• Member of the Month:
  • California Chapter member Liz Zemke is featured on our web site this month to acknowledge her volunteer contributions and personal commitment to the Amputee Coalition of America.

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Member of the Month

Amputee Coalition of America Announces:
Winners of 2008 Awards of Excellence

Liz Zemke

Amputee Coalition of America

September 09, 2008

It is time to announce the winners of the Amputee Coalition of America 2008 Awards of Excellence!

Every year, the Amputee Coalition of America (ACA) gives awards to their members who have devoted themselves to improving the lives of people with limb loss or limb difference. Each winner was awarded a plaque and was featured in the September/October issue of inMotion magazine. The 2008 winners are:

Volunteer of the Year - Liz Zemke
The Volunteer of the Year Award is being presented to Liz for her outstanding contributions of time and talent to the amputee community. A registered nurse for 37 years, Liz became an amputee in 1995 as the result of a car accident 2 years before. Because of her eagerness to make connections with the amputee community, the ACA recruited Liz for peer visitor training as well as organizing support groups. In addition, Liz served as a regional representative with the ACA for 9 years.

Liz conducts peer visits with new amputees, advocates for amputees within the medical community and on the state and federal levels, serves as an expert witness, lectures at a local university, and assists a podiatrist a few days a month with wound care and diabetes management. Liz also writes life care plans for amputees, volunteers as the amputee voice for the ADA committees for the city of Fresno, California, and is active with the Case Management Society of America (CMSA). Note from member Ellie Ettner: Liz is a member is good standing with the California Chapter of IARP. We are currently talking with Liz about having her make a presentation to our membership about amputations, wound care, diabetes management and implications for case management and return to work.

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