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Handing out 4,000 N-95 masks at two SB locations this morning. Franklin Community Center & Goleta Costco.
#ThomasFire
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In response to the
#TaalVolcano
eruption in the
#Philippines
,
@DirectRelief
, in coordination with
@ASEAN
,
@AHACentre
, & the Philippines Red Cross, is delivering an initial 42,000 N95 masks to local organizations in affected areas.
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@TheRunawayGuys
@TheRunawayGuys
A huge thank you for raising over $200,000 to benefit Direct Relief's COVID-19 response efforts!
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One of gaming’s most successful annual charity streams will start this weekend as
@TheRunawayGuys
Colosseum enters its fifth year. The event will run for 36 hours, and will include video games, live musical concerts, art creation, & more.
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A huge thank you to the community and crew of
@GamesDoneQuick
for raising over $400,000 to benefit
#COVID19
response efforts!
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OUTBOUND:
@DirectRelief
this week is shipping 250,000 N95 masks & other PPE to roughly 1,000 safety net health facilities in all 50 U.S. states that are playing a critical frontline role as
#Covid19
spreads.
@NACHC
@NAFClinics
@CloroxCo
@verizon
@FedEx
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Direct Relief staff in Puerto Rico are responding in the wake of
#HurricaneFiona
, as more than 1 million people across the island were without power Monday -- almost five years ago to the day after
#HurricaneMaria
struck Puerto Rico.
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@RM_Peru
@BTS_twt
@YonhapNews
@JTBC_news
@TheKoreaHerald
@Luces_ECpe
@Planeta107FM
@hitmanb
@BTS_Peru
Thank you for the support!
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$210,000! To everyone at
#Zeldathon
, you're incredible! There aren't the words to express our thanks, so here:
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Thank you,
@jimmyfallon
,
@AdamSandler
&
@FallonTonight
. Your support serves as such a wonderful example of everyone coming together, stepping up and doing whatever's doable to help others.
@DirectRelief
is so deeply grateful for your consideration.
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Hurricane
#Harvey
:
@DirectRelief
Providing Emergency Funding for
#Texas
Community Health Centers
@TexasCHCs
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1,300 lbs / 243,379 doses of urgently needed medicine arrived today in
#PuertoRico
. More on the way.
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Thank you,
@BunBTrillOG
@scooterbraun
& everyone who's making this happen. It will mean so much for communities in need
#handinhand
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Thank you
@SuperMCGamer
and everyone who helped make this
#Zeldathon
such an amazing experience. Your support will make a huge difference.
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#Coronavirus
: Additional medical resources departing for China to protect health workers, and a message from
@DirectRelief
CEO Thomas Tighe.
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OUTBOUND: 13 pallets of protective gear for Navajo Nation -- including more than 14,000 N95 & surgical masks, 10,300 exam gloves, & hundreds of face shields, thermometers & pulse oximeters for Northern Navajo Medical Center & Gallup Indian Medical Center.
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#Zeldathon
hype running wild at
@DirectRelief
! We're so stoked by you all, keep it up and
#dontgetblasted
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#Zeldathon
: 6 days of nonstop videogames = $104,000.00. What a wonderful group of people. To the players, donors, and viewers - THANK YOU!
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#Zeldathon
attendees, your support is already making a difference! Thank you so much, and remember:
#dontgetblasted
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Deploying nearly 10,000 N95 masks, oxygen concentrators & essential medicine in response to
#CaliforniaWildfires
.
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The first of the 370 pallets of
#Ebola
aid are starting to load now at JFK airport.
http://t.co/gI8fte8VWv
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OUTBOUND: Another 12 shipments today of protective gear to safeguard health workers in Boston, Los Angeles, NYC, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Seattle.
#covid_19
#coronavirus
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Direct Relief announced today that it will commit $500,000 to support health efforts in
#Ukraine
and surrounding countries absorbing refugees fleeing violence and disruption.
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Delivering 15.6k vials of insulin donated by
@Sanofi
to clinics and hospitals across
#PuertoRico
, helping care for people with
#diabetes
.
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To honor the courage of frontline health workers with meaningful support & ensure those most at risk from
#COVID19
get care—regardless of politics or ability to pay—
@DirectRelief
is joining with
@glblctzn
for One World:
#TogetherAtHome
—8 p.m. ET. Tonight.
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A 76-ton airlift of urgently needed meds has landed in Puerto Rico to support the island's health centers, hospitals and public health dept.
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Wheels up. 17 tons of medical aid bound for Haiti. Profound thanks to
@FedEx
for making it possible w/ donated 757 charter.
