Get Involved with MedShare

A guide to engaging your organization's Corporate Social Responsibility goals

with MedShare's mission.

National Headquarters & Southeast Distribution Center | 3240 Clifton Springs Road | Decatur, GA 30034 | 770.323.5858Western Region Distribution & Volunteer Center | 2937 Alvarado Street | San Leandro, CA 94577 | 510.567.7070

Northeast Region Volunteer & Collection Center | 701 Penhorn Avenue, Unit #3, P.O. Box 2075 | Secaucus, NJ 07096 | 201.866.6090

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Our Mission

MedShare is a 501c(3) humanitarian aid organization dedicated to improving the quality of life of people, communities and our planet by sourcing and directly delivering surplus medical supplies and equipment to communities in need around the world.

In our 20 year history, MedShare has donated over $220 million worth of life savingmedical supplies and equipment to serve more than 20 million patients in 103 countries.MedShare has equipped more than 800,000 healthcare professionals with the toolsthey need to save lives.

In addition to our donations, MedShare’s engineers have provided biomedical equipment training and support to over 7,000 healthcare professionals across the globe.

MedShare has earned a 4-star rating by Charity Navigator for 14 consecutive years for excellence in financial accountability and transparency!

67countries received MedShare supplies

in 2018

50,000$13 million 1.5 millionhealthcare

professionals equipped in 2018

in aid donated in 2018

patients served by MedShare donations

in 2018

Our Volunteers

20,000 volunteers drive our global impact. Without these dedicated humanitarians, our mission would not be possible. Thanks to their tireless work, MedShare has delivered well over 6,000 tons of medical supplies and equipment to communities in need that would have otherwise been needlessly wasted.

Our volunteers not only expand healthcare access in 100 countries, they also protect the health of our planet. MedShare’s volunteers have diverted more than 3.8 million cubic feet of quality medical products from local landfills and reduced our community’s burden on the environment.

Our Volunteer Centers host groups from the Greater Atlanta Area, the San Francisco Bay Area, and the New York City Metro Area five days a week for three hour sessions to advance our global health mission and improve healthcare locally and globally.

81019,000engineers, technicians, and end-users trained

in 2018

volunteers engaged in 2018

1.8 million112pounds of quality medical

products diverted from landfills in 2018

deliveries to healthcare partners

in 2018

Shree Swaminarayan Temple volunteers serve at MedShare’s Northeast Region Volunteer Center regularly.

Volunteer With Us

Volunteer at MedShareJoin us at our volunteer center for a three hour sort session! Your team will sort, prepare, and package medical supplies for delivery to healthcare communities in need. After your session, our volunteer team will let you know how many patients you impacted, how many healthcare professionals you equipped, and which countries your team supported during your volunteer session!

Host a Clean Birthing Kit Event MedShare will bring the volunteer opportunity to you! Your team will create Clean Birthing Kits for mothers and infants in medically underserved communities where women often give birth on the floor. An initiative of MedShare’s Maternal & Child Health Program, Clean Birthing Kits include essential supplies needed for a safe and hygienic birth outside of a medical facility. Kits created by your team will protect the lives of mothers and babies at risk of serious diseases. Clean Birthing Kit events are not only a great team-building opportunity, they are also extremely rewarding for your employees!

MedShare will customize the event to meet your organization’s needs, accommodating your schedule, space, and group size. Organizations that have hosted their own Clean Birthing Kit Volunteer Projects include King & Spalding, Johnson & Johnson, and CNN.

Environmental Impact SessionYour employees will volunteer alongside our operations team as MedShare diverts essential medical supplies from being needlessly wasted in local landfills. Sorting through medical surplus, your team will recycle medical materials and packaging that would clutter landfills for decades. Your employee volunteers will organize and package supplies to ensure that surplus items are utilized to their full potential and prevent unnecessary waste upon arrival in international communities. Upon completion of your activity, your team will find out how many pounds of supplies they saved from local landfills!

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The Atlanta Hawks staff hosted their first annual Unity Day at Medshare in support of hurricane relief.

Fundraise for a community in needBring your team together by fundraising for an international healthcare community in need! Support better health in one of the 103 countries MedShare serves by raising funds for the delivery of lifesaving medical supplies and equipment. MedShare will provide your organization with a custom, co-branded donation webpage to make online giving easy! Your team will receive a profile on the community you’re serving, you’ll have an opportunity to visit MedShare as we send the delivery off, and you’ll receive feedback from your sponsored healthcare community once the supplies have been distributed.

