WE ARE NO LONGER COLLECTING

Thanks to all who have made this effort a tremendous success. We are no longer taking donations at any of our drop-off locations. If you have items you would like to donate, email me and I may be able to direct you to other relief efforts.

SIMILAR EFFORTS NATIONWIDE

If you are interested in similar efforts throughout the nation, please checkout the following site: CrutchesToHaiti.com.

CRUTCHES FOR HAITI

It's hard to get back on your feet when you only have one. Doctors in Haiti are performing amputations 24/7. The need for assistive devices will be great. Let's get Haitians back on their feet and ready to rebuild. Bring crutches with tips and pads to one of the listed drop-off locations by Friday, January 29th. We also will accept wheelchairs and pediatric walkers. Thanks to Healing Hands for Haiti for letting us add our donations to their container already positioned to ship to Haiti. Thanks too to Redman Van & Storage for helping us with packaging.

A SEMI LOAD!

Would you believe we have collected an entire 40ft. truck of beautifully crated crutches, walkers and wheelchairs?!? Thanks to all of you who took the time to deliver what you had to one of our drop-off locations. Your response was AMAZING! We never dreamed it would become so HUGE.

As donations came pouring in, our friends at Redman Van and Storage saved the day! They graciously rolled with this project—packaging everything at their own expense as trailer after trailer came rolling in. It was clear to see from the beginning that the size of this donation would likely overwhelm our friends at Healing Hands for Haiti.

After lots of phone calls and anxiety about what to do with all of these loving donations, we have found a new partner in Physicians for Peace. They are working with Healing Hands for Haiti and have sufficient infrastructure to accept a large donation. The only problem is we now need to deliver a semi-load to a warehouse in Virginia, rather than a few pallets to a warehouse in Murray, UT. (If you feel like we left Healing Hands in the lurch…don’t worry, we have a big, yet more manageable, donation for them too!)

So while it stinks to ask your friends for money, it would stink even more to have these donations sit in a warehouse. Sending these items to Virginia will cost us around $4500 (final quote is not in—this is our estimate). It is a very manageable amount of money if we all give a little (or find someone who can give a lot). The only trouble is this will not be a donation to a listed charity—so you won’t have a receipt for tax purposes.

If this isn’t something you care to contribute to—or you hesitate to give when it’s just to a person. I understand. Follow your instincts and do what you are comfortable with! I truly won’t think twice about it. I’d love to have money collected by Wednesday, so if you could spare a little, send me an email “pledging” your amount and drop a check to me. I’ll let you know when we reach the magic number! I’ll also post invoices etc, on the blog and list donation amounts (without names)…In fact check there before you commit to an amount in case we've already made it. I’ll do my best to have complete and open communication so you all know it’s up to snuff. I just don’t have many other options.

Here’s my info:

Mary Ann Fuhriman

maryannfuhriman@msn.com

2919 La Rue Lane

Salt Lake City, UT 84106

801-502-3661

PS/ PLEASE let me know via email if you plan to contribute so I can call it quits as soon as I have what we need. The last thing I need is more money than I know what to do with! Crutches are one thing...money is another!

Sunday, January 24, 2010

THE GRAND TALLY

The new grand tally is:
Crutches: LOTS AND LOTS
Walkers: LOTS
Wheelchairs: Quite a few


Seriously Utah! We must be the most accident prone bunch of hoarders in the nation! 
We are doing great but I've stopped counting because so much of it is going straight to Redman Van & Storage (my new HEROS!).
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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousJanuary 25, 2010 at 12:59 PM

    hi ms.fuhriman, i would like 2 donate 1- pair of children's crutches, i live in maryland is there a drop-off location near gaithersburg.ccknu89@yahoo.com

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  2. Mary AnnJanuary 25, 2010 at 3:02 PM

    ANONYMOUS: I received your message about wanting to donate crutches. Tried to email, but I think the email listed is incorrect. I am only coordinating an effort in Utah. I am unaware of anyone doing it elsewhere. Thanks for your desire to give!

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  3. ChelleJanuary 25, 2010 at 9:50 PM

    There is a church group in Draper tying fleece blankets and sewing flannel receiving blankets on Saturday. Looking for a way to get them to Haiti. Could Dr. Egan use blankets for his medical clinic? We will probably have 15 fleece blankets and 10 or so receiving blankets. I can be reached @ chelleaward@comcast.net What a great endeavor!!!
    THANKS!

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  4. Julie F.January 27, 2010 at 9:52 AM

    Hello! We know of Dr. Macarthur. We sent out an email to ask for help and the response has been amazing. Thank for organizing this for us so that we can bring what we have and help out.

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