#fedexcares
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Direct Relief will hold the second annual Speedrun Colosseum live-streamed gaming event October 6-8, featuring some of the world’s best video game speedrunners and benefitting the organization’s global disaster & emergency response efforts.
Learn more:
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Emergency medical aid from
@DirectRelief
bound for Castaner,
#PuertoRico
to assist
#HurricaneMaria
relief efforts
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Over the span of four days, 25 gamers raised more than $100,000 for charity by playing a suite of Super Mario games and streaming the broadcast live out to their fans.
@DirectRelief_G
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How Rihanna’s foundation
@ClaraLionelFdn
is rethinking disaster response - via
@FastCompany
@adele_peters
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Helping out real life heroes like each of you
@CHISouthFl
is a privilege. Thank you for what you do.
Thank you Direct Relief for your donation of N95 masks to help keep our COVID19 response teams safe.
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- 9 cargo jets ✈️
- 20 million+ masks 😷
- 50 million+ PPE items total
- 24 African countries 🌍
- 30+ organizations working together to protect 1 million community health workers for 1 year.
#COVIDAction
#PPE
#PPEforAll
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Today, four pallets of insulin, weighing more than one ton, arrived in
#Ukraine
, and the 2,400-pound shipment was delivered to Ukraine’s Ministry of Health, which will use the life-saving medicines to support people living with diabetes in the country.
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Today, Direct Relief is preparing more than 60 pallets worth of emergency aid for distribution to
#Ukraine
. The shipment, requested by the Ukrainian Ministry of Health, includes essential medications, oxygen concentrators, emergency medical backpacks, & more.
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Protective gear reaches medical workers preparing a drive-through
#covi
̇d19 testing site in Los Angeles.
@CoreResponseOrg
#PPE
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UPDATE:
@DirectRelief
staff is bound for
#PuertoRico
to deliver additional medical aid to support
#HurricaneMaria
recovery efforts.
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Medical aid from
@DirectRelief
is delivered to evacuees on Wednesday as recovery efforts continue after yesterday's 7.1
#earthquake
.
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Outbound: 1000 emergency relief kits for flood-affected families in Louisiana via
@FedEx
#LouisianaFlood
#FedExCares
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To the thousands of people who are a part of
#Zeldathon
-- as well as sponsors
@Twitch
,
@theyetee
,
@xsplit
-- thank you. What an incredible event.
@DirectRelief_G
@SuperMCGamer
@kampydk
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"Since late Jan.,
@DirectRelief
has delivered more than 10,000 shipments across all 50 U.S. states & 62 countries. Deliveries have included a wide range of protective gear, oxygen concentrators & ventilators, & more than 40 million doses of medication."
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"The new rating comes as Direct Relief responds to the concurrent crises of Covid-19, a record-setting hurricane season, and historic wildfires, as well as chronic and widening gaps in health care access globally."
@CharityNav
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In the year since:
✈️ 29K medical aid shipments
⚖️ 4.9M lbs of aid shipped
😷 82M units of PPE
💊 173M doses of medication
💸 $53M in funds granted
🏥 3K organizations supported
🌍 100 countries
🌎 55 U.S. states & territories
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Getting ready for our volunteer packing event at
#santabarbara
HQ! Readying 2,000 care kits for people in need.
http://t.co/kdfFszOlNw
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#Zeldathon
, Earth’s Most Legendary Zelda Marathon, Begins for Charity
@DirectRelief_G
@SuperMCGamer
@kampydk
@Zeldathons
@romscoutSDA
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Emergency Medical Backpacks are readied for shipment to health centers in North Carolina on Tuesday, Sept. 11. The shipments were requested in advance of
#HurricaneFlorence
making landfall.
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🇵🇷
#PuertoRicoEarthquake
: With support from organizations like
@vocespuertorico
,
@DirectRelief
is organizing teams of doctors, nurses, and mental health counselors to offer medical and mental health services to residents and those staying in shelters.
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To aid mudslide recovery efforts in
#Montecito
, a new
@Ford
Raptor for
@SBCOUNTYFIRE
courtesy of
@DirectRelief
.
#FordRaptor
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Life-saving supplies for health workers on the frontlines of
#Ebola
being loaded now at
#FTWorth
Alliance Airport.
http://t.co/HEHlLwfxQW
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“We’re a work-together community. Holding onto these community feelings, one day at a time, is going to help all of us get through it.” Dispatches from U.S. health workers on the frontline of
#Covid19
@NACHC
@NAFClinics
@CHASSCenter
@sabanclinic
@nwhealth
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OUTBOUND: Critical medicines for use in intensive care units to treat patients with
#Covid19
.
@ElmhurstHealth
&
@nychealthsystem
in New York City, will receive these medicines, along with many other hospitals on the frontlines of the pandemic.
