Thank you for the Used but Usable Medical Equipment!

In collaboration with Sprenger Health Care, Good Neighbor Thrift Shop, and numerous community donors, North Coast Rotary in coordination with our District 6600 MESA team, received an incredible amount of equipment and supplies. Two Saturdays ago, we filled a truck, and last Saturday, we loaded a second one with hospital beds, wheelchairs, shower chairs, hoyer lifts, walkers, CPAP machines, and more.

All these amazing items will be carefully checked, cleaned, fixed if needed, and stored at the Rotary District 6600 MESA warehouse in Fostoria. Once everything is ready, the MESA team will ship it to countries in need.

We couldn’t have done this without the incredible support of individual donors and our community partners!!

Medical Equipment & Supplies Collection and EMPTY BOWLS By the Lake

Rotarians supported two events on Saturday October 19th.  Sprenger Towne Center made available storage and a pick-up location for used but usable medical equipment.  Thanks to Sprenger and many donations from our communities, we were able to fill a truck with walkers, bath chairs, wheelchairs, a hospital bed, dental equipment and more. Big Frog donated a box of scrubs and several boxes of shirts which are always needed. At this time, Rotary is seeking a location to store future collections.  Once identified we will again accept used but usable medical equipment for this initiative.

Also on Saturday, several Rotarians picked-up soup and served soup with many other volunteers at the successful EMPTY BOWLS by the Lake fundraiser where all proceeds benefited Second Harvest Food Bank, Avon/Avon Lake CRS, Commodore Cupboard & other local food banks.

Saturday Oct. 19 – Used but Usable Medical Equipment and Supplies Collection

Once again Sprenger Towne Center, Anne Naumann, Becki Russell and staff, are collaborating with North Coast Rotary to collect used and usable medical equipment.  Bring donations to 200 Community Drive, the Clubhouse at Sprenger Towne Center on Saturday October 19th from 10 AM – Noon.  Rotarians will help unload your items and our Rotary Medical Equipment Supplies Abroad truck will take them for storage in our MESA Warehouse in Fostoria Ohio.  Any items that can be used domestically are shared with organizations here.  Shipments to countries in need occur regularly. The most recent shipment was to Ukraine in September.  We thank you in advance for your support!

Rotary’s MESA tour – Donation collection continues

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On a mission to raise funds and solicit equipment for Rotary’s Medical Supplies and Equipment Abroad, Rotarians and sponsors joined together in Avon Lake for the last part of their journey.  Donations of used and usable medical equipment including beds,  wheelchairs, crutches, walkers even computers are still being collected.  Contact Doug Maurer at 440-653-0118 for details.

Rotary raising funds for medical supplies with 15th annual bike tour through Avon Lake

Please consider joining the Avon Avon Lake Rotary Club on Thursday June 25 morning at Towne Center in Avon Lake for breakfast and then as we send off the Rotary MESA tour on one leg of its 15 city journey.  The entire tour takes place over five days.  It begins at Oberlin and travels to Norwalk, Huron, Port Clinton, Oregon, Toledo, West Toledo, Sylvania, Reynolds Corners-Fremont, Sandusky, Vermilion, Lorain, Avon Lake, Amherst, Elyria then back to Oberlin. Look at our “Bike Tour for  MESA ” section for pictures of previous tour.