This past July, Pat McEachron, RN, took a group of her students from Bellarmine University’s Lansing School of Nursing on a trip to Santiago, Dominican Republic, where […]
Next stop: Manabí!
This afternoon SOS (SOS) packed up and shipped out a 40-ft container headed for Ecuador’s Manabí Province.In 2012, SOS forged an agreement with Manabí’s provincial government to ensure […]
“Postas” in Peru
Last month SOS volunteer Pam Underwood traveled with a suitcase full of supplies from the SOS warehouse to Ollantaytambo, Peru, where her daughter Mary is […]
Hearts for Kenya
Earlier this summer Janet Hodes and John Willingham visited the SOS warehouse to collect materials for a trip with Hearts for Kenya, a Louisville-based nonprofit that […]
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, […]
Off to Tanzania!
Tanzania is the 13th poorest country in the world. Last month thirteen students from University of Louisville School of Medicine visited to the SOS warehouse to gather 300 lbs. […]
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 […]
