Tag: Charity

RICHMOND, Va. – The Owens & Minor Foundation has named Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) as its flagship charity partner in a new collaboration that advances the foundation’s goal of helping create healthier communities. The partnership launches with a $500,000 donation from the foundation to support RMHC programming that directly improves the health and well-being of children and their families and enhances the organization’s mission delivery around the world. “Our partnership...

TUCKER, Ga. - Friends of Disabled Adults and Children (FODAC), a nonprofit organization providing DME and services to those living with disabilities, has joined forces with Dynarex, a provider of disposable and durable medical supplies, to form a new charitable program. Orangeburg, N.Y.-based Dynarex will formally establish the program at Medtrade, Oct. 15-17 in Atlanta, in conjunction with the launch of its Durable Medical Products line. “Our company has always felt we have more to give to...

LEBANON, Tenn. - The Permobil Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Permobil, will host its annual charity open golf tournament on Sept. 20 at the Hermitage Golf Course in Old Hickory, Tenn. The event, which is sold out, raises money toward the foundation's mission of partnering with nonprofit organizations to help individuals with disabilities live a life without limitations and assisting with insurance denials for DME. So far, the foundation, which celebrated its one-year anniversary this past March,...

HME providers aren't the only ones struggling in the wake of competitive bidding. Nonprofits and various organizations that rely on charitable donations, including equipment, are feeling the pinch, too.“When you're faced with uncertainty, even ahead of the (national rollout), you have to look at some of the non-core expenditures and unfortunately that's an area that, in any company, gets looked at pretty hard even though you want to be a good corporate citizen,” said Rick Adamich, president...

I wrote a story for the October issue about Alpine Home Medical Equipment's "Ride for a Reason," an event, in its second year, that raises money to provide children with new wheelchairs. The folks at Alpine sent me an e-mail last week letting me know that they delivered on their promise, outfitting 13-year-old Francisco Avila-Suarez with a new custom wheelchair. Suarez was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at birth. Because he didn't qualify for a new wheelchair through his insurance, he used...