Despite the cold, wet weather, our loading crew was able to send out another shipment to Ghana in the middle of December. This was a valuable shipment worth $273,841 and weighing 19,375 pounds! We are always amazed at what is given away that might otherwise have ended up in the landfill! Our partner in Ghana said, “It will be distributed…
We closed out 2016 with grateful hearts for all that this ministry was able to do with your help. It is hard to believe, but more than $2.9 million of medical equipment and supplies came in from donors and soon went right back out again to those who needed it. In the meantime, it was all cleaned, checked, and inventoried…
Fourteen employees of Scentsy Corporation in Meridian recently packed 150 boxes of hospital linens. This is the second year for this work group to come and help out as their Christmas project. These sheets and blankets will be received with gladness in Ukraine, where we plan to send a shipment in January. If you would like to bring a group…
Held up by snow in Salt Lake City, the truck arrived two days later for a planned shipment to Nigeria. Our stoic loading volunteers turned out in cold weather to load wheelchairs, walkers, hospital beds, crutches, and a container full of medical equipment. This shipment is bound for a Nigerian hospital through our partnership with a Nigerian pastor. Please pray…
On November 23, our dear friend and friend of the ministry, Eula Tombaugh, moved to heaven at age 95. Eula was on the founding board of Hands of Hope NW and a strong supporter of the ministry. She started the Medical Equipment Loan Program in her garage when she saw the need for people to borrow durable medical equipment. After…
Merry Christmas from all of us at Hands of Hope Northwest! We are so thankful for our Savior who came as an infant to this world. Not only that, but He still lives today and loves us more than we can imagine. We see the Lord’s Hand on this ministry in so many ways. He cares when we are ill,…