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Shout-out to Businesses that donated PPE

Hands of Hope NW thanks more than 40 local businesses who donated Personal Protective Equipment for the Idaho PPE Drive. Let’s do our best to support them! Bird Family Dental Care Boise Nail Supply Boise Orthodontics, PLLC (Dr. Anthony Mongillo, DMD, MS) Boise Regional Realtors (Carolyn J. Sinnard) Borah High School BSU – Department of Geosciences BSU – School of…

Medical Providers: Request PPE Supplies

All PPE supplies received at Saturday’s Idaho PPE Drive (and thereafter at Hands of Hope NW, M-F 9am-2pm) will be distributed among health care providers in Idaho who are on the front lines of the fight against the spread of COVID-19. United Way has set up a central system to process PPE requests from medical providers on behalf of Central…

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Drive

NOTE: This drive is considered “essential” business under Governor Brad Little’s new stay-at-home order. It will go forward as planned. Hands of Hope NW is hosting a Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) drive on Saturday, March 28th, noon to 4 p.m., at Albertson’s Stadium on BSU’s campus (East lot). This appeal is on behalf of Senator Maryanne Jordan, Senator Cherie Buckner-Webb, House of…

Urgent Help for China

Earlier this year, we received an urgent request from a partner in China asking for items to help stop the spread of the coronavirus in Hefei, Anhui Province, China. Yet another miracle of God’s timing—we had just received a large donation of surgical masks! In early February, we were able to ship 5,280 masks to California where the pallet was…

COVID-19 Update

COVID-19 Update (4/30/2020) General public hours for drop-offs and pick-ups have been temporarily changed to: 11am-2pm, Mon-Fri We hope you understand this is in the best interests of public health and safety. ***************************** To all our valued volunteers, On March 16th I made the decision to close down our warehouse to volunteers.  46 days later I am happy to announce…

2020 Trauma and Emergency Management Program

Here’s a thank-you report from Dr. Chuck Washington on his medical mission to Asia. “Thank you so much for your support of the 2020 Trauma and Emergency Management Program! The 2020 Trauma and Emergency Management Program occurred during the last week of January/first week of February in Mae Sot, Thailand. The course was hosted by the Karen Department of Health…