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HERO LENDS A HELPING HAND |
HERO supplies more than 800 individual and agency requests throughout the year to provide donated durable medical equipment (DME) and unused medical supplies to those in need in our community, our region and in the Third World.
On a community and regional level, HERO provides unused medical supplies and donated durable medical equipment to those in need. HERO works with several agency and healthcare partners to redistribute viable medical products, saving them from area landfills and getting them to those with health needs..
At this time, all items must be picked up from HERO’s warehouse. A nominal handling fee is assessed.
"A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles."
- Christopher Reeve |
Anyone can receive healthcare equipment through HERO. For individuals, who are without insurance, are served by a healthcare, human-/social-service agency or who are eligible for public assistance or Medicare the small handling fee is waived. Individuals requesting wheelchairs must provide a doctor’s prescription in advance (fax to 218.284.6112).
American Cancer Society
Barnes County Social Services
Barnesville Area Helpers
Blessed Gianna’s Maternity Home
Birthright of Fargo-Moorhead
Bottineau County Social Services
Cass County Human Resources
Cass County Public Health
Cass County Social Services
Churches United for the Homeless
Clay County Jail
Clay County Public Health
Community Living Services
Community Resources - Devils Lake
Creative Arts Studio
Crookston Public Schools
Divide County Social Services
Easter Seals
Elderly Affairs Program
Elim Care Center
Family HealthCare Center - Fargo
Family HealthCare Center - Moorhead
Family Link
Fargo Cass Public Health
Fargo Senior Commission
Fergus Falls Lake Regional Health System
Fraser, Ltd.
Friendship, Inc.
Gillette County Hospital
Griggs-Nelson County Social Services
Great Beginnings Child Care
Holy Family of Jesus Organization
Homeless Health Clinic
Hospice of the Red River Valley - Fargo
Hospice - Detroit Lakes
Hospice - Mayville
Innovis Occupational Therapy
Innovis Physical Therapy
Jamestown Social Services
Lisbon Health Services
Lutheran Social Services
Lutheran Social Service Nutrition
Madison Elementary School
Mayo Clinic/Hospital
MedCenter One
Mercy Hospital
MeritCare Clinic
MeritCare Home Care
MeritCare Occupational Therapy
MeritCare Physical Therapy
MeritCare Same Day Surgery
MeritCare Social Services
MeritCare - Roger Maris Cancer Center
Migrant Health
Minnesota Lutheran Social Services Nutrition
Native American Program
North Dakota Cares
Northland Therapeutics
Oakes Community Health
Odyssey Hospice
Perpetual Help
Polk County Social Services
Prairie at St. John’s
Prairieland/Polk County Social Service
Ransom County Social Services
Ransom-Sargent Senior Services
Rape & Abuse Crisis Center
Richland County Social Service
Rosewood on Broadway
Salvation Army
Senior Nutrition Program
ShareHouse
Sister’s Path
Southeast Human Service Center
Spirit Lake Early Childhood
St. Aloisius’ Medical Center
St. Cloud Mission Circles
St. Francis’ Social Service
St. Joseph’s Hospital
St. Vincent DePaul
Spirit Lake Head Start
Tran$em Employment Support Services
Trinity Lutheran Church Pre-school
Triumph Lutheran Brethren Church Mission
Turtle Mountain Chippewa Head Start
Veterans’ Administration Hospital
Veterans’ Administration Social Services
Wahpeton Outreach
Wahpeton Social Services
West Fargo Public Schools
West Fargo VFW
HERO Covers a LOT of Ground
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| Minnesota Counties Served |
Becker
Beltrami
Clay
Hennepin
Norman
Otter Tail
Pennington
Polk
Pope
Ramsey
Roberts
Wadena
Wilkin
| North Dakota Counties Served |
Barnes
Benson
Bottineau
Burleigh
Cass
Cavalier
Grand Forks
Griggs
McLean
Morton
Nelson
Pembina
Ramsey
Ransom
Richland
Rolette
Sargent
Stark
Steele
Stutsman
Traill
Walsh
Ward
Wells
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| National/International Programs |
Albania
Bangladesh
Bolivia
Botswana
Cambodia
Cameroon
Central African Republic
China
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Republic of Georgia
Ghana
Haiti
Honduras
India
Kenya
Korea (South)
Madagascar
Mexico
Mongolia
Nicaragua
Nigeria
Pakistan
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Peru
Russia
Rwanda
Saint Lucia
Sri Lanka
Tanzania
Ukraine
United States
Venezuela
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| Partner Relief Organizations |
HERO works in collaboration with several regional, national and international medical relief organizations. Following is a list of regional partners.
Valley Christian Assembly
Breckenridge, MN
Serving Iquitos, Peru
The African Village - Community Development Foundation, Inc.
1918 E County Rd E
St Paul, MN 55110
651-493-0268
email@theafricanvillagewebnet.org
AfriHope International, Inc.
