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Action Products Donates to Mercy Ships









      
Aug 31, 2009 - 11:13 am

  
  


	

	

HAGERSTOWN, Md. — Action Products has chosen the Mercy Ships as its official
corporate charity. The manufacturer recently donated nearly $3,000
worth of its reusable pads and positioners, used to prevent and
treat decubitus ulcers, to the African Mercy, due to sail on Sept.
8. Mercy Ships provides worldwide medical care to the underserved
population from a large cruising ship. In recent years, the
organization has concentrated work in West Africa, giving free aid
to the people of Sierra Leone, Liberia, Benin Togo and Ghana.


"We are a global company and felt a need to contribute product
to the dedicated medical professionals that want to give the
world's poor the best care possible," said Mistie Witt, president
of Action Products Medical Products Group. Since 1978, the free
services offered on the ship have been valued at over $670 million
and impacted more than 1.9 million people.