Local charity receives $10,000 grant from Town of Palm Beach United Way
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – (August 13, 2013) The Town of Palm Beach United Way recently did its part to help local people have increased access to medical equipment and supplies when it made a $10,000 donation to Clinics Can Help (CCH).
Clinics Can Help, based in West Palm Beach, is a local nonprofit organization that donates surplus durable medical equipment and supplies to financially needy children and adults in the county.The grass-roots organization, founded by local nurse Owen O’Neill in 2005, started by collecting and donating wheelchairs and hospital beds to needy patients in Palm Beach County. Today, the organization has five full-time employees and a warehouse in West Palm Beach, and has, in the past twelve months, assisted close to 1,400 clients by donating more than $500,000 worth of recycled medical equipment.
“We are amazingly proud to be supported by Town of Palm Beach United Way,” said Owen O’Neill who serves as executive director of the organization. “We’re confident that, with their help, we will be able to assist even more people in Palm Beach County have increased access to medical equipment and to medical care.”
The Town of Palm Beach United Way focuses on raising funds for programs that promote the building blocks for a better life, including improved health. Their donation to support CCH’s Lending Closet program helps to provide free medical supplies and equipment to individual patients.
“The Town of Palm Beach United Way is proud to be supporting Clinics Can Help,” said Beth Walton, chief executive officer. “Their Lending Closet program fills a much-needed gap in our community.”
Mr. O’Neill believes Clinics Can Help makes the community stronger by providing equal access to necessary medical equipment and supplies. “Access to quality medical equipment is a very critical part of accessing quality medical care,” Mr. O’Neill said. “This form of reuse helps to assure equality for everyone.”
For more information, including ways to get involved with Clinics Can Help, please call (561) 640-2995, or visit www.clinicscanhelp.org.
About Clinics Can Help:
Clinics Can Help is a nonprofit organization based in Palm Beach County that helps children, adults, and the elderly by redistributing surplus medical equipment and supplies to those in need. Through their support of free clinics, providing equipment to nursing schools, and the organization’s Lending Closet providing medical equipment to underserved patients, they are helping to enhance healthcare in the community. To learn more, visit www.clinicscanhelp.org or call 561-640-2995.