Social Security Office Personnel in Sioux City, IA: donated $750 toward construction of clinic annex, dedicated in memory of Dan Bickford, their long time co-worker, who died in March 2004.
Journal Goodfellows' long-time director Bob Olkiewicz: sporting equipment distributed to various children in the poor villages of Honduras.
Dennis Bollin, Oak 'n Treasures, Le Mars, IA: 2 air conditioners and a refrigerator donated to Honduras clinic
The 'dms' Health Group, Fargo, ND, and Donations Committee Chairperson Lynn Speral: x-ray unit donated to Honduras clinic, a real 'God-Send'
Dr. Marie Aubry, Mayo Clinic: securing a microscope from Leeds Precision Instruments, Minneapolis, MN
Patrick Martin and the Sonosite Corporation, Seattle, WA: portable ultrasound unit
Earl May Seed Co.: garden seed to malnutrition center in Sulaco, Honduras
Hy-Vee Rx, Le Mars, IA: countless prescription medicine donations
Dr. Elizabeth Szeliga, Omaha, NE, through the help of Jim Lofgren, Omaha, NE: 2 dental x-ray units. One unit to the new clinic in El Guante,‘Clinica Asistencial La Caridad,’the other unit to SOS orphanage in La Ceiba.
Northwest Women's Deanery, IA: gift bags for orphanage
Avera McKennan, Sioux Falls, SD: medical scrubs
Dr. Tom Jeneary, Le Mars, IA: dental chair
International Health Services, Minneapolis, MN: free and low-cost shipping
Mike Donlin & Floyd Valley Hospital, Le Mars, IA: various medical equipment used in clinic
Gehlen Catholic School: computers and printers used in Tierra Santa Orphanage
Standard Textile, Cincinnati, OH: room divider curtains
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Mission Honduras LeMars would like to thank all those financial donors who, through their donations, allow us to make the following purchases:
A wheelchair: used by 4-year-old blind boy with spinal bifida in El Higuerito, Honduras
Food-grade soybeans: for Xicaque Indians in Montana de la Flor area
An in-focus projector: to be used in the clinic for presentations in El Guante and the surrounding villages
A lap-top computer: to be used in the clinic for patient records and presentations
An x-ray developer: to be used in the clinic for the development of all x-rays taken
A motorcycle: to be used by the 'health promoter' in his work as he goes from village to village
A hyfrecator/cauterizer: to be used in the clinic to cauterize blood vessels
A paint sprayer: to be used by the citizens of El Guante for various painting projects
Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us daily. ~ Sally Koch