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Direct Relief announces that it will provide $10 million in grants to community health centers to cover ancillary costs related to their administration of
#COVID19
vaccines nationwide.
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#PPE
, medication & personal care products from
@DirectRelief
continue to reach frontline health workers confronting
#COVID19
in communities across the U.S. Shipments departing this week for providers in dozens of States -- from Washington to Florida & California to Connecticut.
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Deployed several shipments of emergency medical supplies today, including N95 masks & essential medicines, to health facilities in fire zones throughout California. Supplies for Oregon & Washington going out this weekend & over next week.
#CaliforniaFires
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@XOchristinaj
@chancetherapper
@Complex
@ComplexMusic
@HollywoodBowl
Thank you so much for your generosity in support of hurricane relief efforts.
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OUTBOUND: Life-saving meds to FL and Caribbean. INBOUND: Pets displaced by
#HurricaneIrma
to a no-kill shelter in CA.
@FedEx
,
#fedexcares
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Emergency Medical Packs and personal care items were distributed by Costa Salud Community Health Center to hurricane-affected communities in Rincón, Aguadilla and Añasco, Puerto Rico.
#PuertoRicoRelief
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New day. Same mission: Improve the lives of people in need - without regard to politics, religion, or ability to pay - in the US & globally.
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How to help those hurt by
#Harvey
,
#Irma
,
#Maria
and the Mexico
#earthquakes
:
@TexasCHCs
@NACHC
... via
@seattletimes
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Six months later, Direct Relief has sent
- 17,553 shipments;
- 2.8 million lbs;
- 13 million masks;
- 1.3 million face shields;
- 76 million defined daily doses of medication;
- to 2,591 health facilities in 54 U.S. states & territories &
86 countries.
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Because of
#COVID19
, supply lines for protective gear have contracted, even as "everyone on earth needs it now."
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Schools are closed today in the
#Bahamas
, not to protest climate change but because of it.
#ClimateStrike
#ClimateStruck
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N-95 masks available to the public at
@DirectRelief
HQ (6100 Wallace Becknell Rd., 93117) from 8:30 am - 5:00 pm. Additional distribution points to be announced by 12:00 pm.
#CaveFire
#SantaBarbara
#Goleta
@KEYTNC3
@AlysMartinezTV
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Medical aid from Direct Relief arrived in
#Ukraine
last week and will continue as needs are made known. The organization will continue monitoring the crisis and will share more information as the situation evolves.
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OUTBOUND: 165 pallets of medical aid for Haitian health facilities impacted by Saturday’s
#earthquake
are prepped for departure next week via a chartered MD-11 cargo aircraft, free-of-charge, thanks to the generous support of
@FedEx
.
#FedExCares
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Direct Relief is excited to work with incredibly awesome musicians and their communities in the return of Direct Relief Music Sessions on April 10-16. Creative talent & fun surprises will be on display for a full week as they raise support.
Full schedule:
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Today, emergency medical shipments from Direct Relief containing field medic backpacks, inhalers, essential medicines, oxygen concentrators & more have arrived at a hospital in
#Ukraine
for people displaced by conflict. 🇺🇦
(Photos courtesy of Charity Fund Modern Village & Town)
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19 pallets of protective gear arrived via
@FedEx
this morning at Wenzhou Central Hospital for medical staff on the front lines of the
#coronavirus
outbreak.
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Emergency Health Kits containing key medicines and supplies are bound for local health centers in
#PuertoRico
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An impressively futuristic semi just delivered seven pallets of disaster supplies, solar panels, and a battery unit to support relief efforts globally. Thank you,
@Tesla
employees, for your generosity.
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Another 7,000+ N-95 respiratory masks bound for shelters / evacuees of
#CaliforniaFires
. 20k masks delivered last night to Butte County Public Health. More to come.
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Emergency meds & oxygen concentrators arrived today in
#ButteCounty
, thanks to
@InogenOne
. Another 25,000
@3M
N-95 masks on the way to assist residents and evacuees.
#CampFire
#CaliforniaFires
#wild
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.
@FedEx
airlift lands in Nepal w/ >100,000 lbs. of emergency aid from
@DirectRelief
,
@Heart_to_Heart
&
@watermissions
http://t.co/fSmlWmu69m
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"Donations for Ebola Relief Are Slow to Gain Speed" reports
@ssstrom
:
http://t.co/b2egox2dEx
You can change that:
http://t.co/BXSo5rXWiQ
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Direct Relief’s emergency response teams in the Southeast U.S. and the Caribbean are coordinating with local and State-level response agencies to route critical medical resources as needed in the immediate aftermath of
#Hurricane
#Dorian
.
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