Lymetv

Prevention is key. Our goal is to reduce the incidence of these diseases by informing the public on the factual & scientifically credible information on ticks and tick bite prevention. We are a team of Tick Jedis, who myth-bust the misconceptions & incorrect information about ticks & tick diseases.

LymeTV mainly uses the technology of digital media & online tools to reach masses of people which we could not possibly reach, otherwise. With these tools, we are able to put the information in front of the general public using an informative, interesting, & memorable method, which allows for higher retention rates. We also use age-appropriate curriculum & workbooks as a tool to teach children through our in-person tick prevention campaigns, enforcing life-long necessary health skills at an early age.

Our organization is capable of meeting our goals through our team of volunteer staff & working board members who provide our educational campaign services to the community & who advocate the risks & dangers of tick-borne infectious diseases. Our team members have expert knowledge in their respective roles to help us succeed with our mission & goals.

Since being founded in December 2017, our organization has:

Our Executive Director served on the Department of Defense's FY23 & FY19 Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP), Tick-Born Disease Research Panel (TBDRP) as a Scientific Consumer Review. Additional directors have also served in this same capacity in FY23 & FY21;

Been invited to participate in the DHHS LymeX workshop, driving innovation for tick-borne research;

Developed a curriculum for the University of New England's AHEC CUP Scholar distinction program for medical students doing Rural Health Immersions in Maine;

Won as a top 5 team in the Invisible International 2020 Educate & Elevate: Tick-Borne Disease Hack-A-Thon;

Reach the local homeless community by giving free bug spray, tick information, & food during our annual Bagels & Bug Spray health events;

Reached thousands of people (homeless & passersby) at our community health events;

Partnered with a local medical clinics catering to homeless patients by providing them with bug spray & tick brochures;

Provided lectures at schools to parents, staff, school board, nurses unions;

Provided free tick prevention lectures to local nonprofits & community centers, & distributed prevention materials to multiple medical offices, nonprofits, & government buildings;

Provided ongoing year-round tick tubes for wooded school property to help reduce the number of ticks on the grounds;

Filmed three rounds of interviews for our upcoming documentary;

Released our Tick Talk series & PSA commercial series online April 2019;

Created a parody music video on tick bite prevention;

Held community fundraisers;

Interviewed for four news stories, two radio group interviews across 7 radio stations, two podcast interviews;

Our ED was invited to give a Spark Talk at the 2019 Maine Association of NonProfits Communications Conference on our mission & message;

And more!

Each year we hope to extend our community outreach by an additional five schools & five organizations, & larger Bagels & Bug Spray events. Our film production completion goal is in Summer 2023 (this date is a delayed date due to the pandemic); our PSA & Tick Talk series are ongoing. We expect to continue our growth & outreach at a sustainable trajectory. Our work grows as our team of volunteers & funding grows.