On Tuesday, March 24th 2015, we had a small celebration because our pallet guys completed their 2,000th pallet since we started counting them in 2005. Way to go, guys! Gayellen Smith and Pat Kissell provided homemade goodies for the occasion. The first pallet was shipped to Papua New Guinea in 1992 by Liz Murtland, the Founding Director of HoHNW, and…
March Newsletter On February 18, 2015, a large shipment worth more than $233,000 was loaded in a container and sent to Moldova. It weighed over seven tons! Besides our usual medical equipment and supplies, this shipment contained 106 boxes of clothing donated by College Church of the Nazarene. It also included 66 canes, 68 bath chairs and 27 commodes. The…
We are always happy to hear of nurses traveling to work in Haiti, as it can be difficult to send containers there. Twelve boxes of bandages, IV supplies, gloves, and OTC medicines filled the team’s suitcases. They reported on the group’s blog: “Our first clinic was set up inside of a local church. We had expected to see anywhere from…
A brand new clinic building in Nampa is nearly ready to open. Terry Reilly Health Services offers patient services on a sliding scale. Hands of Hope NW donated twenty-one exam tables, 10 IV poles, chairs, and other equipment for this clinic in February 2015. The two-story, 30,000 square foot facility is on 1st Street South. Medical professionals will begin seeing…
To Debbie Wheeler (and other board members), All of us at West Valley Humane Society want to thank you for your thoughtful and helpful donations to our shelter! Specifically, we want to thank you and Dr. Don Rau for bringing us a very functional ultrasound machine. It is already seeing service finding bladders to obtain urine samples and there are…
February 2014 Newsletter “I’m so happy to receive all these things. Thank you so much.” Midwife Nerissa Cumpio “We can never thank you enough for sending this equipment that helped to stock and furnish the maternity clinic and birthing home that we rebuilt in the disaster zone in the Philippines. These are pictures from the midwife who received them. She…
After more than three months on the seas, the full container that we sent to Sierra Leone was unloaded on January 24. Dr. ABD writes: “I write to express our sincere appreciations and profound gratitude for such an excellent donation; we appreciate you all for making it possible. God bless you all.” Watch video
The Walter and Leona Dufresne Fund recently awarded Hands of Hope NW a grant of $2,500 through the Idaho Community Foundation. This grant will help us continue to supply local homeless shelters and community health clinics with equipment and supplies. Each year we give shelters mattresses, blankets, towels, and soap. Exam tables and other equipment go to clinics helping those…
Last year we sent our third shipment to Transitions Foundation of Guatemala. This group works with Guatemalans who are living with disabilities. Included in the shipment were 52 wheelchairs, 70 walkers, and 90 pairs of crutches. This letter from Sophia’s mother is just one example of the people who were blessed by our organizations and donors working together. “Hi my…
January 2015 Newsletter 2014 was a year of change here at Hands of Hope NW, but a great year nonetheless. Although we didn’t ship as many 40-foot containers as we would have liked, we sent out nine partial shipments in partnerships with other organizations, with eight times the value of last year’s partial shipments. Normally, recipients pay their own shipping costs,…
