Med Share - Community bucket - Give back December

Med Share - Community bucket- Give back December

12/1/2018

In 2018, before the Christmas break, I volunteered at med share, a nonprofit organization that recovers surplus medical supplies and equipment from U.S. hospitals and manufacturers and redistributes them to needy hospitals in developing countries. I volunteered through a group called community bucket whose main aim is to go out and improve Atlanta, and also help connect many different people from the different parts of the city.  This year for give back December, they decided that they will go to med share to help pack up the medical packages to send to developing countries like pure and Cambodia. We would receive all the packages that were thrown out by major companies just because the package box was damaged, but not the actual products. These companies were throwing out medical supplies that could be used by many families who desperately needs them. 17 people volunteered through community bucket, and they were many others who came through other volunteering groups or by themselves. We reached Early in the morning at 8:30 a.m. and went straight into working. Our main job was to take these medical supplies from the damaged packages, put them into new packages, label them, get it signed by the supervisor, weight it, and then final load it into a truck for send of. The whole place was divided into different station for the jobs. There were people to package the boxes, who weighed the boxes, and the one who loaded into the truck. I was part of the packaging group. Our job was to take the boxes from the packaged companies they came from and change them into med share packaging. We had to make sure that we do not mix up the boxes so each packaging only contains one type of product. Them we had to get a label and describe in it the type of the product, the amount, and the products size. We then had to take it to the supervisors who inspect the packages before signing it off. After signing it off, there was the group who would do the final taping. After that, the boxes were weighed, and then loaded into the truck. That day we loaded almost 3000 pounds of medical supplies into 250 boxes that loaded almost 40% of the truck. These boxes would then be shipped to many countries who are in dire need of medical supplies. Even though the work involved many physical movements and handwork, I feel like it all paid off because we are providing to the unfortunate people of the world, and these medical supplies would help save the lives of thousands of people around the world.