» Volunteer http://www.vhcmedicalbrigade.org/blog A Blog about the Medical Brigades success Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:00:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 The final container packing went off without a hitch! http://www.vhcmedicalbrigade.org/blog/2009/09/15/final-container/ http://www.vhcmedicalbrigade.org/blog/2009/09/15/final-container/#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:53:13 +0000 admin http://www.vhcmedicalbrigade.org/blog/?p=82 After months of hard work by so many Brigade members and supporters, our 40 foot container was loaded on Saturday, 9/12 and is on its way to Honduras. It was packed with critical medications, OR equipment, medical supplies, PT and audiology supplies and other items of humanitarian aid needed to serve the poor by sustaining the work of our partners in Comayagua: the Lions Club, the [...]]]> Desk to goAfter months of hard work by so many Brigade members and supporters, our 40 foot container was loaded on Saturday, 9/12 and is on its way to Honduras. It was packed with critical medications, OR equipment, medical supplies, PT and audiology supplies and other items of humanitarian aid needed to serve the poor by sustaining the work of our partners in Comayagua: the Lions Club, the Regional Hospital Santa Teresa, the San Benito Jose Hospital, CasAyuda and the Comayagua Rehabilitation Center. For the Community Health Workers in our 2 Remote Village Project locations, we sent medication, equipment, supplies and furnishings and for our newly constructed Clinic Building (funded jointly by the Peace Corps and the Brigade) in San Antonio de la Libertad we included examination tables and furniture.

A special thanks to all involved for their time, their efforts, and for the many donations they solicited.  Our commitment  continues as we prepare for our Brigade Mission Trip in November of 2010.

]]> http://www.vhcmedicalbrigade.org/blog/2009/09/15/final-container/feed/ 0 Last Working Session before Saturday container loading http://www.vhcmedicalbrigade.org/blog/2009/09/09/last-working-session-before-saturday-container-loading/ http://www.vhcmedicalbrigade.org/blog/2009/09/09/last-working-session-before-saturday-container-loading/#comments Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:35:25 +0000 admin http://www.vhcmedicalbrigade.org/blog/?p=71 Tomorrow is the last work session before the container is loaded this Saturday morning
starting at 8 AM

Over the past weeks and months, we’ve worked hard to sort, pack and label the supplies, equipment and pharmaceuticals in our warehouse.

Tomorrow night from 7 to 9 PM we’ll be putting the finishing touches on our cargo including final boxing of items and building and shrink wrapping the pallets.  And then, believe it or not, our 40 foot ocean container will ship out in just 3 days, on Saturday, 9/12.

On Saturday morning starting at 8 AM we’ll begin the process of moving everything to the loading dock and loading it on the container. The entire process should be finished by 11:30 or noon. Donuts, coffee and other beverages will be served.

Please come and help tomorrow and/or Saturday. Family and friends are welcome!

Thanks,
Barry

]]> http://www.vhcmedicalbrigade.org/blog/2009/09/09/last-working-session-before-saturday-container-loading/feed/ 0 Carlin Springs Facility Event http://www.vhcmedicalbrigade.org/blog/2009/09/09/carlin-springs-facility-event/ http://www.vhcmedicalbrigade.org/blog/2009/09/09/carlin-springs-facility-event/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:52:51 +0000 admin http://www.vhcmedicalbrigade.org/blog/?p=63 Only 4 work sessions remain and there’s still plenty to do as we prepare for the loading of our 40 foot ocean container in 11 days. There will be a work session tonight, this Thursday, and next Tuesday and Thursday from 7 to 9 PM.  Then we’ll be loading our container starting at 9 AM on Saturday, 9/12!!

Please come by the warehouse to help pack  the boxes, and build and shrink wrap the pallets.

Click here to view the map on Google

]]> http://www.vhcmedicalbrigade.org/blog/2009/09/09/carlin-springs-facility-event/feed/ 0 Got two hours? Volunteers urgently needed… http://www.vhcmedicalbrigade.org/blog/2009/09/01/got-two-hours-volunteers-urgently-needed/ http://www.vhcmedicalbrigade.org/blog/2009/09/01/got-two-hours-volunteers-urgently-needed/#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:32:51 +0000 admin http://www.vhcmedicalbrigade.org/blog/?p=59 Got two hours?  Volunteers urgently needed on Saturday, 9/12 at Falls Church’s end-of-summer “Recycling Extravaganza”

Falls Church is holding a “Recycling Extravaganza” on Saturday, September 12 from 8:30 to 2:30.  This is a great opportunity for us to collect wheelchairs, walkers, canes, crutches, braces, splints and strollers for our mission to Comayagua in November 2010.

This event is on the same day that we ship our container from our warehouse. So we need help at both locations. Therefore, if you don’t have a half day to help load the container then email Arnie Oshinsky (email address is below) to sign up for your 2 hour shift at the Falls Church Recycling Extravaganza.

We need only 5 more volunteers to man the Brigade’s recycling station.  A minimum of two people for each of three shifts — 8:30 to 10:30, 10:30 to 12:30, and 12:30 to 2:30.  It’s just two hours from your Saturday – great company, a great cause and sunshine as well!  Duties include greeting and accepting donations from people, then loading them in a truck, moving them to the warehouse and unloading.

The Extravaganza is held near the Falls Church Recycling Center, just off route 7 where Don Beyer Volvo is located.  The address for the property yard is 217 Gordon Road (we are across the street at the meter shop and warehouse).

Falls Church City workers will be in the streets directing traffic to the city parking lot on Shreve Road (behind the property yard).

To volunteer, please contact Arnie Oshinsky (rosearn@comcast.net).

PS: Saturday, October 3 is the Arlington County Recycling Extravaganza from 8:30 to 2 PM. We’ll need help then too. More information will follow.

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