PO Box 190796
Boston, MA 02119
617-957-1613
www.afrihopeinc.org
ASAFO Global Medical
3131 E Camelback Rd, Ste 200
Phoenix, AZ 85016
602-383-3796
www.asafoglobalmedicalfund.org
Global Health Ministries
7831 Hickory St NE
Minneapolis, MN 55432
763-586-9590
www.ghm.org
Globus Relief
1775 West 1500 South
Salt Lake City, UT 84104
801-977-0444
www.GlobusRelief.org
The God’s Child Project
721 Memorial Highway
PO Box 1573
Bismarck, ND 58504
701-255-7956
www.godschld.org
Hope for the City
7807 Creekridge Circle
Edina, MN 55439
952-897-7799
www.Hopeforthecities.org
RIMI (Reaching Indians Ministries International)
PO Box 688
Round Lake Beach, IL 60073
847-265-0630
www.RIMI.org
Samaritan’s Purse/World Medical Mission
801 Bamboo Rd
PO Box 3000
Boone, NC 28607
828-262-1980
www.Samaritanspurse.org
World Medical Relief, Inc.
11745 Rose Park Blvd
Detroit, MI 48026-1270
313-866-5333
www.worldmedicalrelief.org
Working with HERO's medical goods makes it possible for you to touch and save lives on virtually every continent. HERO also aids the healing ministries of the following organizations.
Abundant Life Ministries (Wahpeton Assembly of God Church)
Wahpeton, ND
Serving Iquitos, Peru
www.servantevangelism.com
The African Village
St. Paul, MN
Serving Uganda
www.africanvillage.com
ASAFO Global Medical
Phoenix, AZ
Serving Miambe, Southeastern Africa
www.asafoglobalmedicalfund.org
Charles Benjamin, MD
Plastic Surgery Institute
Fargo, ND
Serving the Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Southern Haiti
www.hashaiti.org
College of St. Scholastica
Duluth, MN
Serving Tanzania, Africa
www2.css.edu/publications/times/Winter2003/Winter2003_Times.pdf
Ken Covey, MD, Retired
Fargo, ND/Moorhead, MN
Serving Cambodia
Mission Equador
Grafton, ND
Serving Equador
www.advancedhearing-rm.com
Imad Aldeen A Abdul Razak, MD
Fargo, ND/Moorhead, MN
Serving Baghdad, Iraq
Evangelical Alliance Mission
Wheaton, IL
Serving Karanda Zimbabwe, Africa
www:teamworld.org
Fargo Haiti Medical Mission
Fargo, ND
Serving Pignon, Haiti
www.haitimedicalmission.info/index.html
Father Davis Mission
Bottineau, ND, Santa Anna Clinic and more
Serving Chimbote, Peru and providing global relief
www.losamigos-chimbote.org
The God’s Child Project
Bismarck, ND
Serving the Guatemala Mission and providing global relief
www.godschild.org/03-mission.html
Helping Hearts International/Hearts and Hands International
Kansas City, KS
Serving Kilpauk, Chennai, India
www.heartsandhandsinternational.org
Hope Lutheran Church
Fargo, ND
Serving Kingston, Jamaica
www.fargohope.org
ISLA (Interfaith Service to Latin America)
Plymouth, MN
Serving Nicaragua and Latin America
www.isla.cc
Lao Rehabilitation Foundation, Inc.
Napa, CA
Serving Laos and its underprivileged children
www.laofoundation.com
A. T. Marrubio, MD, Retired
Fargo, ND
Serving the Rwanda Hospital/Sudan Clinic
Mission India
Grand Rapids, MI
Serving India’s Dalits (Untouchables)
www.missionindia.org
Northwest Medical Teams International
Tigard, OR
Serving Karawa, Congo
www.nwmti.org; www.nwmedicalteams.org
William Panwalkar, MD
Fargo, ND
Serving Purana Nagar, Chinchwad, India
Rivers of Life Mission
Toronto, Canada
Serving Antsirbe, Madagascar
www.riversoflife.net
Mpho Peter Sebunegu
Fargo, ND
Serving the Botswana Clinic
Panjini M. Sivanna, MD
Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine
Fargo, ND
Serving India Hospital (Bangalore and Kolar)
Sowing the Seeds Ministries (Bethel Evangelical Free Church)
Fargo, ND
Serving South Africa
www.bethelfc.com
St. Andrews’ Mission Society (St. Andrew Lutheran Church Missouri Synod)
West Fargo, ND
Serving Slidell, Louisiana and Mexico
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church Guatemala Mission
Fargo, ND
Serving Lake Isabel and Chimaltenango, Guatemala
www.ststephens-fargo.org
Triumph Lutheran Church
Moorhead, MN
Madagascar Hospital, Antsirbe
www.triumphlbc.org
Kevin Wallevand
Fargo, ND
Serving Katrina victims in New Orleans
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