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When Duncan Tree Foundation started our journey of healing, teaching, and empowering youth in 2008, little did we know where this journey would take us.

Today we are happy to announce as we leap forward, we've launched the Duncan Tree Podcast with Ouida on Duncan Tree on Apple Podcast and Spotify earlier this year to bring our message of healing, teaching, and empowerment to young people around the world. We focus on young people in particular because they are our future leaders, and we also focus on their 'village' including parents, grandparents, extended family and friends who provide them with financial and emotional stability and support within their community. 

The Duncan Tree Podcast series on wellness was released in partnership with Duncan Tree Productions, LLC, where, in future episodes we're going to discuss the four pillars established by the Duncan Tree Foundation as a pivot caused by the pandemic, the pillars are emotional/mental, spiritual, physical, and financial wellness.

Like you, we don't have it all figured out, but we do have different backgrounds and resources. Together, we will be able to not only heal ourselves but help you along on the journey of healing. 

Of the ten episodes, we've recorded thus after the episode on "Watch Your Mind: Signs and Signals of Suicide" and "Humbly Prosperous: How having the right mindset contributes to obtaining and maintaining a wealthy lifestyle".

After you've had a chance to listen to the episodes tell us your thoughts on what you liked and did not like about them. We want to hear from you. We plan to take your feedback to help make future episodes better.

In addition to launching a post-pandemic Podcast, we're moving forward with plans to launch our long-awaited Mentoring program to support young people interested in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) careers. Duncan Tree has had the benefit of having over 100 volunteers with a background in STEM who are prime to be Mentors for future generations. Now that we've seen Hope Chicago's story on 60-minutes (Sunday, 22 May) we are considering a pilot program with their team for high school seniors and their parents who benefit from full-ride scholarships for in-state college and technical school tuition.

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THANK YOU ALL!!!

When we look back at all of the people who helped make our fourteen-year journey possible, we couldn't have done this without you and we want to thank the following individuals and sponsors (all who are not listed space limits us from thanking every single person who loved and supported us along the way).

Dr. Roy Streete of OID, and Former Consul General Genevieve Brown-Metzger (who in turn introduced Duncan Tree a key partner at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center).

We were delighted to be the lead planners of a special CME conference on 10 March 2010, PROSTATE CANCER: Current Status & Future Directions-unique impact on African America and Caribbean men.

Thank you Dr. Sheila Campbell-Forrester, Former Chief Medical Officer of Jamaica for joining our team and positively impacting our growth journey since 2011.

• Denise Dixon, thank you for doing research and telling us about Medtronic Spine.
• Thank Kashia Diaz-Cave for Introducing us to the producers of the NBC Connecticut Health and Wellness Festival where we partnered with them from 2009 to 2011 in offering free digital rectal exams, and patient education in the four pillars of wellness.
• We also want to thank Dr. Kirk Campbell, at Mount Sinai for his insight and leadership
• Kiel Telesford, PhD at Weill Cornell, former board member
• Christina Regan former board member
• Oheneba Boachie-Adjei, former Chair of Scoliosis at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) and the first spine surgeon to join Duncan Tree on our first mission trip to Jamaica
• Dr. Mark Lee, Orthopedic Surgeon Connecticut Children's Hospital
• Dr. Vincent Arlet (Head of Spine Surgery and UPenn Medicine)
• Dr. Fred Hess (Chief of Orthopedic Surgery, Geisinger, PA)
• Mr. Nat Valentine who were instrumental in our pivot from Prostate Cancer to Scoliosis.

We want to thank all 100+ volunteers who participated in over 20 mission trips in over nine years of our Scoliosis Care Fund missions to Jamaica, the Philippines and Trinidad and Tobago.

We're grateful for the support of the Jamaican Ministry of Health & Wellness and the staff of South East Regional Health Authority, Kingston Public Hospital, especially:

• Dr. Ian Neil (Orthopedic Surgeon)
• Dr. Andrew Bogle (Orthopedic Surgeon)
• Dr. Nathalie Wylie (Senior Medical Officer), and
• Nurse Debby-Ann McKenzie-Cookes (Head Nurse)
• Carl Cavallier (Technician)
• Phyliss Hall, Ministry of Health
• Meverley Anderson, Ministry of Health
• Ava Timberlake, Ministry of Health
• Sheldon Bateman (Physical Therapist) and at Cornwall Regional Hospital
• Dr. Francis Lindo (former head of Orthopedics at Cornwall Regional Hospital)
• Dr. Delroy Fray (former Senior Medical Officer at Cornwall Regional Hospital)
• Dr. Stefan Rodney (Orthopedic Consultant Cornwall Regional Hospital)
• Anthony Smikle (CEO of Cornwall Regional Hospital) and all the nurses and technicians who gave of their time and talent over the years.

To our sponsors:

• Medtronic Spine (and their shipper Charlie Mossburg Crane International Shipping)
• NuVasive Clinical Services
• Specialty Care
• Adam Stewart (CEO Sandals International, SRI)
• Eleanor Miller (SRI)
• Christopher Issa (CEO, Spanish Court Hotel)
• Andres Cope (Spanish Court)

In the Philippines, we want to thank:

• Dr. Dheera Ananthakrishnan, who introduced us to the team at Southern Philippines Medical Center:
• Dr. Gilbert Caulian
• Dr. Richie Sorilla
• Dr. Dimples Reyes and her father, Badjun Reyes, MD, and his wife Zony Reyes and their entire family
• All of the Orthopedic Residents and Nurses at Southern Philippines Medical Center
• Leron Lehman, former Executive Director at Tebow CURE Hospital in Davao City

Film crew:

• Ryan Paco and his family
• Hermann Candelaria and his family
• Arrif & Davine Butler
• Jeremy & David Rogers
• And others

Others we want to thank

• My virtual Assistant Mrs. Roan Andal and her family
• Tracy Lisee
• Jim D'Amato, MD

Our current and recent past board members:

• Ms. Nathalie Heywood-Smith
• Ryan LeBlanc, DPT
• Lawrence Edmonson
• Paul Jennings
• Dr. Kenneth Paonessa of Norwich Orthopedic Group (and a protege of Dr. Boachie)
• David Dungey

Our advisors

• Dr. Sheila Campbell-Forrester
• Dr. Mark Lee, Orthopedic Surgeon Connecticut Children's Hospital
• Dr. Vincent Arlet (Head of Spine Surgery and UPenn Medicine)
• Dr. Fred Hess (Chief of Orthopedic Surgery, Geisinger, PA)
• Mr. Nat Valentine who were instrumental in our pivot from Prostate Cancer to Scoliosis.
• J. V. DeLeon
• Lemuel Hernandez and many, many others.

Hundreds of lives have been changed for the better and hundreds of millions of dollars have been saved by their respective governments thanks to your generosity and now that we're pivoting from spine surgery and capacity building to our mentorship program focused on kids interested in STEM careers.

Stay tuned for more updates.

Links:

• Duncan Tree on YouTube
• LinkedIn
• Apple Podcast