Almost a year ago I was at a wedding in Mexico talking missions with my old high school Spanish teacher. "It's all about networking," she said. I couldn't agree more.
Last week I got a call from Regence BlueShield wanting to donate supplies. I went to pick them up on Thursday and soon became a little despirate for space. My office was really FULL this time.
I learned through the grapevine that there was a shipping container being loaded that was to be sent to Africa this week. With a few emails and follow up phone calls, I found myself involved in a life size game of Tetris as my friend Leanna and I worked with Duane and Al from Kare Kontainer to stuff that giant box with as much as we could. By the time the container was full, there was still a truck full of boxes that wouldn't fit. We managed to get all of our $15,000 worth of medical supplies on board however and you will all be happy to know that my office no longer runneth over.
In my conversation with Al and Duane, I learned that this might be the last Kare Kontainer. Leanna and I spoke with them briefly about our plans to become a non profit organization in order to facilitate the continued donation and shipment of unused medical supplies. The long story short, we are looking for ways to help Kare Kontainer continue and to partner with them in the future.
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Yippee! Go April! I hear that you picked a name for your new organization and I'm glad that you "hooked" up with the right people who can help you ship stuff! That's awesome. Maybe somebody would donate money for a storage locker for stuff while it's waiting to be shipped.
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