APPNA along with partners continue to provide food/ration to help our communities on thanksgiving during COVID-19 pandemic.
Tuesday November 24, 2020, APPNA (Association of Physicians of Pakistani descent of North America) in partnership with Mercy Foundation provided 350 turkeys and 400 boxes of food to deserving families in marydia community center, Halapow, MacLaren circle and St. Cloud areas of Osceola county, Florida. These are underprivileged neighborhood of central Florida. This event was sponsored by a local APPNA member (in memory of Late Dr. Rubina Inayat and to continue her tradition), funds matched by APPNA and distribution made by Mercy Foundation.
Friday Dec 4th 2020, APNA/ICNA Relief mobile free clinic in partnership with Masjid Hamza organized free community health fair at Masjid Hamza, NY. During this event 48 people got Free flu vaccines, mostly uninsured people.
APPNA/ICNA Relief mobile clinic continue serving our communities. Sunday December 6th, 2020, APPNA/ICNA Relief free mobile clinic organized another free community health fair along with flu vaccinations at ICNA Relief food pantry in Dallas, Tx. 102 families received flu vaccinations along with blood pressure, blood sugar testing and physician consultations.
Tuesday December 8, 2020. On behalf of Doctors for Healthy Communities (DHC) and Association of Physicians of Pakistani descent of North America (APPNA), volunteers delivered unwrapped toys to the University of Kentucky Police Department (UKPD) drive to "Cram the Cruiser" during this holiday season.
Monday & Tuesday December 7 & 8, 2020, APPNA in partnership with CDRS provided sweaters, winter hats and socks to children and women in villages of Mountainous areas of District Muzaffarabad AJK near the Line of Control.
Friday December 11, 2020, PPS raised funds and collaborated with APPNA to help Parroquia Luterana Sagrado Corazon Church located at 658- Grand Ave., Waukegan IL 60085. PPS donated check in amount of $4000.00, these funds will be used to provide assistance to kids in indigent population in city of Waukegan.
Friday December 11th, 2020. On behalf of Doctors for Healthy Communities (DHC) and APPNA, volunteers delivered various supplies for the care closet of Camp Taylor Elementary and Audubon Traditional School in JCPS. Volunteers also delivered gift cards to JB Atkinson Elementary School, Meyzeek Middle School, Blue Lick Elementary and Newcomer Academy School for the families in need.
Monday December 7, 2020 APPNA in collaboration with Pakhiwas Welfare Society provided shoes to 250 kids. They are all from a Kachi abadi called Slum Abad near Lahore and many families here are Gypsies.
Saturday December 19, 2020 APPNA in collaboration with URI (United Religions Initiative) Lahore distributed food supplies among 50 Christian families from Various areas of Lahore, affected by COVID 19 pandemic. The food packages included: Wheat flour, rice, sugar, cooking oil, tea bags, daal chana, daal mash, grams, salt and daal masoor etc.
Wednesday December 9, 2020 APPNA/MAC in partnership with "Amigos welfare trust for the blind persons" distributed Christmas gifts to 30 families at VFK church North Nazimabad, Karachi.
Monday Dec 21, 2020 ICNA Relief Organized another mega winter drive distribution event at The Northgate Apartments in Dallas TX which was sponsored by local vendors, APPNA and DFW Kemcolian Group. Over 300 mostly local refugees and indigent families received free items including Blankets, jackets , hot meals, pizza, dates, home cleaning kits,masks, socks, gloves and halal chicken meat. We distributed over $15000 worth of food, winter clothes and other supplies.
Free Covid-19 testing was also provided in collaboration with local Lab (Ayman Care), 45 people received this test.
Wednesday December 23, 2020 APPNA in collaboration with URI distributed food supplies among 50 Christian families affected by COVID 19 pandemic in Sahiwal.
Sunday, December 20 & Tuesday Dec 22, 2020, APPNA in partnership with CDRS provided winter clothing to 100 families in Village Khot, upper Chitral and village Karimabad, Lower Chitral.
Wednesday, December 23, 2020, 100 blankets for 100 families, and 82 sets of warm clothing (1 pair socks, 1 sweater, 1 hat, and 2 surgical masks) for 82 people. (30 families who got a blanket also received one clothing package, and 70 families got a blanket only, and 52 people got only a clothing package) It was sponsored by Pakistani community in Indianapolis, funds matched by APPNA and distribution performed by CDRS staff.
Tuesday, December 22, 2020, winter clothings provided in various villages of districts Jaffarabad and Naseerabad, Baluchistan.
Friday December 18, 2020 APPNA served lunch for health care workers at Aurora Medical center Kenosha, Wisconsin, to say thank you to our frontline heroes.
