Welcome to SOTA!

Student

Occupational

Therapy

Association

Who are we?

SOTA's mission is to serve the community in areas related to occupational therapy while developing

members' skills as future clinicians.

The University of Florida Student Occupational Therapy Association is an organization of

volunteers who create and stimulate an interest in the field of occupational therapy among University

of Florida students. SOTA builds community with social activities and service projects.

Some Logistics… Our meeting times will be every other

Monday at 5:10pm in G-201 There are no dues! (yay!)

Meeting Minutes and updates can be found on our website

sota.phhp.ufl.edu or our facebook page, SOTA at UF

In order to remain active, you must have 5 points by the end of the semester

- each service event, social, fundraiser, meeting , etc. are worth a certain amount of points, which will be designated according to the event

-one of these 5 points must be a service point!-you must participate in the 5K fundraiser in some way as well! (more to

come later in the meeting about this)

Our big service projects for the

semester!

We will be hosting a 5k event in early April to raise money for an OT specialty clinic that is run through the equal access clinic

network. We are going to have a fun theme, get sponsors to help raise

money and have a run-tastic good time!

Date: Saturday, April 5th, 2014We are still working out the details, but stay tuned for

more information to come!In order to be an active member of SOTA for this semester,

participation in some way with this event is mandatory!

5k to benefit an OT specialty clinic that is run through the equal access clinic network !

Camp Boggy Creek!Camp Boggy Creek is a camp for kids with life threatening

illnesses, and in the Fall and Spring, CBC gives families a chance to enjoy camp as well!

There are many family weekends you can sign up for! They are a TON of fun, and it is a very rewarding experience!

We are going as a group on April 11th-13th

play with kids!Visit boggycreek.org and go to the “volunteer” section to sign up!

Hurry! Spots fill up quickly!

We will be hosting a CBC sign up party after the next meeting! We know the application is long, so if we all sit out and do it

together, it should go by a lot faster!

Hands to Love• We are participating in Hands to

Love Camp!• It is a great weekend for children

and their families with upper limb deformities

• They have activities such as archery, a rock wall, arts and crafts, and more!

• Camp is the weekend of April 11th- 13th • Sign up online at

http://www.handstolove.org/about-us/volunteer to get a volunteer packet

Camp Boggy Creek

+Hands to Love Camp

=A camp filled weekend!

Alz’s Place

• We are going as a group some day during the week of 1/20. – Possible date: Friday January, 24th, 1-4pm– Waiting for her email to confirm

• Moonlight and Martinis Gala- Al'z Place Fundraiser– Saturday, Febuary 1st from 5:30-11pm at Mercedes

Benz of Gainesville – Need volunteers to help with set up, serving,

auction, and clean up

Stomp the Swamp for Autism

• Sat. 2/1 10am-12pm at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.

• Benefits UF's Center for Autism and Related Disabilities.

• Register online! – We are still figuring out how to register as a team, more on that once we have more info!

• Register before Jan. 20 and get a free t-shirt!

• Registration fee is $15

Gator Nights and Hope’s Lodge

Two projects we are still working on… • Gator Nights

– If we work one Gator Night, we can get funding from SG for later socials and events!

– Tentative Date: February 21st

• Hope’s Lodge– A free, non-for-profit house to benefit caner patients and their

families, so they can stay close to Shands for treatment without the financial burden associated with travel and hotel stays

AOTA ConferenceAmerican Occupational Therapy Association's annual conference

Who: All people who are in the OT field- professionals and students!

What: The biggest OT conference of the year in the United States! A very big deal, in terms of being in the know of the latest OT things, for both students and professionals

When: April 3-6th, 2014

Where: Baltimore, Maryland!

Why: (according to the AOTA website) Education, Leadership, Connections, Events, and Baltimore!

And we get to send student

delegate(s)!

Some other cool volunteer opportunities

to participate in this semester!

• Balance 180o Orientation dates are Jan.27th from 5:30-7:00pm and January 29th

from 5:30-7pm at the Santa Fe CIED in the knowledge room.o To volunteer contact Carrie Comstock

balance180volunteers@gmail.com or (407) 733-7803

• Noah’s Endeavoro Adapted Aquatics, Basketball, Soccer, T-Ball, Paint n’ Play, Bowling, and

more!o Contact Shelly Voelker at 352-275-9639; Email:

noahsendeavor@att.net; website: http://endeavorrecreation.wetpaint.com

• Al’z Placeo (Elder Care) People with Alzheimer’s Disease; Recreational Therapy &

more!o Monday – Friday 8am-5pm; Contact Robyn Katz, CTRS, Director, 352-

375-3000

• Horses Helping People (HOPE)o Hippotherapy & Therapeutic Horsebackriding for people w/disabilities;

o Contact them via their website at: www.horseshelpingpeople.org

We will send out an email with all of the

information for these volunteer

opportunities plus many more later this

week, so keep an eye out! We found

about 20 places looking for volunteers!

T-Shirts and fleeces and polos, oh my!

We are selling more of our snazzy and awesome SOTA shirts this semester!

We are also selling University of Florida Occupational Therapy polos… great for shadowing, grad school, and for

nicer OT type events (conferences, etc)

Also, we are selling fleeces! Also great for shadowing, grad, school, school pride, and OT pride!

We have a sign up sheet going around, so sign up if you want to pre-order any of the above! An email with more details was also sent out last week. We will

resend the email again after this meeting for those who missed it!

$15

$25

$25

Thank you so much for coming!

We are excited for a fantastic semester!

Any questions?

Our next meeting will be on Monday, Jan. 27th at 5:10pm in G-201