The MedShare Story
In 1998, A.B. Short and Bob Freeman were concerned with the critical healthcare needs of the underserved populations throughout the world and the environmental threat of discarded medical supplies and equipment. To act on these issues, MedShare was born.
- MedShare ships its first 40-foot shipping container of medical supplies to Costa Rica.
- MedShare receives its first significant foundation gift of $250,000 from the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation. This serves as a "seal of approval" for MedShare.
- MedShare has a 50% increase in medical shipments from 2001, increasing from 15 forty-foot medical containers to 30.
- MedShare pilots a project to provide enhanced biomedical services to receiving hospitals, having engineers travel onsite to evaluate their equipment needs and help with installation and maintenance training.
- MedShare moves into a 50,000 square-foot facility that is double the size of its previous space.
- An independent research study conducted by Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University confirms that 95% of MedShare respondents have high overall satisfaction with MedShare.
- With the help of an average of 320 volunteers per month, MedShare surpasses a major milestone by shipping $35 million worth of supplies and equipment overseas.
- National expansion begins, with the hiring of an Executive Director for the Western Region.
- MedShare secures $6.2 million capital campaign to purchase and endow its National Headquarters facility, upgrade technology and fund national expansion.
- Grand Opening of Western Region Distribution Center
- 400th medical container shipment
- Ranked #4 on top ten list of Slam Dunk charities by Charity Navigator
- Awarded Technology Innovation Award by TechBridge
- Nonprofit of the year by Georgia Center for Nonprofits
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Our 500th forty-foot container of medical supplies and equipment was shipped. The shipment was sponsored by our newly-formed Southeastern Regional Council and was sent to benefit Santa Rosa Maternity Hospital in Ecuador;
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A $500,000 capital campaign challenge grant claimed to complete the purchase and endowment of our National Headquarters and Southeastern Distribution Center, and make some much needed technology improvements;
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A mobile CT Scanner was donated to our Western Region Distribution by Catalina Imaging.This was the largest single medical equipment donation MedShare has ever received. The scanner was shipped to Zimbabwe where there had previously been only two operating CT scanners in the whole country.
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The Coca-Cola Africa Foundation awarded MedShare a $400,000 grant, the largest program grant we’ve ever received in a given year;
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We were the Waste Reduction Awards Program(WRAP) recipient from the State of California;
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MedShare was a finalist in the Atlanta Business Chronicle’s Environmental Business Awards and the San Francisco Business Times Green Business Awards;
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Charity Navigator named us the top charity providing humanitarian relief supplies. We also ranked #2 on Charity Navigator’s Top Ten list of Highly-Rated Charities Relying on Private Contributions and #2 on their Top Ten list of Slam Dunk Charities.
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