Dharma Relief: Getting Supplies to Healthcare Workers

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Meido
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Dharma Relief: Getting Supplies to Healthcare Workers

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Tallahassee Chan Center has organized a donation and relief effort to source and ship masks to some of the hardest-hit hospitals in the USA. The project brings together Buddhists and Buddhist orgs internationally, with the cooperation of Dharma Drum centers, and sponsored by several USA Buddhist orgs, Buddhadharma and Lion's Roar magazines, the Pema Chodron Foundation, and Shambhala Publications.

Info is at www.dharmarelief.org, where you can donate or volunteer to coordinate with hospitals in your area. Please take a look and feel free to share widely.

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Re: Dharma Relief: Getting Supplies to Healthcare Workers

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Thanks Meido.

Here is another interesting way that people can help from home (folding@home):

https://youtu.be/SIcaVaA0VbU?t=281

https://foldingathome.org/

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Re: Dharma Relief: Getting Supplies to Healthcare Workers

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An update on the DharmaRelief project: fundraising has gone well and masks are shipping, but they've hit a snag as described below. If you or anyone you know might be able to help them source VETTED SHIPPING ADDRESSES AND CONTACT PERSONS AT HOSPITALS THAT NEED MASKS, please pass this info on:

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First of all - we are grateful for your help and support. As an update, we are placing orders every night to China to ship to hospitals.

We keep running into one problem - finding enough hospitals to give to our manufacturer has been difficult. Oftentimes, hospitals are overwhelmed, and do not answer their phone, or respond to emails. Their websites may link to drop-off addresses, but not a shipping address. To be able to ship masks directly to the hospital from our manufacturer in China, we need a verified name, number, and a vetted shipping address.

We've found that the best approach is to find real contacts (nurses/doctors) who work within these large medical facilities. These people can work internally to find a real contact to receive the shipment.

We've extended through our network, but now come to you for help.

Can you pass a message to your respective networks/email lists for nurses and doctors who are treating COVID patients and need supplies urgently?

If so - ask them to fill out this form so we can track hospitals that need PPE: http://dharmarelief.org/Forms/

If any questions about the masks/specifics/timeline, they can contact me at [email protected].
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