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STAMFORD, Conn., May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AmeriCares is deploying an emergency response team to Oklahoma City to coordinate deliveries of relief supplies and medical aid for tornado survivors. The aid organization has reached out to health clinics, food banks and nonprofit organizations in the region with offers of assistance. "We expect to have a team on the ground in Oklahoma in the morning, assessing needs and coordinating deliveries," said Garrett Ingoglia,...
STAMFORD, Conn., April 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AmeriCares President and CEO Curt Welling announced today that after eleven years as CEO he has decided to step down. Mr. Welling will continue to lead the organization until his successor is named. The Board of Directors will select an executive recruiting firm in the next few weeks to lead an international search. "AmeriCares has never been stronger and is poised to take a significant step forward in the years to come,"...
Group home destroyed by 2011 Japan disaster reopens tomorrow STAMFORD, Conn., March 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Japan tsunami survivors separated since the 2011 disaster will be reunited tomorrow with the opening of a new group home built by AmeriCares. The opening ceremony for the Momiji group home in Ofunato City comes just days before the second anniversary of the disaster. Two years after the tragic earthquake and tsunami, an estimated 300,000 survivors are still living...
STAMFORD, Conn., Feb. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Forty percent of all patient visits to free clinics - two out of every five visits - are for cardiovascular disease, according to clinics surveyed by the global health and disaster relief organization AmeriCares. Free clinic officials also reported 50 percent of their patients have high blood pressure - much higher than national averages for the uninsured. Nationwide, 20 percent of uninsured adults in the U.S. have...
8,000 low-income Americans to benefit STAMFORD, Conn., Feb. 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AmeriCares is rushing to deliver 8,000 more doses of influenza vaccine to free clinics and community health programs to stem the continuing flu epidemic. Widespread flu activity was reported last week in 42 states with seniors at the greatest risk, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While the number of flu cases is starting to decline along...
MELVILLE, N.Y., Jan. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Henry Schein, Inc. (NASDAQ: HSIC), the world's largest provider of health care products and services to office-based dental, medical and animal health practitioners, today announced that the Company, its supplier partners and the Henry Schein Cares Foundation have fulfilled its commitment to contribute more than $1 million in financial donations and essential health care supplies to 11 relief organizations serving communities affected by...
STAMFORD, Conn., Jan. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AmeriCares is delivering emergency medical aid to Malawi in response to an urgent plea for help from President Joyce Banda. The first shipment, carrying $400,000 worth of antibiotics, intravenous fluids, cardiac medicines and diabetes medications, leaves the aid organization's Stamford, Conn., warehouse today destined for Lilongwe. The medicine will be delivered to the Ministry of Health for use in government-run hospitals all...
LEHI, Utah, Jan. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Utah-based global direct sales company XANGO, LLC, is known for being the first to bring the mangosteen fruit to a worldwide market. Having recently completed its 10(th) year of business, XANGO continues to match its charitable giving to its international growth, with 5 million supplemental meals donated to severely malnourished children and adults around the world. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120912/LA72806LOGO) XANGO's...
Gardens seen as vital to full recovery in temporary housing community LOS ANGELES, Nov. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF) is donating US$73,000 to help fund a garden project that is part of ongoing post-disaster relief efforts in Japan's northern provinces. The grant, awarded to AmeriCares, a nonprofit global health and disaster relief organization, will benefit residents in a temporary housing community in the Tohoku region, where the 2011 9.0...
STAMFORD, Conn., Nov. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc. is launching a fundraising drive today for AmeriCares Hurricane Sandy Relief Fund. The three-day "Hispanos Unidos" campaign kicks off today with a radio/telethon on the company's radio and television station MegaTV. Listeners of the company's 22 Spanish-language stations will also be invited to donate by phone, text message or via the AmeriCares website. To donate, call 1-800-806-2760, text...
