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Everywhere you look it seems like there is a desperate situation that needs attention. War in Ukraine, refugees forced to leave home and wander into new territories, poor water conditions in third world countries, growing orphanages and foster children, lack of medical care, homelessness in our cities, abandoned elderly, and the list goes on and on. That's why we got super excited when we providentially got the privilege to help in a small way. It is always a privilege to help. Many of us can go day by day without ever seeing the need, in the busyness of life we are often blinded. We hope this blog post can spur us on to love and good works to help our fellow neighbors.
Years ago the President of Kemp USA, Eddie Gulbenkian, was at a trade show in Munich, Germany. He was inspired by a unique EMS bag design that he thought would undoubtedly work in the US market (and we believe eventually it will). The United States has tons of crowded public facilities - sporting events, airports, conferences, and theme parks just to name a few. After some time of planning and product development, the final product was delivered to our warehouse in Charlotte, NC. This Premium EMS Suitcase bag is truly innovative. It is a carry-on-sized bag that had been specially configured and outfitted for Emergency Medical Personnel. Before the product was able to 'season' well and be promoted in the marketplace, COVID hit and shut down many opportunities to further promote the bag. So we decided to donate the overstock on this item to a useful cause.
Eddie Gulbenkian, President at Kemp USA, wanted to donate these EMS Suitcase bags to an organization that would find a good use for them. We looked for a match and consulted with some local organizations, then we offered them for the war in Ukraine (but that did not work out). The Ukrainian army needed something a little more "tactical" on the battlefield. So we ended up helping with trauma kits and our tactical bags instead (we will go into detail on this transaction in a future blog post). Finally, we stumbled upon these guys.
In NYC, in LA with COVID field hospitals
In Ukraine serving Refugees with medical camps
In Arkansas and Mississippi helping tornado and flood victims
In New Mexico providing wild fire relief
AND they pass out Christmas gifts to children all around the world!
We were impressed with their operations and logistics, to say the least, and the blessing they are to so many needs around the world! Naturally, we reached out to Samaritan's Purse HQ, and after some back and forth an arrangement for pickup was made. SP sent an empty 53-foot truck to come to get some EMS Suitcases from Kemp USA!
