February 2016 e-News
Delivering a World of Health and Hope .
Supplies Over Seas (SOS) is a Louisville, Kentucky-based nonprofit organization that meets critical health care needs in medically impoverished communities around the world by collecting and distributing surplus medical supplies and equipment. 
Each $1 donated to SOS decreases the environmental footprint of area hospitals while providing a  medically impoverished community with more than $10 in life-saving medical supplies and equipment.   Please consider making a gift to SOS. 
Supplies Over Seas (SOS) invites you to join us for a one-hour interactive tour of SOS on the second Tuesday of the month at 8:00 am. 

SOS Tuesday Tours are an intimate opportunity to learn more about how we deliver health and hope to communities around the world while saving tons of medical surplus from our landfills! 
 2016 dates:
  • February 9
  • March 8
  • April 12
  • May 10 
Agenda for Tuesday Tours
  • 7:30 am Networking & Light Breakfast
  • 8:00 – 9:00 am SOS Introduction & Tour  

This is a FREE Event, but your RSVP is requested

Phone:  502-736-6360

Email:   [email protected]

On-Line:   Register Here
  TriMedX Foundation Offers Much Needed Support to SOS
SOS must ensure the medical equipment we ship functions at full capacity.   Sending outdated or ill-functioning equipment does not benefit patients and is a waste of precious resources.  Prior to shipping a piece of equipment, SOS must answer many important questions  . . .  Read More
Moses and Kipp with the TriMedx Foundation share technical expertise to provide support services to help maintain the necessary equipment desperately needed for medical care.

TriMedx Foundation was created in 2004 to address the international need for medical equipment repair and support.

Volunteers Make All the Differnce
Bonnie and Fran are retired nurses, formerly with Baptist Hospital East and graduates of the University of Washington Tacoma School of Nursing. 

For over 15 years, just about every Tuesday morning you can find them at SOS working with the "Fine Sort" Crew of volunteers organizing items for shipment.
  Bonnie and Fran have given over 3,500 hours
in service to improving healthcare across the globe
These sisters are inspiration to us all!
  SOS Welcome SOS to the Team
Tim Tomes
Director, Development and Communications
Rebecca Grau
 Manager, Development and Communications
In Honor of Dr. King
University of Louisville  students spend a day in service to honor Martin Luther King Jr Day.  Special thanks to UofL Cultural Center  and UofL Office of Student Involvement for organizing this meaningful opportunity!
  "Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'" - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr  
Greater Louisville Medical Society Alliance 

Greater Louisville Medical Society Alliance (GLMSA) toured Supplies Over Seas to see our mission in action. SOS is grateful for our long partnership with GLMSA.

Did you know SOS Supplies Over Seas (SOS) was founded in 1993 by Dr. Norton Waterman and members of the Greater Louisville Medical Society (GLMS) as a response to the waste created by Louisville’s medical system.
“Perfectly good bandages, cloth operating gowns, towels and sutures were being thrown out. Good instruments were discarded because of recent improvements, regulations or changes in popularity.” - Dr. Waterman
Health and Hope Heading to Uganda
Dick Clark and his friend, Miller "Butch" Sadler,  with the mission group, No Other Name, the Kiwoko Hospital in Uganda much needed equipment and supplies from SOS this January. 
Dick Clark pointing to Uganda of the SOS map. Watch this video of him explaining conditions at the Hospital were he plans to travel.
Thank You Norton Health Care!
Your donation of a centrifuge will increase the capacity of the  Kiwoko Hospital to provide care.
Thank You Kentucky HealthOne!
Fetal Monitors are on the way to Uganda because of your donation to SOS.
Thank You Baptist Health!
Orthopedic surgery trays will soon be in the hands of health care professionals.   Your donation will ease the suffering of those in need. 

Click on the picture above to watch a video of the future leaders sorting supplies.  

You wanna turn the volume up …
the end of this video is pretty great.
Future Leaders
Learn  First Hand the Mission of SOS
A dozen outstanding future leaders from Belarus, Moldova, and Ukraine with the  International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP)  at  World Learning  are being hosted by the World Affairs Council of Kentucky and Southern Indiana.   This group of funny, smart and compassionate toured SOS and help sort supplies.   Best of luck to our new friends. 
Humana Team's
Band-Aide Raid
Benefits SOS Mission

Wendy Lott,  Administrative Coordinator to Brett Trelfa, Vice President, IT

Throughout December, Humana’s Application Engineering & Architecture Management team hosted a Band Aid Raid to benefit Supplies Over Seas.  This was a part of our well-being initiative to increase awareness of purpose and belonging in our lives by giving to others.

Although Band-Aids are a small item to us, to someone in need it could mean the world and make a big difference in their care and recovery. 

Humana inspires their associates to “help people achieve lifelong well-being – living happily with a balanced sense of purpose, belonging, security and health.”
SOS would like to thank the good folks at Humana on the Application Engineering & Architecture Management Team for collecting Band-Aides.  
These band-aides will help to heal wounds in medically impoverished communities.   

This idea of a band-aide raid came to this team after their group volunteered at SOS.  Team members reported that their experience at SOS was an excellent team-building opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to promoting health.  This team hopes to return to SOS in the near future.
Enroll today to support Supplies Over Seas every time you scan your Kroger Plus Card to buy groceries, prescriptions and gas!

Visit www.kroger.com/communityrewards and select Supplies Over Sea (#85880) as your. 


2. Choose  as you SOS International Inc. (not Supplies Over Seas) as your charitable organization.

3. Shop with the knowledge you are supporting SOS! 

Have You Considered a Legacy Gift to Supplies Over Seas?

A gift to Supplies Over Seas in your will or revocable trust enables you to support our mission and make a difference in the lives of future generations. A bequest:

  •  Is easy to arrange.
  •  Will not alter your current lifestyle in any way.
  •  Can be easily modified to address your changing needs.  

If you or your attorney would like Supplies Over Seas to provide you with customized beneficiary language that is specific to your goals and interests, please contact Melissa Mershon or Tim Tomes at 502.736.6360

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