How Manufacturers and Distributors Partner with Project C.U.R.E.
Project C.U.R.E. is proud to partner with many of the industry’s key manufacturers. Individualized programs and Memorandums of Understanding, including waivers of liability, will be tailored to your organization’s needs.
A working relationship with Project C.U.R.E. can provide your sales team with the value added service of connecting your clients with a sustainable and life-saving alternative to discarding equipment. Project C.U.R.E. can often provide transportation of equipment from your client to our warehouses, and will work with the recipient to provide feedback regarding the impact of these amazing donations.
Project C.U.R.E. Acceptable Donations
Priority Equipment in Bold.
- Alcohol, betadines, surgical scrub: pads, swabs and bottles
- Analyzer, blood and chemistry
- Anesthesia Equipment
- Anesthesia Supplies
- Applicator swabs, tongue blades and cotton balls
- Autoclaves, preferably desktop
- Baby and Birthing Supplies
- Bed linens and towels
- Bedpans and urinals
- Beds and mattresses
- Biopsy needles and kits
- Birthing Beds
- Blood drawing supplies
- Carts and Cabinets
- Casting Supplies
- Chest tubes and drainage kits
- Defibrillators
- Dental supplies and equipment
- Diapers, adult and child
- Drains, surgical
- Drapes, sterile
- Dressings, gauze, sponges, all types
- Ear supplies
- EKGSs
- Electrocautery units, pads, pens, tips
- Endotracheal tubes
- Environmental supplies, surface disinfectant*
- Epidural kits and spinal needles
- Exam Tables
- Eye supplies
- Feeding tubes, bags and pumps
- Feminine supplies
- Gloves, exam or surgical, sterile and non-sterile
- Gowns, surgical, patient and isolation
- Gurneys and Stretcher
- Ice and heat packs
- Imaging: C-Arm, X-ray (portable)
- Infant incubators and warmers
- Irrigation tubing and Syringes
- IV Poles
- IV infusion supplies, tubing, catheters, start kits, central lines
- IV Pumps
- Lab supplies, culture tubes (2 years until expiration)
- Laryngoscopes and blades
- Lights, OR and exam
- Mask and surgical goggles
- Mayo and IV stands
- Microscopes, surgical and lab
- Models (surgical) for education
- Monitors patient
- Nasogastric tubes
- Needles, all sizes – sterile
- Ostomy supplies
- Otoscopes/Ophthalmoscopes
- Overbed Tables
- Oxygen and nebulizer supplies
- Oxygen concentrators
- Patient care supplies, toiletries
- Physical therapy equipment, activities of daily living supplies
- Protectors and pads
- Pulse Oximeters
- Rectal supplies
- Refrigerators, Lab and regular
- Scales, Infant and Adult
- Scrubs and lab coats
- Sharps containers, all sizes
- Skin ointments, antibiotic, protective adhesive
- Skin prep kits and scrub brushes
- Sphygmomanometers/BP
- Splints, wraps, Ace-type bandages and braces
- Sterilization tapes, wraps, pouches and indicators and Boxes
- Stethoscopes
- Suction machines
- Suction supplies and equipment
- Surgery packs and supplies
- Surgical caps and shoe covers
- Surgical Instruments
- Sutures and staplers
- Syringes, all sizes, sterile only
- Tables, OR, surgical utility/back and exam
- Thermometers
- Tracheostomy and cricothyroidotomy supplies
- Ultrasounds, diagnostic and therapeutic
- Underpads/Chux
- Urinary catheters, insertion kits and drainage bags
- Ventilators
- Ventilator tubing
- Wheelchairs, manual
Contact us about donating:
Who to Contact
Manufacturer’s seeking additional information regarding our donation program should contact:
Janet Thomason, Director of National Procurement
JanetThomason@projectcure.org
832-677-5175
Examples of possible donations
- Equipment which has been accepted in trade
- Designated annual donations to meet need
- Donation of retired or upgraded models
- Consumables or equipment which has been returned, in some cases with minor damage, from your clients.
- Inventory balancing through surplus donations.
Equipment Parameters
All equipment should be of good quality, medically appropriate for developing countries and, preferably in working order. When preparing your equipment for donation, please make sure to include any available accessories and supplies, such as cables, paper, etc., so that the unit can be fully functional. Equipment should not exceed 15 years of age.
Benefits of Donation
Lives throughout the resource limited parts of the world – 138 countries – will be impacted by your donations. Project C.U.R.E. is a 501 (c) 3 and all donations will be tax-deductible. In addition, you can reference IRS code 170 (e) 3 for guidelines. For not for profit organizations, your donations should count toward your community charitable requirements. Note that we are not able to provide you with financial values of your donations, however we will provide acknowledgement of the donations.
Telling the Story
Project C.U.R.E. can provide feedback in the form of destinations served, and (whenever possible) photographs of facilities, often before and after donation.
Involving Your Organization
Project C.U.R.E. operates on a 2.9% administrative overhead, with the generous donation of time and talent from over 25,000 volunteers. We welcome your staff to volunteer, either as a group or on an individual basis, at our facilities. In addition, we offer in-country clinic opportunities of many types.
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Transportation
Project C.U.R.E. provides the services necessary to make equipment ready for shipment. We ask your support, whenever possible, in assisting with transit costs outside of our collection range. Although we are fortunate to have some transportation partnerships, your contribution would be greatly appreciated.
