My Happy New Year wish for you
Is for your best year yet,
A year where life is peaceful,
And what you want, you get.
A year in which you cherish
The past year’s memories,
And live your life each new day,
Full of bright expectancies.
I wish for you a holiday
With happiness galore;
And when it’s done, I wish you
Happy New Year, and many more.
By Joanna Fuchs
12/13/10: Container# TGHU 910738. There is a request for 200 Hill-Rom electric hospital beds from Columbia, South America. These beds are being retired in hospitals all over America, and still represent quality and durability to any medical facility. A container holds about 40 of these beds and mattresses. We shipped our 20 beds to the Virginia warehouse of The Pan American Development foundation on a Monday and Pilar added hers on Tuesday and the beds are on their way. Abington Hospital and Lansdale hospital provided the beds. So we are grateful for the donations.
11/10/10: Container# TTNU 536234. Another container for Africa! The National Catholic Hospital in Ghana, West Africa can be found on the internet, and is also known as the Battor Hospital. This container was funded by the Salesians Missions of New Rochelle, New York. Books and surgical supplies filled this diverse shipment, but over 100 cases of donated new clothes from the Sports wear Outlets of Secaucus, New Jersey were also included. Very fine birthing beds, and physician examination room equipment was sent, and the new Ghana birthing center will benefit from this container. As we close out the decade, it seems as Africa is an easier place to work than Central America, and is rivaling the freight rates to make it an attractive place to have projects. We pray for the nuns who operate this hospital.
Dear Friends,
Mission Relief Services was organized in 2001 and is listed as a non- profit humanitarian aid organization specializing in the redistribution ofmedical and surgical institutional supplies, furnishings and personal care items. These items are contributed by hospitals, colleges, religious organizations, clinics, manufacturers, and individuals and shipped to over 40 countries throughout the world. Mission Relief collects, processes, stores, and ships these items to designated areas of need.
Organizations and hospitals that we frequently work with are the Pan American Development Foundation, The Haitian Consulate, Bryn Mawr Hospital, The Lankenau Hospital, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Pennsylvania Hospital, St Francis Hospital, Wilmington, DE, Hunterdon Medical Center, Flemington, NJ, Cancer Centers ofAmerica, St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, The Deborah Heart and Lung Hospital, “Faces ofTomorrow” Davis, CA, Crudem Foundation, Adventist Dev and Relief Agency, Bethesda, MD The Salesian Missions, Sister Cities Philadelphia and Sister Cities international.
Since January 1, 2010 Mission Relief has shipped 16 large 40 foot containers. They have been inspected, inventoried, packed tightly and safely shipped. All containers have a materials list to identify hospital beds, x-ray machines, surgical equipment, clothing, furniture, hearing equipment, syringes and books. When they arrive at the foreign destination, Mission Relief Services arranges for project staffto unload and ensure that items get to their proper destination.
This year Mission Relief Services has elevated a Leprosy ospital and a children’s hospital in the Dominican Republic. Also, we have shipped to children’s hospitals in Jamaica and Panama.
In addition to containers shipped to Haiti, we have upgraded hospitals in Greece, Crete, Ghana, Columbia, Panama, Honduras, Chile and Ethiopia.
A contribution will benefit global worldwide humanitarian relief for people who desperately need assistance with medical equipment, hospital furnishings and care.
Sincerely,
James P. Harrison III, President
10/17/10: Container# APZU 4270111. This container sent to Africa is for the Global Hope Academy in Djibouti and related hospitals. International services Corporation of Washington DC provided the logistical service for this container. Mission Central of Mechanicsburg provided Advil and other medications, while the Mission Relief Services crew hand loaded 1050 cases of medical supplies from our warehouse into the container. This shipment included expensive surgical kits from many area hospitals. We are always collecting a lot of medical supplies, so it was good to see so many go out in one shipment, and especially to Africa.
9/30/10: Container# TRIU9490642. Our third container of September was shipped for Steve Mentzer and the Central American Relief Efforts of Lancaster, PA. We shipped 3- 1000 pound bales of clothing from Water Street Missions of Lancaster, and great linen donations from Lancaster General were sent. Medical supplies sorted by St. Thomas Episcopal Church of Lancaster, and many items were included for Nicaragua that will be shipped over from Honduras into Nicaragua. Read for Life Ministries of Leola, PA has a church project in Nicaragua, but shipping directly into Nicaragua is tough.
9/22/10: Container# TRIU909851. A second September container was shipped to Panama for the Morgan Foundation, and the Consulate of Panama. A container filled with 286 pieces of equipment, including hospital beds, classroom furniture, medical supplies, linen, and very useful institutional supplies for our projects.
9/17/10: Container# MEDU862244 6. After a long hot summer, it is back to Panama and to some great projects there with the Foundacion Eduardo Morgan of the law firm Morgan and Morgan. We ship to a canal authority warehouse and the furniture and equipment is distributed as needed. Pediatric wheelchairs are sent along with computer desks for the classrooms. Panama is preparing for the 21st century, and its vital role in world trade. The government will construct buildings for business education, while the foundations will need to equip them. The foundation Edward Morgan and Mission Relief are helping both the children’s hospitals and the focused educational efforts. 300 cases of medical supplies and wheelchair gifts from the Spinal Bifida Society were included on this container.
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