Volunteers Give Their Saturday to Serve

On Saturday, February 7, 2009, over 60 volunteers gathered early in the morning to sort medical supplies, package vitamins, and address and fill envelopes for our annual mailings. It is always inspiring to see local community groups and corporations reaching out to their community through service.

In attendance, we had 30 volunteers from Owens & Minor. Owens & Minor, a fortune 500 company, is the nation’s leading distributor of national brand-name medical/surgical supplies to hospitals and integrated health care systems. We also had volunteers from The Interact Club of Los Alamitos High School, Women for World Health, Health Occupation Students of America, Crean Lutheran South High School, Sequoia Middle School, Agape Church, and Student El Roble Intermediate.

Not only do our volunteers help tremendously, but they also learn a lot in the process. Parents bring their children and show them how to give back to their community. High school students see how they can make a difference in their community despite their age. Students and organizations involved in the medical field get hands-on experience sorting medical supplies and learning about their classifications. Companies like Owens & Minor are able to see what happens to the product they donate: it gets shipped all over the world!

Thank you volunteers for another fun-filled Saturday!

Volunteers Give Their Saturday to Serve

View this photo set on Flickr!

On Saturday, February 7, 2009, over 60 volunteers gathered early in the morning to sort medical supplies, package vitamins, and address and fill envelopes for our annual mailings. It is always inspiring to see local community groups and corporations reaching out to their community through service.

In attendance, we had 30 volunteers from Owens & Minor. Owens & Minor, a fortune 500 company, is the nation’s leading distributor of national brand-name medical/surgical supplies to hospitals and integrated health care systems. We also had volunteers from The Interact Club of Los Alamitos High School, Women for World Health, Health Occupation Students of America, Crean Lutheran South High School, Sequoia Middle School, Agape Church, and Student El Roble Intermediate.

Not only do our volunteers help tremendously, but they also learn a lot in the process. Parents bring their children and show them how to give back to their community. High school students see how they can make a difference in their community despite their age. Students and organizations involved in the medical field get hands-on experience sorting medical supplies and learning about their classifications. Companies like Owens & Minor are able to see what happens to the product they donate: it gets shipped all over the world!

Thank you volunteers for another fun-filled Saturday!

       

Tags

abc action activism advocate africa aid aids america art artists back packs backpack backpacks beckman coulter buena park buena park downtown business partnerships california canned food charity chidren childre children cholera christmas church church missions clean drinking water clinic collaboration community community service compassion contest contribution corporate development dhont disaster relief donate donated donated hygiene products donated items donated medical supplies for nonprofits donation donations double your impact drive earthquake ecuador education first elderly elementary event families family fast pitch feed finalist food food drive foreign exchange students foundation free clinics friends fund fundraiser gain gala gchope gift gift of life gift that gives back gifts girls giving giving children hope giving for living grant great ideas haiti health health care healthcare help holiday homeless homeless children honduras hope household items housewares human rights human slavery humanitarian humanitarian aid hunger hungry hygiene products innovation international iraq japan kohl's cares kolh's la lazy dog local logo los cerritos center love maria shriver meddical supplies medical medical clinic medical equipment medical missions medical supplies medicine medicines mexico mission mobile mobile medical clinic mobile medical team navajo need non-profit office nonprofit nutrilite nutrition ocbj orange county orange lutheran high school orphanage orphans pacific pointe partner partners pay it forward philippines police poor poverty presents price waterhouse cooper prisoners program project ram redesign relief relief supplies response rock harbor rockharbor rotary school schools serve service shipments soccer social responsibility southern california sponsor sponsorship stories students supplies support thanksgiving toy toy donations toy drive toys toys for tots tsunami uganda uninsured university usc volunteer volunteering volunteers voyage of hope war water project we've got your back wgyb youth youth group
The Ditto object is invalid. Please check it.
 
 

$25 buys...

Not very much for yourself... or a lot for somebody else.

Save a Life
 

Upcoming

Shipments

2012.02.29 – Philippines   ($9,975) /$10k

2012.02.29 – India   ($9,975) /$10k

2012.06.30 – United States of America   ($10k) /$15k

2012.06.30 – United States of America   ($276k) /$620k

2012.09.30 – Iraq   ($10k) /$15k

Events

There are no events currently scheduled.
 
GCHope.org has a 4 Star ranking with Charity Navigator