donations responses 1

donations responses 1

Mary Catherine McDonald

1/12/2004

I posted a question last week asking where to send used
prosthetic and
orthotic devices and I received an overwhelming response. Thank
you. I
will contact a few of the organizations. Here is the list to
anyone else
who is interested. I have included names when they are
important.



Soon I'll create a kind of market were people can donate, ask
and exchange
prosthetic and orthotic devices, prosthesis, crutches, rollators
and so one,
on my website www.beenamputatie.nl. At this moment I've only in
the Dutch
version such a section, but I'll also create one on the English
section
because often people in the USA and Canada also want to know if
there is a
good destination for used but good products, Kind regards,
Marianne
(Holland)


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Contact Jim Dugosh, CPO @ <Email Address Redacted> He is going to
Haiti in April
and could use any donations you might have. Elizabeth

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WE ARE A COMPANY LOCATED IN PANAMA CITY, AND WE ARE IN CONTACT
WITH A NON
PROFIT ORGANIZATION HERE IN PANAMA NAME FUNDACION PRO
IMPEDIDOS, AND THEY
MADE PROSTHESIS FOR VERY POOR PEOPLE HERE IN OUR COUNTRY. IT
WOULD BE GREAT
THAT THESE PEOPLE SOME DAY WOULD HAVE THEIR OWN PROSTHESIS. WHAT
WILL YOU
NEED TO GO AHEAD IN THIS MATTER. . . BEST REGARDS, RIGOBERTO
PAREDES T E C N
O R
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Try the Barr Foundation. Email address for Tony is
<Email Address Redacted>
Kim Edgar, Office Manager

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It is a tough thing to take care of out of Canada, but I wish
you great
success. Thank you for being so open with an attitude of
donating and not
discarding (when discarding comes easier) and a heart for others
in need.
I represent a humanitarian organization in Romania, where we
have been
functioning for the last 5 years. We closely collaborate with a
humanitarian
organization, called Assist International from Scott's Valley,
California,
who also would forward goods to us.
Please do not hesitate to contact me in case that you would like
to further
pursue this. I know that it might take some of your time.
Yours sincerely,
Jaco du Plessis
South African registered Prosthetist/Orthotist
We closely collaborate with www.CasaMinunata.org and
www.caminulfelix.org
Our own webpage is still under construction.
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I don't know if they have a site or not, nor how to contact, but
do a search
for limbs for life foundation.
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I don't know for sure of any place in Ontario, but I do know of
the Wascana
Rehabilitation Centre in Regina and the Abilties Council in
Saskatoon that
would use them. The IODE used to have some involvement with
charitable works
at the North York Hospital in Toronto (Sheppard and Leslie) Hope
this helps.
Jim
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The Barr Foundation would be glad to accept prosthestic
donations. We are a
non profit organization that will provide prosthetic
rehabilitation with the
donation. Only recipients that have no other resources of
funding will be
eligible. Once we have received it we will acknowledge the
contribution with
a letter containing our fed tax identification #. You may review
more of our
organizations work by accessing our web site at
www.oandp.com/barr Please
let me know if you have an interest or have additional
questions. Shipping
instructions are indicated below.. Thank you for consideration
of the Barr
Foundation. Anthony T. Barr President Barr Foundation c/o
Storage USA 3090
NW 2nd Avenue Suite # 693 Boca Ration,Florida 33431 tel
561-394-6514
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Try International Aid. They are located in Grand Haven MI. They
work with
charitable organizations around the world and are generally
happy to take
donations of O&P devices. Many churches collect for them. Hope
this helps.
Ron Stickel CO
Director of Orthotics and Prosthetics
Dickinson County Healthcare System
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