

Prosthetic Fitting, Orthotic Fitting, Education, Prosthetic Fabrication, Orthotic Fabrication, Rehabilitation / Training
There is a facility/physical building for patient care at the specified location.
Accomodations for volunteers near or at the specified location.


Needs

Financial Assistance

Materials, Components, and Equipment: New, Disassembled, Equipment, Used


General Background Information

Historical Information
Founded in 2007 by Dino and Lisa Scanio
Total volunteers to date: 12
Total recipients of care to date: 25


Financial Information
Organization provides partial funding for volunteers.
Volunteer does NOT need to raise individual funds for all expenses.
Currently and Historically, the organization's funding and contributions have come from:
        Business: 40%
        Individuals: 40%
        Personal: 20%


Mission Statement
The FOOT Foundation – Florida O&P Outreach Team was formed to provide orthotic and prosthetic services to children and adults of impoverished countries. The foundation is also committed to giving back to the local community and will pick one charity that resides in the State of Florida and offer assistance. The FOOT Foundation will not represent any private or public business or any institution. Florida O&P Outreach Team: Improving lives one person at a time.


Additional Information & Comments

Field Facts O&P Business News
http://www.oandpbiznews.com/200806b/ff.asp

June 15, 2008

FOOT Foundation Provides Services in Guatemala

The FOOT (Florida O&P Outreach Team) Foundation recently sent an inaugural mission team to the Hospital Infantíl de Infectología y Rehabilitación (HIIR) in Guatemala City, Guatemala.

The foundation provides orthotic and prosthetic services to children and adults of impoverished countries, as well as local charitable assistance.

Founded in 2007 by orthotist Dino Scanio and his wife, Lisa, the FOOT Foundation comprises a like-minded core group of professionals, including Tampa Bay area prosthetists Danny Griner, Addam Griner, Eddie Rogowski and Bryan Sinnott. Scanio has worked for more than 2 years at Shriners Hospitals for Children in Tampa, Fla.

Occupational therapist and translator Toni Thompson and videographer Dave Amis rounded out the Guatemala service group.

In addition to fabricating and delivering devices, the mission of FOOT addresses long-range carry-over by educating local practitioners in an interactive clinical setting.

The FOOT Foundation team coordinated the trip with members of the Physicians for Peace (PFP) Walking Free program, prosthetist Ben Blecha, physical therapist Shannon Kidd, and physiatrist Joseph Webster, to develop a week-long transfemoral prosthetics program.

The group focused on providing team-based services with opportunities for teaching. Two cases were filmed from start to finish, which will provide the basis for bilingual video teaching modules and written manuals on transfemoral prosthetic fabrication and the Lock-it Socket technique.

In addition to prosthetists, local team member counterparts included pediatricians, physiatrists, physical and occupational therapists, psychologists, and social workers from various local facilities. By week’s end, the local counterparts were molding and modifying the devices with feedback from the FOOT volunteers.


This organization has endorsed the ISPO Code of Conduct for International Non-Governmental Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Mobility Assistance.


 

 

Phone: (352) 872-5400

Fax: (352) 332-0161

 

6800 NW 9th Blvd, Ste 3, Gainesville FL 32605


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