Rethinking trash to save lives (Infographic)
Can America’s surplus medical supplies benefit children overseas? Can unused medical supplies help up to 6 million children around the world gain access to medical …
Local Impact
SOS featured in Story Magazine
STORY is a a quarterly magazine devoted to touting all that is great about Kentucky by featuring “those under-the-radar stories that deserve their moment in the …
Health and Hope, from Carrollton to Kenya.
Say hello to SOS’s newest friends, Bill and Becky Humeniuk! Bill and Becky have travelled to Kenya to deliver aid 29 times! This afternoon Bill and Becky …
SOS Featured on WAVE Country with Dawne Gee
Thanks to Dawne Gee for featuring SOS on last weekend’s WAVE Country! In the segment Dawne interviews SOS President & CEO Melissa Mershon and Dr. Kelly Faber, …
Baptist Health Gives to Philippines Relief
Mary Lou Tipgos gives a lot to SOS as a volunteer and a donor–including her husband Manny, who serves as our full-time volunteer accountant! This evening, …
SOS receives a visit from Ecuador
This past week SOS received a visit from Johnny Nuñez, vice-prefect of Ecuador’s Manabí province. Since 2011, SOS has been partnering with Manabí’s provincial government to provide rural …
Health and Hope are Headed to Togo!
This afternoon SOS shipped out the first of two 40 ft. cargo containers headed to the West African country of Togo. The second container goes …
Young SOS volunteers demonstrate HEART
SOS volunteers come to us from myriad religious and ethical perspectives. Earlier this summer SOS was visited by an extraordinary group of young people from …
One week, three containers!
Last September a large delegation from Niger that included the Prime Minister visited the SOS warehouse. Finally that visit has begun to result in the …
Nursing students deliver hope and gain experience Dominican Republic
Earlier this month a group of eleven nursing students from Bellarmine University traveled to the Dominican Republic, taking with them 50 pounds of donated medical …
Volunteers get experience as they give their time.
A lot of work goes into transforming the donated supplies and equipment we receive into the thoroughly sorted and packaged materials we send to developing …
