While our primary mission at SOS is to connect surplus medical supplies and equipment with medically impoverished communities “overseas,” a portion of the materials that SOS recovers are used to support individuals and organizations in our own backyard.

Here are some of the ways in which SOS makes a local impact:

ENVIRONMENT- SOS strives to use and/or recycle 95 percent of the materials that we receive. No matter where the donated supplies and equipment from our warehouse end up, SOS makes a local impact by keeping those items out of our landfills.

EDUCATION- We support medical education by providing expired materials to medical and nursing educators, helping to stretch their limited classroom supply budgets. Click here for a complete program description.

PERSONAL HYGIENE– We support regional shelters and social service organizations by providing personal hygiene items that may not be appropriate to take on international medical mission trips. Click here for a complete program description.

ANIMAL WELFARE– We support regional Animal Welfare Organizations by providing expired supplies to free and affordable animal welfare groups. Click here for a complete program description and application. 

 

SOS has provided aid to over 105 countries worldwide:

Afghanistan
Albania
Angola
Antigua
Argentina
Armenia
Bahamas
Barbados
Belarus
Belize
Bolivia
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Chad
Chile
China
Columbia
Costa Rica
Croatia
Cuba
Democratic Republic of Congo
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Ethiopia
Gambia
Gabon
Ghana
Greece
Grenada
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hungry
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Jamaica
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Latvia
Lebanon
Liberia
Lithuania
Malawi		 Malaysia
Mali
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mexico
Moldava
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Nepal
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
North Korea
Pakistan
Panama
Papau New Guinea
Peru
Philippines
Repblic of Guinea
Republic of Guinea-Bissau
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
Senegal
Serbia
Siera Leone
Solomon Islands
South Africa
Sri Lanka
St. Kits
St. Lucia
St. Vincent & The Greandines
Sudan
Swaziland
Syria
Tajikstan
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Trinidad & Tobago
Turkey
Uganda
Ukraine
United States
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
Zambia
Zimbabwe