"WE CARE"
The warehouse holds 15,000 cubic feet and takes up most of a city block. It’s full of furniture for Native Americans, bedding for Africans, the occasional battered refrigerator door.
Right in the middle is a floor-to-ceiling shelf full of cardboard boxes. The outside of each box reads: BANDAGES. It might as well read: WE CARE.
Working with United Way of the National Capital Area, Christian Relief Services of Northern Virginia has spent the last two weeks collecting donations for beleaguered earthquake victims in Haiti.
UWNCA has spread the word to its agencies and supporters that medical supplies are urgently needed in Haiti. Christian Relief Services has agreed to collect donations and store them at its warehouse in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
At the end of February, CRS will load everything it has collected into an 18-wheeler owned by Interstate Van Lines. The truck will take the goods to a port in South Florida. From there, they will be shipped to a children’s hospital and orphanage in Haiti.
CRS normally supports Indian reservations in South Dakota and communities in the Third World. But the Haiti shelf is a source of special pride to Dave Frank, the superintendent of the CRS warehouse.
“The need is obvious,” he said one recent afternoon, as we toured the facility. “It’s nice to be part of the solution.”
Donors from all over the Washington area have contributed dozens of wheelchairs, crutches, bandages, medicine kits, personal hygiene kits, casting materials and medical implements, Frank said. All donors have been thanked, but Frank asked me to do so again.
“If people say thank you, it really makes a big difference,” he said.
By the end of the month, Frank said he expects to have collected between 30,000 and 40,000 pounds of medical supplies for Haitians. He saluted United Way for spearheading the drive.
“They’ve been very communicative, and no games,” he said. “They’re not worrying about who gets the God points.”
Frank asked donors not to contribute food or clothing, and he asked donors not to bring goods to his Fredericksburg warehouse.
Instead, donors should contact Monika Taylor of the United Way staff at mtaylor@uwnca.org or 202-488-2000. She will supply you with a collection box and a list of needed items. The drive ends Feb. 28.
Right in the middle is a floor-to-ceiling shelf full of cardboard boxes. The outside of each box reads: BANDAGES. It might as well read: WE CARE.
Working with United Way of the National Capital Area, Christian Relief Services of Northern Virginia has spent the last two weeks collecting donations for beleaguered earthquake victims in Haiti.
UWNCA has spread the word to its agencies and supporters that medical supplies are urgently needed in Haiti. Christian Relief Services has agreed to collect donations and store them at its warehouse in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
At the end of February, CRS will load everything it has collected into an 18-wheeler owned by Interstate Van Lines. The truck will take the goods to a port in South Florida. From there, they will be shipped to a children’s hospital and orphanage in Haiti.
CRS normally supports Indian reservations in South Dakota and communities in the Third World. But the Haiti shelf is a source of special pride to Dave Frank, the superintendent of the CRS warehouse.
“The need is obvious,” he said one recent afternoon, as we toured the facility. “It’s nice to be part of the solution.”
Donors from all over the Washington area have contributed dozens of wheelchairs, crutches, bandages, medicine kits, personal hygiene kits, casting materials and medical implements, Frank said. All donors have been thanked, but Frank asked me to do so again.
“If people say thank you, it really makes a big difference,” he said.
By the end of the month, Frank said he expects to have collected between 30,000 and 40,000 pounds of medical supplies for Haitians. He saluted United Way for spearheading the drive.
“They’ve been very communicative, and no games,” he said. “They’re not worrying about who gets the God points.”
Frank asked donors not to contribute food or clothing, and he asked donors not to bring goods to his Fredericksburg warehouse.
Instead, donors should contact Monika Taylor of the United Way staff at mtaylor@uwnca.org or 202-488-2000. She will supply you with a collection box and a list of needed items. The drive ends Feb. 28.
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