Raise money for a programAlign your team’s fundraising with one of MedShare’s programs. By fundraising for one of these areas, your team can equip communities with the tools they need to solve major health problems, contribute to the long-term health and success of medically underserved populations, and empower communities to better address their specific health needs.

Matching Gifts and Volunteer GrantsEvery year, about $6 to $10 billion in matched donations are left unclaimed. Prior to volunteering with MedShare, check with your organization or visit www.doublethedonation.com/medshare to see if your company offers a matching gift or volunteer grant program. MedShare is a qualifying organization under health and human services, and environmental organizations.

Corporate volunteer grant programs convert supporter time and effort into tangible funds. Your organization may provide grants for your group volunteer session, or for employees who volunteer regularly. Check with your company to ensure your involvement with MedShare makes the greatest impact!

Team Fundraising

• Infectious Disease Control & Prevention• Biomedical Equipment Training & Repair Service

• Maternal & Child Health• Disaster Relief• Primary Care

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The Atlanta Hawks staff hosted their first annual Unity Day at Medshare in support of hurricane relief. Over 40 Deloitte employees volunteered at MedShare’s San Leandro Volunteer Center for their day of service.

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG’s at MedShareMedShare’s mission and programs align with many of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals.

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MedShare has strengthened health systems in 100 countries, utilizing surplus medical supplies recovered from manufactures and hospitals and reducing the burden on our local landfills.

MedShare provides quality medical supplies and equipment to communities without resources, enabling treatment and care for individuals and healthier

communities overall.

MedShare’s Biomedical Equipment Training and Repair Service equips biomedical technicians and end-users in low-resource areas with state-of-the-art biomedical equipment

education and marketable skills for employment.

Our mission has achieved success thanks to strong partnerships with governments, private sector organizations, and other NGO’s. Specifically, MedShare addresses

SDG 17’s sub-goals of Capacity-Building and Systemic Issues.

By expanding access to health services for individuals in developing nations and low-resource communities, MedShare reduces inequalities in healthcare,

specifically reducing inequalities based on sex, disability, origin, or economic status.

MedShare collects surplus medical supplies and prevents quality equipment from being wasted in local landfills. We minimize the number of new resources produced

and limit the amount of waste and pollutants generated by local health systems.

MedShare takes action on climate change by actively reducing the carbon footprint of the healthcare industry. Our surplus recovery efforts and biomedical equipment

repair service have eliminated 3.6 million cubic feet of waste.

Engage with our global audience!Just like our humanitarian outreach, MedShare’s social network spans the globe! Our corporate sponsors are proud to share the impact we make together around the world. In addition, many of the healthcare professionals we serve follow MedShare on social media, keeping up to date on what we’re doing and updating us on the impact of our donations in-country. When your team chronicles their volunteer opportunity and tags MedShare, they’ll be engaging directly with the communities we serve around the world!

MedShare is active across platformsMedShare is active on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube. With tens of thousands of active followers across our channels, MedShare can ensure that your brand makes the best possible first impression with new audiences. Plus, when your team engages with any of our channels, they’ll have an opportunity to see the incredible impact that their involvement with MedShare is having around the world!

Visit us on social media:• Facebook: @medsharemission @medsharewesternregion• YouTube: @medshare2014• Twitter: @medshare• Instagram: @medshareofficial• LinkedIn: @MedShare

Social Media Reach

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Engage with MedShare on social media and introduce your organization to a new global audience.

Volunteer Testimonials

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I came as a volunteer with my company and I had a life changing experience. … I encourage other companies to get their employees out there to volunteer. Volunteering as a team is a great team building activity and it’s very rewarding to see the effect on the lives of people around the world.

We always recommend this place for team volunteer activities, or even to go in as an individual. It is time worth spent and I know I will continue to volunteer here as often as I can. The process is organized and the staff is friendly! At the end of the shift, they’ll tell you how much you’ve sorted and where it would possibly be delivered. The feeling of accomplishment is FANTASTIC!

My colleagues and I have had a great experience working with MedShare. The volunteer staff is always willing to provide special schedule accommodations to fit different corporate teams from AT&T. Thanks to MedShare’s vision twenty years ago, medical equipment and supplies have been mobilized to places where they are most needed instead of ending up in landfills.

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Meena Gurumoorthy, Senior Technology Security, AT&T