We received this thank you note from a lady whose husband benefited from our Community Loan Program. “I just wanted to give you a big THANK YOU for helping us out with having an electric hospital bed this past few weeks. It gave my husband and I time to figure out our next step with his mobility issues. I will continue…
Last month I asked you to help us make connections with other organizations around the world. I am thrilled that several people did just that! Pat Kissell, one of our board members, told some dentists about HOHNW. They invited me to their conference where I was able to tell the whole group about the ministry and how they could help…
Idaho Gives Day is an annual, statewide, 24-hour online giving day that took place this year on May 5. It is an opportunity for people to support their favorite charity, such as Hands of Hope Northwest. Our goal was to raise $9,000 to purchase an Aqua Phase washing machine that will quickly sterilize our Community Loan Program medical equipment and save employee time. We’re…
Twelve hospital gurneys are on their way to ELWA (Eternal Love Winning Africa) Hospital in Liberia by way of Samaritan’s Purse in Boone, North Carolina. SIM is the ministry that is building a new hospital, the same organization whose missionaries were affected by the Ebola virus a few years ago. Our friend, Eric Kellerer, made this connection. While in Liberia…
We have terrific volunteers that show up every time we’re ready to load a shipment. It takes two hours to pack everything in tight to honor our motto, “We ship no air”. Each 40’ container can hold up to 20,000 lbs. of equipment and supplies. These shipments are usually worth between $200,000 and $300,000. In March, our team loaded two…
Our distribution center volunteers got a real workout last month, preparing and loading first a shipment to Ukraine and then one to Rwanda six days later. The Ukraine shipment is on its way to a group called “Mother’s Love”. They work with the disabled and elderly, so we loaded seventy walkers, lots of wheelchairs, canes, and crutches, besides their requested…
