Posts by Laura Kelly
Caring For Children With Developmental Disorders In Ukraine
By Kaitlyn Nuebel In the eight months since Russia’s first airstrike in Ukraine, more than 7.5 million Ukrainians have left their country as refugees and another six million others have become internally displaced persons (IDP). This dreadful choice is even more so for those families with special needs children. Artem, a five-year-old, is an example. Both…
Read MoreBBF Supports Operation Renew Prosthetics For Ukrainian Soldiers
By Bill EndicottCo-Founder of Operation Renew Prosthetics Operation Renew Prosthetics (ORP) is a program run by Medical Center Orthotics and Prosthetics (MCOP) of Silver Spring, Maryland to provide prosthetics for Ukrainian soldier amputees and Brother’s Brother is a partner with ORP. At the moment, ORP cares for soldiers here in the United States and it…
Read MoreUpdate On BBF’s Response To Kentucky Floods
By Kaitlyn Nuebel Brother’s Brother Foundation launched the Kentucky Relief Fund following a series of severe thunderstorms that destroyed hundreds of homes in eastern Kentucky this past July. A portion of the donations raised will provide funding to the Cowan Community Action Group (CCAG), a nonprofit community service organization that creates programs to promote a…
Read MoreShipment Provides Medical Supplies To Rural Honduras
By Kaitlyn Nuebel A recent shipment to Honduras included pharmaceuticals and medical equipment for rural Honduras areas. The shipment also included hand sanitizer, which was distributed to school children so they could attend school with the necessary COVID-19 precautions. More than half of Hondurans live in poverty and struggle to afford basic necessities, including healthcare.…
Read MoreRelationships, Newborn Screening In Chile, And The Need For A Mass Spectrometer
By Ozzy Samad Your support for BBF’s humanitarian response to the war in Ukraine has enabled us to make a meaningful impact on the lives of so many who are facing life threatening circumstances. An unanticipated positive outcome of our efforts has been the development of collaborative relationships impacting other areas of BBF’s work. One…
Read MoreA Brighter Future With Solar Power
It’s official: Brother’s Brother Foundation is powered by the sun. After a 20-month long process to convert to a sustainable form energy, BBF “Flipped the Switch” in September and converted to solar energy. Connected Energy Group, a Pittsburgh company, installed solar panels on the roof of BBF’s warehouse that are expected to offset 92% of energy needs…
Read MoreThe Season Of Giving Is Here
The cooler air of late fall has set in and signs of the upcoming holidays surround us. The season of giving is here! In the Brother’s Brother Foundation Development Office, we have been planning for our end of year fundraising campaigns since early August and we are excited to finally share them with you. Brother’s…
Read MoreBBF Shipment Provides Medicine To Guatemala
By Kaitlyn Nuebel With more than half of Guatemalans living below the poverty line and poor access to quality healthcare, it’s not uncommon for people to suffer from stomach ailments. BBF’s donation of pharmaceuticals to a clinic in the village of Cantel provided men, women, and children with medication free of charge. In Guatemala, 59.3%…
Read MoreJanssen Employees Unite When Disaster Strikes
[Photo: Susie Thomas, a key account manager for Janssen’s immunology department, assembles hygiene kits to send to Puerto Ricans and Floridians impacted by recent hurricanes.] By Kaitlyn Nuebel Employees at Janssen Pharmaceuticals took a break from their usual workday to volunteer with BBF and assemble hygiene kits for people in Puerto Rico and Florida who…
Read MoreBrother’s Brother Foundation Welcomes U.S. Deputy Under Secretary For International Trade
By Kaitlyn Nuebel Brother’s Brother Foundation welcomed U.S. Deputy Under Secretary for International Trade at the U.S. Department of Commerce, Diane Farrell, to our warehouse and office facilities on September 28. During her visit, Farrell recognized BBF for its relief efforts and prompt response to the crisis in Ukraine. Brother’s Brother Foundation welcomed U.S. Deputy…
Read MoreJoin BBF And The Fight Against Breast Cancer
We are so excited to launch our online campaign today for our 2nd Annual Breast Cancer Awareness Fund! Last year we helped 39 women in their fight against breast cancer in Honduras and made a significant donation to St Luke’s Infusion Center in New York! One year ago today, our Vice President of Communications and…
Read MoreBrother’s Brother Foundation Responds To Hurricane Ian
Brother’s Brother Foundation (BBF) is responding to the devastation caused by hurricane Ian by initially providing $10,000 grants to both the Harry Chapin Foodbank in Ft. Myers, covering Lee and Collier Counties, and the Feeding Tampa Bay Foodbank in Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties. These Foodbanks are working with Feeding America and disaster response agencies to…
Read MoreMobile Health Clinic Arrives In New Kensington
By Kaitlyn Nuebel Brother’s Brother Foundation hosted its second Mobile Health Clinic on Friday in collaboration with Project Theia, Mission vision, Allegheny Health Network, and Highmark Wholecare. Brother’s Brother Foundation hosted its second Mobile Health Clinic on Friday, this time in New Kensington, PA. In collaboration with Dr. Jenny Yu and Dr. Erin Keim from Project…
Read MoreBrother’s Brother Foundation (BBF) Responds To Hurricane Fiona
BBF is responding to the damage caused by Hurricane Fiona by air shipping hygiene kits, tarps, cleaning supplies, and hard hats to those affected by the storm in Puerto Rico. This shipment to Puerto Rico Rises complements tarps and medical supplies recently sent to the Ponce Medical School Foundation. BBF has worked extensively with both…
Read MoreBBF “Flips The Switch” On Renewable Energy
By Kaitlyn Nuebel It’s official: Brother’s Brother Foundation is powered by the sun. The organization hosted its “Flip the Switch” event September 8, to celebrate the conclusion of its 20-month long process to convert to a sustainable form energy. Connected Energy Solar installed solar panels on the roof of BBF’s warehouse that are expected to…
Read MorePittsburgh Responds To Floods In Mississippi
Brother’s Brother Foundation (BBF) is sending its first truckload of bottled drinking water to the Mississippi Food Network foodbank in Jackson, Mississippi. According to an AP report, parts of Jackson were without running water Tuesday because flooding exacerbated longstanding problems in one of two water- treatment plants. The city of 150,000 had already been under…
Read MorePut A Little Love In Your Heart
Message From The President, Ozzy Samad It was a near perfect evening earlier this spring as we sat down for dinner. The restaurant in a leafy Washington D.C. neighborhood was a few blocks from our son Harris’ graduate school and the occasion was a 2-year Covid-19 delayed celebratory graduation dinner. Looking up from the menu…
Read MoreMobile Health Clinic Makes First Stop In Braddock
By Kaitlyn Nuebel This summer, Brother’s Brother Foundation parked its mobile health van outside Allegheny Health Network’s Urgent Care Center in Braddock, PA for its inaugural Mobile Health Clinic. Equipped with an exam chair, a phoropter, a working sink, and even air conditioning, the back of the van has been transformed into an ophthalmologist’s office…
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