As an organization, SOS was founded to re-distribute medical surplus to medically impoverished communities around the world. As COVID-19 has turned our eyes to our […]
SOS in the Bahamas – Day 2 Update
Update from SOS CEO Denise Sears: I toured the eastern part of Grand Bahama which received the most damage. Many houses are leveled and fires […]
SOS in the Bahamas for Hurricane Dorian Relief
Our team is on the ground assessing damage from #HurricaneDorian and creating plans for our continuing relief efforts to the Bahamian people. Here’s the update […]
Medical Donations to Guatemala Create Miracles
SOS supplies over 100 medical mission teams every year and some of the resulting stories amaze us! Last month, we supplied Dr. Carl Kihm, a […]
Donated Medical Supplies Help Bellarmine Students Provide Medical Care in the Dominican Republic
For the past 4 years, we have partnered with Bellarmine University and Go Ministries to send thousands of pounds of medical supplies to the Dominican […]
Healing in the Dark in Tanzania
Earlier this summer University of Louisville medical student Emily Knittle traveled to Tanzania’s Mufindi district, along with twelve classmates, one physician, a dentist, and several […]
Changing lives in the DRC
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
