In the middle of March, after a long exhausting journey of donation and distribution to help the COVID-19 pandemics in Wuhan, China, we are looking forward to an over-due well-deserved rest. Yet there was a rapid outbreak of COVID-19 virus in the USA. Medical staff were out of protective gears and equipment, we must jump back in action.
One of our team member, Suzie once said: “It seems like yesterday, March in America felt like January in Wuhan, China.” A friend of ours, an ER doctor Yuhong cried out for emergent help due to a shortage of masks in a handful of clinics. ACUVA immediately acted on it. On March 26th, the first load of medical supplies arrived at 15 clinics in California and New Jersey. Then Dr. Jiong in Washington state told us, some of the hospitals in Seattle, where COVID-19 hit first and hard, are lack of medical masks. We tried to seek for higher standard protective gear for medical use, including EvergreenHealth in Seattle, the frontline medical facility to treat the deadly and wide-spread viruses, not only do they have ER, but also ICUs for COVID-19 patients. Time is running out. We reached out to the manufacturers in China directly, two cases of N95 and sterile surgical masks arrived shortly. After that, more Chinese American volunteers jumped in helping the medical staff in hospitals. Oklahoma Chinese Community, Share & Grow Association, Youth Crestes raised funds in their local communities. New challenges came to ACUVA to help making massive purchasing and expedite shipping medical protective equipment and gears. In the following two months, we started with manufacturers, then clearing Custom and timely delivery. A lot of sleepless nights with sweet sweats shed in this long procedure. Suzie, medical equipment and supply expert, oversaw inspection and quality control of the masks. She worked long hours while having to take care of her younger kids. Our hard work paid off by passing the high standard of requirement for medical masks. The doctors all gave us big thumps up.
In addition to pay attention to high quality, we also focused on timely delivery to the hospital. Chen, a team member in Guangzhou, China, did a lot of work in logistics to make sure they are running smoothly. We always go above and beyond to meet the expectation of our donors. Xiangmei, Daphne and Annie also made and collected heart warming cards to send with the medical gears and equipment which brightened spirits of thousands in tough times like this.
As of end of May, 2020, ACUVA initiated and organized delivery of over one hundred loads of medical supplies, totaled of 58,500 protective gears, supported more than 70 hospitals, clinics, schools, senior care centers and other facilities over 9 states. The total value reached $91,641.
The breakdown of supplies we helped to give out are as follows:
Sterile Surgical Masks: 42,730
N95 Masks: 13,760
Goggles: 500
Face Shields: 799
Protective Suits: 711
Regular protective masks: 3,200
The facilities that received our shipments are the following:
C Corp. Four Providers and eight Mas
Stanford Children’s Health – Pediatric group of Monterey
Northeast medical services, Nem. Org
Dr. Daniel Lin
Two river allergy and Asthma group
Rocky Mountain Senior Care
Dr. Li Jiang Pediatrician and Civil Surgeon
Yue Wang MD LLC, Primary and diabetic care
Health First Medical Association
Dr. Gao’s Pediatrics
Healthcare at Northeast Philadelphia
Watchung Eye Care
Sutter Independent Physician Group
Princeton Medical Center
Professional Pain Associates
Evergreen Health
Providence Regional Center System – Lacey
Norman Regional Hospital
OU Medical Center
SSM Health St Anthony Hospital
Integris Health Edmond
Integris Southwest Medical Center
Dynasplint Systems Inc
Littleton Adventist Hospital
Rocky Mountain Cancer Center
St. Anthony Hospital
Riverside Medical Center
Integris Baptist Medical Center
Mercy Hospital OKC
Bronxcare Hospital Dept. of Emergency Medicine
Jacobi Medical Center Department of Emergency Medicine
Kaiser Irvine
UC Health Hospital
USAP-CO
Oklahoma Heart Hospital
Griffin Memorial Hospital
Aurora Medical Center - Grafton
Redlands Hospital
Pomona Valley Hospital
University of Oklahoma Healthy Science Center Research Lab
Elmhurst Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine
Denver Health
PARCway Post Acute Rovery Center in OKC
Featherstone Assisted Living - Moore
Iris Memory Care of Edmond
Douglas School District
Bellevue hospital
OKC EMSA
OK Rehab Hospital
Diana O'Connor Family Medicine
Autumn Leaves of Edmond
Accel at Crystal Park
Sunrise of Arlington
Edmond Urgent Care
Tennessee Home Care
Sterling, Colorado Policy Department
Aurora Medical Center - Denver
Comfort Dental Summit County
Bay Eye Medical Group
Hillcrest Nursing Center
Grace Skilled Nursing & Therapy
Rocky Mountain Infectious Disease Specialist
Libby Bortz Assisted Living
Aurora Policy Department
West Metro Firefighter Department
Golden Terrace at Aurora
Cherry Creek School District
Message Therapy Institute of Colorado
All Natural Acupuncture and Wellness Center
UCHealth Research Labs
Brooklyn Hospital Center
In addition to our appreciation for local Chinese communities’ donations, we give special thanks to the following donors for their care and generosities:
Mary $300
Jian $300
Ningli $368
Yan $500
Yuhong $100
McEwen $615
Sherry $70
Sharon $420
Mason Hospitality Furnishing $2,139
Jiong $500
New Life Fellowship $1,347
Suzie $623
Hongwei $399
Jeremy $100
Changhong $200
Dr. Tao $294
Western Union $1,000
Medtronic $2,000
Libei $5,320
Ganlin $2,128
Chunhua $490
Ziyue’s team $2,310
Annie $70
Daphne $32
ACUVA proudly raised a total donation of $21,326 during these hard times. The battle to end this Pandemic is far from over, yet together we will always be there to fight. 2020 has been and will be a special time to remember. Go China! Go USA! Go All People in the world!
Translated by: Ginger Liu
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