Team Allentown

Jay Talsania / Guatemala Healing Hand's November 2025 Service Trip

JEN DAVIS SURGICAL TECHNICIAN, MARY DOUGHERTY, CERTIFIED HAND THERAPIST, ALEC TALSANIA MD ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY RESIDENT, JAY TALSANIA MD HAND SURGEON

  • $7,200

    Raised

  • $25,000

    Goal

  • 33

    Supporters

  • 77

    Days Remaining

Team Members

Recent Transactions

  • Janine Sarmir

    $25.00 / 10 days ago

    Good luck on this year's trip!

  • Jay Talsania

    $25.00 / 16 days ago

  • Lori Anewalt

    $500.00 / 16 days ago

    Dr. Talsania, Que tengas un viaje exitoso! Que Dios te bendiga, que Dios te proteja, que curea muchos niños! Bendiciones, Eddie and Lori Anewalt

  • Delia Fink

    $51.45 / 16 days ago

    You all do great work !!

  • Lynn Brinker

    $102.90 / 16 days ago

  • Karlena Phillips

    $102.90 / 18 days ago

  • Melinda Galli

    $51.45 / 22 days ago

    Safe travels!!

  • Anne Moore

    $102.90 / 23 days ago

    Thank you for all you efforts.

  • Patti Abbott

    $102.90 / 25 days ago

  • Justin Nguyen

    $102.90 / 30 days ago

    Thank you for everything you do. Thank you for continuing to do Gods work.

  • Rachel Chateih

    $102.90 / 30 days ago

    Thank you for all that you do!

  • Joan Hilstolsky

    $102.90 / 32 days ago

  • Amy DeLong

    $50.00 / 32 days ago

  • Miriam Poche

    $41.16 / 36 days ago

    I love the work Dr Talsania and his team do every week. Thank you for allowing me to be part of this mission. God bless you as you travel and help those less fortunate. Look forward to see the pictures & smiling faces.

  • Mirella Deisher

    $200.00 / 36 days ago

    Thank you for bringing hope and healing to every child you touch.

  • Mary kay Cogan

    $51.45 / 37 days ago

    Honored to donate to such a wonderful mission trip!

  • Jenna Moriarty

    $25.00 / 37 days ago

    Thank you for all you do!

  • James Rodgers

    $500.00 / 38 days ago

  • Ed Coringrato

    $250.00 / 38 days ago

  • Karen Casciano

    $46.31 / 40 days ago

  • Vance Powers

    $257.25 / 42 days ago

    Have a great trip and (again) do so much good!

  • Mercedes Jurkiewicz

    $51.45 / 42 days ago

    Team Allentown I wish I could be part of your team. I worked in Columbia in the Peace corp and know the importance of your mission. My family is from Ecuador and I speak Spanish so I thank you for your giving and healing. Dr Talsania you are a gift. I remember working with your father in Philadelphia! God bless all of you 🙏🏻👏👏

  • Wilson Everhart

    $51.45 / 42 days ago

    You are doing the lord’s work

  • Beth Masteller

    $102.90 / 42 days ago

  • Cheryl Morris

    $100.00 / 42 days ago

About Team Allentown

We are excited to be going with the Guatemala Healing Hands Foundation (GHHF) on their 21th anniversary service trip to Guatemala in November 2025.  GHHF is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality and availability of healthcare in Guatemala through education, surgery, therapy, and community development. Each trip is led by a team of surgeons, therapists, anesthesiologists, and dedicated volunteers. We treat pediatric patients with congenital hand anomalies, burns and other traumas to the hand and upper extremity. We are respectfully asking for your support. 100% of donations go towards surgeries, therapy, education and community development (none used to cover personal expenses). Donations are in USD and a US tax receipt will be issued. All patients are treated free of expense. Because of the generosity of people like you, the organization has been able to impact hundreds of deserving Guatemalan families. All volunteers commit their time and expertise as well as cover personal travel expenses and the full expense of a child's surgery. Thank you so much for your generosity, support, and kindness. I cannot wait to tell you about my trip!

To learn more about GHHF please visit www.guatemalahands.org.

Below also find a summary of GHHF’s work over the last 19 years: - Evaluated 1,925 patients for hand surgery and therapy - Completed surgery on 739 patients - Fabricated 1,453 orthotics - Educated over 3,500 MDs, therapists, and students - Brought one child to New Mexico to receive extensive hand surgery and three children to Shriners for surgery In 2010, GHHF began to implement community development initiatives to advance the health and wellbeing in the village of Chichoy Alto. GHHF has successfully: - Completed the construction and expansion of Chichoy Alto’s brand-new elementary school and first ever middle school - Constructed 55+ latrines and 21 efficient ONIL stoves - Funded the digging of hillside trenches to lay piping to supply fresh water throughout the village - Distributed crucial fertilizer to replenish Chichoy Alto’s disappearing crops - Distributes emergency maize to families struggling with malnutrition - Purchases school supplies to the 100+ elementary aged children - Sponsored 16+ children to attend high school and 15+ teenagers to attend post high school program - Distributed 32 Ecofilters in the village of Chuchuk’a Alto - Established a chicken program to provide sustainable protein to students - Funds an emergency food program that began as a result of COVID-19 - Currently working on funding the construction of multiple safe concrete family homes and have completed 5 of 30

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