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BEFORE
AND AFTER:
Above,
volunteers help load a shipment of supplies and toys
bound for the Dominican Republic.
Below,
the container has arrived, and children at a local
Orphanage can't get enough of their new swing set!
(Donated by WalMart in Chico, CA).
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Making a Difference - About Project S.A.V.E.
Chico, California-based
Project S.A.V.E. (Salvage All Valuable Equipment) recycles medical
and dental equipment and supplies received from
professional organizations, clinics, hospitals and individuals,
which are then shipped to hospitals and clinics
in need around the world.
The organization was founded
in 1996
by Dr. Phyllis Cullen, and has been directed since 2004
by Chico resident
Janice Walker. The staff are all
unpaid volunteers. Shipping costs are paid with
tax deductible donations.
The latest
stories from
Project S.A.V.E.
July 31, 2010:
Your donation went to The clinic in Santa Rita de
Castilla on the Peruvian Amazon border, and supported
our team of two Peruvian national doctors, a North
American nurse and three paramedics that went another
190 miles deep into the jungle to the tiny village of
Dos de Mayo.
Read more...
June 12, 2010:
Thanks so much for everyone who helped with our load
today to Dr. Bill McCoy in Papua, New Guinea. Every
single item fit like a giant puzzle!
Read more...
May 15, 2010:
Many, many thanks for all your assistance in
donating, packing and the actual "hard work" of loading
the container to Belize. he volunteers worked very hard
packing a totally full container which should be a real
blessing upon arrival in Belize.
Read more... Photo
diary
from Ray
Rochelle
March 25, 2010:
I just wanted to say a hearty
THANK YOU for all the efforts you gave yesterday in
getting things from the Enloe/Cohasset site to our
warehouse. We had such a great group of helpers! Many
hands made for quick, efficient loading.
Read
more...
March 8, 2010:
World famous surgeon Dr. Glenn Geelhoed addresses Chico
Project SAVE audience.
Read more...
January 8, 2010:
Christmas
comes in January for LBJ Medical Center.
Read more...
December 2, 2009:
I just received this email
about our shipment to American Samoa and had to
share it. Those of you who have been helping pack
this up in such a timely fashion will be delighted
to think of all we are sending when you read it!
Read
more...
View
our videos:
Ghana, here we come!
From Chico to Kenya
with Love
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"We had no wheelchairs, so we moved patients in wheelbarrows."
Dr. Bill McCoy
Papua, New Guinea
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"When we ran out of sutures we used fishing line."
Dr. Eugene Cleek
Cameroon, Africa
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