Latest Updates

May 4, 2022

Today, DTCare received a shipment of 201 IFAKs (Individual First Aid Kits) that were purchased by Bible Fellowship Church in Arlington, OH through Project HELP NOW. These kits will be immediately sent via airfreight as part of DTCare’s 12th relief shipment to support the people of Ukraine. We want to thank Bible Fellowship Church for their ongoing generosity in support of Project HELP NOW. These kits are drastically needed and will certainly help to save lives!

April 27, 2022

Throughout the month of April, St. Raphael Center in Canton, OH has helped support a local prayer group with their efforts toward Project HELP NOW. Spearheaded by Stephanie Cooper, Janice Cooper, Linda Miller, and Lisa Sicker, this group coordinated a radio PSA on Living Bread Radio Network (1060 AM / 94.5 FM / Canton, OH) to ask the community for supplies, monetary donations, and prayers for those affected by the war in Ukraine. The team also coordinated with Aultman Hospital, who generously donated a great deal of the requested supplies. Under the leadership of the prayer group on April 27th from 4-7pm, St. Raphael Center opened its doors to the community, who turned out in force with volunteers and donations. By the grace of the Holy Spirit, the team assembled 500 personal hygiene kits, plus assorted other supplies, and they also gathered over $1,500 to support the transportation costs Europe!

April 22, 2022

The congregation of St. Wendelin Catholic Church threw their support behind Project HELP NOW and gathered supplies needed to support the Ukrainian refugee crisis. Through their generous efforts, St. Wendelin was able to build a van load full of hygiene kits and various other supplies, which will be joined with donations from our drop locations in Findlay at AAA Travel Club, Findlay Auto Plus, Sunny Creek Boutique, and The Buffalo Trading Company. These goods will ship to DTCare on 4/29 and quickly be forwarded on to Europe. Project HELP NOW extends a sincere thank you to the parishioners of St. Wendelin Catholic Church, as well as all the community donors who dropped their goods at our various collection points!

April 12, 2022

Rotary International runs a project called MESA – Medical Equipment & Supplies Abroad. As their name indicates, they focus on collecting medical equipment and supplies from around the U.S.A. and donating those goods to communities in need around the world. One of MESA’s national depots for storing donated goods is located in Fostoria, OH. When the manager of this MESA facility, Scott Salyers, heard about Project HELP NOW, he reached out to offer his help. On April 11th and 12th, the teams from MESA, DTCare, and Project HELP NOW all met at the MESA facility in Fostoria to load up a full 53ft. semi plus another 16ft cargo trailer with much-needed supplies ranging from crutches & walkers, to cots & gurneys, to mattresses & bed pans, to advanced medical equipment & supplies. In all, over 16,000 pounds of goods were donated by MESA and transported to the DTCare facility in Pennsylvania. Many of these items have already been sent to support Ukrainian refugees, and more are still being sorted for future shipments to support not only those refugees, but also DTCare’s other efforts around the world in locations such as Panama and Lebanon.

March 30, 2022

Project HELP NOW was interviewed by The Big Kahuna on 106.3 The Fox, which aired on March 25th. Click below to listen.

March 27, 2022

Project HELP NOW was interviewed on the Ben Ferguson Radio Show, which is nationally syndicated every Sunday night from 7pm to 9pm. You can check out the Ben Ferguson Podcast on iHeart Radio at: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/867-ben-ferguson-morning-updat-29342597/

March 25, 2022

Today we are excited to send out our next 2 pallets to DTCare, who will forward it on to the heart of the refugee crisis. Our shipment includes over 411 hygiene kits, 155 First Aid Kits, 57 trauma kits, and several cases of feminine hygiene products. Today’s shipment brings our project total to 30 pallets of goods sent in support of the Ukrainian refugees. CLICK HERE to see the packing slips for today’s shipment. A huge THANK YOU to everyone who has supported the project so far. Remember, there is a place for everyone in this effort. You can choose your level of involvement. One immediate need of DTCare is financial support for their airfreight shipments. Please consider a donation today: https://dtcare.org/donate

March 22, 2022

Today we picked up a full pallet of hygiene kits and IFAKs (Individual First Aid Kits) donated by Cornerstone Baptist Church. The church, located in Findlay, Ohio, gathered donations from its congregation and held a packing party on Monday 3/21. Thank you Cornerstone for your generous support!

Last week, the team at DTCare hosted their first "Packing Party" local Girl Scouts to assemble IFAKs and hygiene kits. See below for some photos of the event. Here are links to ZHP... the Girl Scouts in Poland who are helping to distribute these goods. These videos and pictures are very moving. ZHP Website, YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook.

March 18, 2022

We have been making efforts this week to get relief goods to the refugees as quickly and efficiently as possible. At our request, our transport agent started the process of seeking discounted freight rates so that we can ship these goods at the best rate possible. The better the rates, the more HELP we can provide!

We are also working with our packaging contacts to receive discounted rates for packaging supplies to support Project HELP NOW: cardboard cases, poly bags, shrink wrap, etc.

John and Cheryl Larbus have generously purchased supplies from a varity of vendors to compile a shipment of Individual First Aid Kits (IFAKS) and hygiene kits. Supplies are still coming into our warehouse daily.

We have arranged an interview with WFIN radio for Thursday morning, March 24th, in order to promote the project in the Findlay community. Likewise we are attempting to organize further promotional efforts for radio.