Your Donations at Work
Taste at the Cove
Football Season at SDSMF
High School Football season creates high demand for SDSMF services. Thanks to your donations and in-kind support from our medical partners, SDSMF was able to provide care valued at $465,600 through our free injury clinics, high school athletic trainers, and surgery patients. This brings SDSMF's financial impact close to $3 million since its inception in 2002.
High School Athletic Trainers
Partnering with Sweetwater Union High School District, SDSMF provides gap funding for 14 high school Certified Athletic Trainers. From August to Decemeber these Athletic Trainers cared for 5,028 student-athletes, providing care valued at $377,100.
Surgeries
SDSMF provided completely free surgery, post-operative care, and physical therapy for 6 student-athletes, from July - December 2019. Combining monetary donations like yours with in-kind donations from our medical partners, SDSMF provided surgical care valued at $75,000.
Free Injury Clinics
13 Free Injury Clinics provided care for 54 student-athletes. Athletes were able to receive orthopedic evaluations, x-rays, and concussion assessments free of charge, providing care valued at $13,500.
Athlete Spotlight: Maverick Martin
Maverick, a scholar-athlete and team captain for the San Marcos Varsity Football Team, suffered a traumatic ankle injury in July, jeopardizing his senior season and several college offers. Thanks to your donations, SDSMF was able to provide Maverick with the medical attention he needed. Exactly 3 months post surgery, Maverick played 68 downs of football in front of both USD and SDSU scouts.
On Maverick's first night back on the field he scored the only touchdown of the game during the last play of his high school football career.
Maverick currently has offers to play football at USD, Valparaiso University, Southwest Minnesota State, Lake Erie University, and Southern Nazarene University.
Congrats to Maverick and his family!
Upcoming Events
Educational Symposium
SDSMF is hosting a free educational symposium for local high school athletic trainers. SDSMF aims to support local high school athletic trainers so that all student-athletes have access to highly trained, and cost effective medical care on their school campus.
Student Quiz Bowl
SDSMF and The Southwest Student Wellness Foundation are partnering to host a Student Quiz Bowl. Local high school sports medicine students will face off, demonstrating their knowledge and passion for the medical field.
Kathryn Welch, Executive Director
The San Diego Sports Medicine Foundation is dedicated to providing a medical safety net to injured youth who have no access to care.
Email: kathryn@sdsmf.com
Website: www.sdsmf.com
Location: 8901 Activity Road, San Diego, CA, USA
Twitter: @SD_SMF