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Global Healing Renews Support From Helmer, Inc.
Another Blood Bank, Another Contribution
| Source: Global Healing
BERKELEY, CA--(Marketwire - September 3, 2008) - With the onset of Global Healing's latest
blood banking project, Helmer, Inc. has pledged further support of their
mission to deliver modern medical solutions to the developing world. The
new project in the Commonwealth of Dominica will require new equipment,
further training and an education campaign geared toward stimulating
volunteer donation. As a non-profit, Global Healing relies on both its
volunteer base to assist in trainings, audits and other tasks, as well as
commercial contributors to supply equipment, supplies and infectious
disease testing. Global Healing pitched the request to Helmer, Inc. after
the first site visit in April 2008.
Global Healing became acquainted with Helmer, Inc. while engaged in its
first blood bank project in Tbilisi, Georgia. Cindy Basso Eaton, the
President of Global Healing, called David Helmer directly to discuss a
contribution. Helmer, Inc. was immediately supportive and donated a
platelet incubator and agitator to the Jo Ann Medical Center in Tbilisi,
Georgia in 2000. When Global Healing decided to involve itself in another
blood bank project in Gyumri, Armenia, Helmer, Inc. was one of the first
sources to turn to due to their desire to be involved in developing
solutions that can address significant social problems.
"People are always asking me if it is easy or difficult to raise the cash
and equipment needed for Global Healing's medical programs," Cindy Basso
Eaton writes to David Helmer. "Of course, not everyone is as generous as
you were with Helmer, Inc. but it is a great story of an organization that
obviously has done well and wants to contribute to society, not just
domestically but also on an international level. "
Helmer, Inc. responded to Global Healing's latest endeavor and offered
equipment for the renovation of the Dominican blood bank. They have
assisted in financing a blood bank refrigerator and freezer, platelet
incubator and agitator, cell washer, plasma thawer and refrigerated
centrifuge to the blood bank in Dominica. These items are critical at this
point, considering that most of the current blood bank equipment there is
either too old to merit repair nor can the government afford the cost of
purchasing new equipment. Global Healing heavily relies on its corporate
sponsors; it is their support that makes these international health
programs possible.
About Global Healing
Global Healing is a US-registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization devoted
to providing modern medical equipment, supplies and training to the
developing world. It was established in 1994, initially to train and equip
a team of pediatric cardiology surgeons in Tbilisi, Georgia to perform the
nation's first ever pediatric open-heart surgeries. Global Healing has
since started medical programs in Armenia, Honduras and now Dominica. More
information can be found at www.globalhealing.org.
This press release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to
a number of risks and uncertainties, including statements about the support
and co-operation of the local government. We undertake no obligation to
revise or update information herein to reflect events or circumstances in
the future, even if new information becomes available.