Fw: Barr Foundation Hope Donors and Collection Center for Earthquake victims of El Salvador

Tony Barr

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Fw: Barr Foundation Hope Donors and Collection Center for Earthquake victims of El Salvador

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Tony Barr

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2/27/2001

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Congratulations to Paul Prusakowski and the folks at OANDP-L for again providing this invaluable network for helping those in need! Anyone wishing to make a tax deductible donation (the list of the remaining required supplies is below) to our non profit organization specifically for El Salvador may do so.
Please contact me by e-mail or telephone so we can coordinate the shipments to Troy Michigan and inventory the donations for your tax deductible acknowledgement. Tony Barr

----- Original Message -----
From: Tony Barr
To: Rosie ; Heinz Trebbin
Kim Doolan/SW Foundation Director
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 2:32 PM
Subject: Barr Foundation Hope Donors and Collection Center for Earthquake victims of El Salvador


Rosie and Heinz-
The Barr Foundation's Central American Coordinator Eddy Fuentes,CPO and myself and Foundation volunteers staff, packed 4 boxes consisting of the below for the above effort:
109 new sach feet of specified sizes lefts and rights
12 neoprene suspension sleeves
 6 knee gel suspension sleeves
10 pairs of crutches

Donations were provided to us by the Foundation's Hope Donor Club Members below and also seen on www.oandp.com/barr
Foresee
United States Manufacturing Company
Cascade
Kingsley
Ohio Willowwood
Silipos
San Fransico Prosthetics and Orthotics
Temple Isaiah, Lafayette,California
Don Wayne, Walnut Creek California

We have quite alot of gel products,silicon fingers,mositurizing gloves,heel pads,gel socks,etc. normally required for burn patients and those with diabetic feet and toes.
They are quite heavy to ship so please let me know before hand if you would like them before shipping a box off to Troy,Michigan.
We would appreciate if you would recognize our Hope Donor Memebrs for thier generosity this effort!
They will go out to Troy c/o Becker this week!
Tony Barr
President
The Barr Foundation
www.oandp.com/barr

  Dear Tony,
  Thank you very much for your help. We'll make sure that whatever you can send us will be used for the most needy population of disabled in El Salvador.
  Best regards,
  Heinz Trebbin

      ----- Original Message -----
      From: Heinz Trebbin
      To: Tony Barr
      Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 10:06 AM
      Subject: Re: Fwd: [OANDP-L] Barr Foundation and Collection Center-Earthquake El Salvador
       Dear Tony Barr,
      I got you mail from Rosie and she asked me to get back to you directly.
      I'm glad that you want to help us and I would like to take the opportunity to give you in the following a short list of supplies we would neet urgently as we have started our campaigns in the countryside, where we want to bring help to victims of the earthquake, but also to disabled people in general that live in the most affected areas and have lost their housing. We over them free repair or replacement of their O+P in order to get them back on their feet. On the other hand we have a lot of cases that have fractures of spine trauma directly from the earthequake that we also try to rehabilitate.
      Foolowing some of the compontents that we urgently need:
      1) Sach feet Size Right Left
                                      24 15 20
                                      25 20 25
                                      26 20 20
                                      27 5 5

      2) Drop Lock joints for KAFO orthoses
              Adult size 35
              Children Size 20

      3) Plaster Bandages
              4 Inch 20 Boxes/12 per box
              6 Inch 20 Boxes/12 per box
              8 Inch 20 Boxes/12 per box

      4) Ortoplast
              10 Sheet 48inch/48inch

      5) Nylglass Stockinete
              4 inch 10 Kilos
              6 inch 10 Kilos

      6) Elbow Crutches
              100 Pairs for adults
              50 Pairs for children

      7) Wheelchairs
               30 for adults
               20 for children

      This is a list of the most urgent needs. The products can be also used or dicontinued products if they are in good order.
      I thank you very much if you could help us with some of the list of materials. Our direct mail is:

      Project ISRI-UDB-GTZ
      Heinz Trebbin
      Colonia Costa Rica
      Avenida Irazu/Conigue Asilo Sara
      San Salvador
      El Salvador
      Tel/Fax ++503-2707922 or 2701177
      Celular Phone ++503-8556642

      If you want to visit our Web Side:
       www.ortotec.com

      Best regards from El Salvador

      Heinz Trebbin
      Coordinator Project ISRI-UDB-GTZ
        
        
        

                          

Citation

Tony Barr, “Fw: Barr Foundation Hope Donors and Collection Center for Earthquake victims of El Salvador,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 15, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/215893.